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Class overview
NameProject 22800, codename Karakurt
Builders
Operators Russian Navy
Preceded byBuyan-M class corvette
SubclassesProject 22800
Costapprox. 2 billion rubles (2017)[1]
Built2015–present
In service2017–present
Planned18
Building9
General characteristics
TypeCorvette
Displacement800 tons
Length65 m (213 ft)
Beam10 m (33 ft)
Draught4 m (13 ft)Error: has synonymous parameter (help)
Draft2 m (7 ft)Error: has synonymous parameter (help)
Speed30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range2,500 nmi (4,600 km; 2,900 mi)
Endurance15 days
Armament
  • 1 × 76.2 mm 59-caliber AK-176MA automatic dual-purpose gun
  • 1 × Pantsir-M 3M89 Palash-Palma with Sosna RA missile (4+4 SAM in total 8 plus under reload units) or 2 × AK-630M CIWS (on first 2 vessels)
  • 2 × 4 UKSK VLS cells with Kalibr-NK system or P-800 Onix
  • 2 × 14.5 mm MTPU machineguns

The Project 22800 corvettes, codenamed Karakurt (Russian: малые ракетные корабли проекта 22800, шифр «Каракурт») is a new missile corvette class under construction for the Russian Navy. The term каракурт, translit. karakurt literally means Latrodectus tredecimguttatus, the European black widow spider.

The new class is intended to be a more seaworthy, blue water complement to the Buyan-M class corvettes, which had been designed for the littoral zone and are currently serving in Russia's Caspian Flotilla and Black Sea Fleet.[2] The first two ships were laid down on 24 December 2015, and as of July 2016, four are under construction. In August 2016, it was reported that a total of seven ships have been ordered from the Pella shipyard (at least one of which will be built at More in Crimea), and that five further ships of the class have been ordered from the Zelenodolsk shipyard.[3] The first ship is to join the navy in 2018.[4][5]

In July 2017 the Russian Deputy Defense Minister Yuriy Borisov announced that 6 additional corvettes will be ordered for the Russian Pacific Fleet and that the corvettes should be built by the Amur Shipbuilding Plant.[6] In August 2017, during the International Military-Technical Forum ARMY 2017, a contract for several corvettes of the class was signed.[7]

The Karakurt-class corvettes are to be armed with the Kalibr-NK long range cruise missile and the P-800 Oniks medium-range anti-ship missile and have an endurance of 15 days.[8]

Design

Project 22800 was first publicly presented by Almaz in 2015.[9] Project 22800 derives from Project 12300 Skorpion, a proposed 1990s Almaz design for a 500 ton displacement missile boat[10], and was also heavily influenced by Project 21631, the Buyan-M corvette.[9] The Karakurts have a stealth shaped superstructure with an integrated mast carrying four phased array radar panels.[9] The primary armament consists of Kalibr-NK cruise missiles or P-800 Oniks supersonic anti-ship missiles carried in eight UKSK vertical launching system cells in the rear part of the superstructure, behind the bridge.[9] The corvettes built for the Russian Navy will be equipped with a 76.2 mm AK-176MA automatic dual-purpose gun, a modernized version of the AK-176. A proposed export version may carry the Italian OTO Melara 76 mm gun.[11] For anti-missile defense, the first two ships will only carry a pair of AK-630M gun-based CIWS. Starting from the third ship, the Karakurts will be equipped with Pantsir-M, a navalized version of the Pantsir surface-to-air missile system.[1] The Karakurts are not designed for anti-submarine warfare.

