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* ''Krivak 3'' - designated Project 1135.5 ''Nerei'' ([[Nereus]]), These ships lacked the SS-N-14 missile system, which was replaced by a helicopter and hangar, and only one 100 mm gun at the bow of the ship. These ships were built for and operated by the [[KGB]] [[Russian Border Guard|Maritime Border Guard]].
* ''Krivak 3'' - designated Project 1135.5 ''Nerei'' ([[Nereus]]), These ships lacked the SS-N-14 missile system, which was replaced by a helicopter and hangar, and only one 100 mm gun at the bow of the ship. These ships were built for and operated by the [[KGB]] [[Soviet Border Troops|Maritime Border Guard]].


* [[Talwar class frigate|''Talwar'' class]] - this is an advanced derivative built for the [[Indian Navy]] from 1999 to 2003.
* [[Talwar class frigate|''Talwar'' class]] - this is an advanced derivative built for the [[Indian Navy]] from 1999 to 2003.

Revision as of 14:26, 11 September 2008

A Krivak I class frigate at anchor.
Class overview
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Zhdanov yard, Leningrad
Yantar yard
Zaliv plant, Kerch
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Russian Federation Navy
KGB Maritime Border Guard
Indian Navy
Ukrainian Navy
Preceded byRiga class
SubclassesTalwar class
Completed32
Cancelled1
General characteristics
Displacement3300 tons standard, 3575 tons full load
Length405.3 ft (123.5 m)
Beam46.3 ft (14.1 m)
Draught15.1 ft (4.6 m)
Propulsion2 shaft; COGAG; 2x M-8k gas-turbines, 40,000 shp; 2x M-62 gas-turbines (cruise), 14,950 shp
Speed32 knots (59 km/h)
Range4,995 nmi (9,251 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h)
Complement200
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1× 4 SS-N-14 'Silex' ASW missiles
SA-N-4'Gecko' SAM (40 missiles)
4× 76 mm guns (2×2) (Krivak II had 2× 1 100 mm guns)
2 x RBU-6000 Anti-Submarine rockets
2× 4 533 mm torpedo tubes

The Krivak class were a series of frigates built for the Soviet Navy. The Soviet designation was Project 1135 Burevestnik (Storm Petrel).

These ships were designed as a successor to the Riga class. The design started in the late 1950s and matured as an anti-submarine ship in the 1960s. A total of 32 ships were built for the Soviet Navy and 8 modified ships for the KGB Maritime Border Guard.

The ship's unique features - the bow missile box, the stack and the angled mast earned it a rap-like nickname among U. S. sailors that comes from their foreign ship silhouette identification training - "Hot dog pack, Smokestack, Guns in Back - Krivak."

General characteristics

  • Displacement - 3300 tons standard, 3575 tons full load
  • Length - 405.3 ft(123.5m)
  • Beam - 46.3 ft(14.1m)
  • Draught - 15.1 ft(4.6m)
  • Propulsions - 2 shaft; COGAG; 2x M-8k gas-turbines, 40,000 shp; 2x M-62 gas-turbines (cruise), 14,950 shp
  • Speed - 32kt
  • Range - 4,995 nmi (9,251 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h)
  • Complement - 200
  • Armament
    • 1x4 SS-N-14 Silex ASW missiles
    • 2 SA-N-4 SAM Missile systems (40 missiles)
    • 4 76 mm guns (2x2) (Krivak II had 2 x1 100 mm guns)
    • 2 x RBU-6000 Anti-Submarine rockets
    • 2x4 533 mm torpedo tubes
  • Krivak 3 - designated Project 1135.5 Nerei (Nereus), These ships lacked the SS-N-14 missile system, which was replaced by a helicopter and hangar, and only one 100 mm gun at the bow of the ship. These ships were built for and operated by the KGB Maritime Border Guard.
The Soviet Krivak I class frigate Bezzevetniy (FFG 811) impacts with the USS Yorktown (CG-48) in the 1988 incident.

Vessel list

Krivak 1

  • Bditelnyy - (Watchful, 1970)
  • Bodryy - (Brisk, 1971)
  • Svirepyy - (Fierce, 1971)
  • Storozhevoy - (Vigilant, 1972), this ship was involved in a mutiny in 1975, which inspired the novel The Hunt for Red October
  • Razyashciy - (Furious, 1973)
  • Rasumnyy - (Clever, 1974)
  • Druznyy - (Friendly, 1975)
  • Dostoynyy - (Virtuous, 1971)
  • Doblestnyy - (Valourous, 1973)
  • Deyatelnyy - (Active, 1973)
  • Bezzevetniy - (Serene, 1978)
  • Bezukoriznenny - (Irreproachable, 1980)
  • Ladnyy - (Harmonious, 1980)
  • Porvistiy - (Impetuous, 1980)
  • Zharkyy - (Heated, 1975)
  • Retivyy - (Ardent, 1976)
  • Leningradsky Komsomolets (1976) - renamed Legkiy (Light) in 1992
  • Letuchiy - (Flighty, 1977)
  • Pylkiy - (Fervent, 1979)
  • Zadornyy - (Passionate, 1979)

Krivak 2

  • Besmennyy - (Unchanging, 1979)
  • Gordelivyy - (Proud, 1979)
  • Gromkyy - (Loud, 1979)
  • Grozyachiy - (Threatening, 1977)
  • Neukrotimyy - (Untamable/Indomitable, 1978) - damaged by mine during Navy Day rehearsal 2005
  • Pitlivy - (Keen, 1982)
  • Razitelniyy - (Striking, 1977)
  • Revnostnyy - (Zealous, 1980)
  • Reskiy - (Sharp, 1976)
  • Rezvyy - (Frisky, 1975)
  • Ryavnyy - (Spirited, 1980)

Krivak 3

All ships built by Kamysh Borun Kerch

  • Menzhinski - (1984) - named after Vyacheslav Menzhinsky an OGPU chairman in 1930's
  • Dzerzhinski - (1985) - named after Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky the founder of the KGB
  • Orel - (ex-Imeny XXVII syezda KPSS, 1987)) - renamed after the city of Orel
  • Anadyr - (ex-Imeni 70-Letiya Pogranichnykh, commemorating 70 years of the USSR Border Troops, 1988) renamed after the Anadyr Peninsula
  • Pskov - (ex-Imeni LXX Letiya VChk-KGB, 1988) - renamed after the city of Pskov
  • Kedrov - (1989)
  • Vorovskiy - (1990)

A further ship to be named Hetman Vyshnevetsky or Hetman bayda Vyshnevetsky - after Dmytro Vyshnevetsky, a 16th century Ukrainian Cossack leader - was not completed due to financial problems

Three improved Krivak 3 frigates were sold to India in 1990s, with more ordered in 2006. [1] The improved Krivak 3 frigates are known as Talwar class frigate in Indian service.