Ships

Italics indicate estimates

Name Hull No. Builders Laid down Launched Commissioned Fleet Status
Uragan 251 Pella Shipyard, St. Petersburg 24 December 2015 29 July 2017[12] 2017 or 2018[13] Baltic Fleet[14] Launched, fitting out
Typhoon 252 Pella Shipyard, St. Petersburg 24 December 2015 24 November 2017[15] 2018 Baltic Fleet[14] Launched, fitting out
Storm 254 More Shipyard, Feodosiya 11 May 2016[16] Black Sea Fleet Under construction
Shkval 253 Pella Shipyard, St. Petersburg 29 July 2016[17] Under construction
Burya 257 Pella Shipyard, St. Petersburg 24 December 2016[18] Under construction
Okhotsk 255 More Shipyard, Feodosiya 17 March 2017[19] Black Sea Fleet Under construction
Vikhr More Shipyard, Feodosiya 19 December 2017Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).</ref> Black Sea Fleet Under construction
Tsiklon 256 Zaliv Shipyard, Kerch Black Sea Fleet Ordered
Musson Zelenodolsk Shipyard late 2016[14] Under construction
Passat Zelenodolsk Shipyard late 2016[14] Under construction
Briz Zelenodolsk Shipyard Ordered
Tornado Zelenodolsk Shipyard Ordered
Smerch (Karakurt) Zelenodolsk Shipyard Ordered
Veter # nd Amur Shipyard nd order planned
Burun # nd Amur Shipyard nd order planned
Priliv # nd Amur Shipyard nd order planned
Priboj # nd Amur Shipyard nd order planned
Nakat # nd Amur Shipyard nd order planned
Volna # nd Amur Shipyard nd order planned

References

  1. ^ a b Герман Костринский (31 July 2017). "«Каракурты» размажут по верфям" (in Russian). Kommersant. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  2. ^ Юрий Макаров; Александр Мозговой (30 July 2015). "Через тернии… к здравому смыслу". Национальная оборона (in Russian). Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  3. ^ Тимур Латыпов (2 August 2016). "«Говорят, замминистра обороны Юрий Борисов сильно любит завод имени Горького…»". Бизнес Online (in Russian). Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  4. ^ http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/defence-news/year-2015-news/december-2015-navy-naval-forces-defense-industry-technology-maritime-security-global-news/3401-2-new-project-22800-corvettes-uragan-a-typhoon-laid-down-by-pella-shipyard-for-russian-navy.html
  5. ^ http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/defence-news/2016/may-2016-navy-naval-forces-defense-industry-technology-maritime-security-global-news/3951-morye-shipyard-lays-down-3rd-project-22800-shtorm-missile-craft-in-crimean-city-of-feodosiya.html
  6. ^ http://bmpd.livejournal.com/2761143.html
  7. ^ https://www.rt.com/news/400957-russia-army-expo-contracts/
  8. ^ http://sputniknews.com/russia/20160807/1044034181/russian-karakut-warships-analysis.html
  9. ^ a b c d Станислав Закарян (24 September 2016). "В Зеленодольске начнется строительство первого МРК проекта 22800 "Каракурт"" (in Russian). Оружие России. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  10. ^ One Project 12300 boat was laid down in 2001 in Rybinsk, but never completed.
  11. ^ "Индии предложат МРК "Каракурт" с итальянской 76-мм артустановкой" (in Russian). FlotProm. 25 May 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  12. ^ "Корабль "Ураган" проекта 22800 передадут Минобороны до конца года" (in Russian). RIA Novosti. 29 July 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  13. ^ Гальперин, Александр (22 August 2017). "ВМФ получит головкой корабль проекта 22800 в 2018 году" (in Russian). RIA Novosti. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  14. ^ a b c d Рябов, Кирилл (8 November 2017). "Новости строительства МРК проекта 22800 «Каракурт»". Военное Обозрение (in Russian). Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  15. ^ "Малый ракетный корабль "Тайфун", оснащенный крылатыми ракетами "Калибр", спустили на воду в Петербурге" (in Russian). Interfax. 24 November 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  16. ^ http://www.sdelanounas.ru/blogs/77465/
  17. ^ http://ria.ru/defense_safety/20160729/1473164289.html
  18. ^ http://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/3903401
  19. ^ https://ria.ru/arms/20170317/1490260198.html
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