Karakurt-class corvette

The Karakurt class, Russian designation Project 22800 Karakurt (Russian: Каракурт, lit. 'latrodectus tredecimguttatus'), is Russia's latest class of corvettes (small missile ships in Russian classification) under construction for the Russian Navy.

Burya
Class overview
Name: Karakurt class
Builders:
Operators:  Russian Navy
Preceded by: Buyan class
Cost: approx. RUB2 billion (2017)[1]
Built: 2015–present
In service: 2018–present
Planned: 18[2]
Building: 8
Completed: 7
Active: 2
General characteristics
Type: Guided missile corvette
Displacement: 800 tons
Length: 67 m (220 ft)
Beam: 11 m (36 ft)
Draft: 3.3 m (11 ft)
Propulsion:

CODAD (or CODAG) (diesel Zvezda ZE M-507D1 with 3 diesel generators DGAS-315

CODAD (or CODAG) (diesel Zvezda ZE or kolomna Penza RUMO etc , Gas GT NPO Saturn Turborus Saljut Turbokon PermMZ else)
Speed: 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range: 2,500 nmi (4,600 km; 2,900 mi)
Endurance: 15 days
Armament:
  • 1 × 76.2 mm 59-caliber AK-176MA or 100 mm A-190 automatic dual-purpose guns
  • 1 × Pantsir-M CIWS with Hermes-K missiles or 1 × 3M89 Palash/ Palma CIWS with Sosna-R missiles (4+4 SAM in total 8 plus under reload units) or 2 × AK-630M-2 CIWS (on first 2 vessels)
  • 2 × 4 UKSK VLS cells for Kalibr or Oniks anti-ship cruise missiles
  • 2 × 14.5 mm MTPU machineguns
Aircraft carried: Launch pad for Orlan-10 UAV[3]

The 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, Baltic Fleet and Black Sea Fleet.[4] The ships are designed to be armed with the Kalibr or Oniks anti-ship cruise missiles and have an endurance of 15 days.[5] They are also to be a cheap alternative for larger Admiral Grigorovich class frigates, which construction was delayed due to the suspended military cooperation with Ukraine, and because of Russia's intentions to continue in modernization of its Navy until all necessary tasks for construction of larger vessels domesticaly are solved.[6]

History
Launching of Burya at the Pella Shipyard

Project 22800 was first publicly presented by Almaz during the International Military-Technical Forum «ARMY-2015», held in Kubinka. At the time, the class was presented yet as "Project 12300". During the exhibition, it was also announced 18 ships are planned for construction.[2]

The first two ships, Uragan and Taifun (now Mytishchi and Sovetsk), were laid down at the Pella Shipyard in Saint Petersburg on 24 December 2015.[7][8]

In August 2016, it was reported that a total of seven ships have been ordered from the Pella Shipyard (one of which would be built at More Shipayrd, Feodosia), and that five more ships have been ordered from the Zelenodolsk Shipyard.[9] Three of the five ordered ships, Cyclone, Askold and Amur, previously planned to be built by the Zelenodolsk Shipyard, were later laid down at the Zaliv Shipyard in Kerch.

On 29 July 2017, the lead ship of the class was launched.[10]

The Russian Defence Ministry signed a contract for several more vessels during the International Military-Technical Forum «ARMY-2017».[11]

In May 2018, it was reported Mytishchi is undergoing sea trials in the Lake Ladoga and Baltic Sea.[12]

During the International Military-Technical Forum «ARMY-2018», the Russian Defence Ministry signed two contracts for construction of another six vessels. Two ships of the order would be built by the Vostochnaya Verf, Vladivostok and four ships by the Amur Shipyard, Komsomolsk-on-Amur.[13][14]

On 16 October 2018, Mytishchi began state tests in the White Sea,[15] and was officially accepted into service on 17 December 2018.[16]

Design

Project 22800 derives from Project 12300 Skorpion, a proposed 1990s Almaz design for a 500-ton displacement missile boat,[17] and was also heavily influenced by Project 21631, the Buyan-M corvettes.[2] Ships of the class have a stealth shaped superstructure with an integrated mast carrying four phased array radar panels.[2] The primary armament consists of Kalibr cruise missiles or P-800 Oniks supersonic anti-ship missiles carried in eight UKSK VLS cells in the rear part of the superstructure, behind the bridge.[2] 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. However, at least on the first ship, the 100 mm A-190 was installed.[18] A proposed export version may carry the Italian OTO Melara 76 mm gun.[19] For anti-missile defense, the first two ships will only carry a pair of AK-630M gun-based CIWS. Starting from the third ship, they will be equipped with Pantsir-M, a navalized version of the Pantsir surface-to-air missile system.[1] The project 22800 is not designed for anti-submarine warfare.

Ships

Italics indicate estimates

Name Yard No. Builders Laid down Launched Commissioned Fleet Status
Mytishchi (ex-Uragan) 251 Pella Shipyard 24 December 2015[7] 29 July 2017[10] 17 December 2018[20] Baltic Active
Sovetsk (ex-Taifun) 252 Pella Shipyard 24 December 2015[7] 24 November 2017[21] 12 October 2019[22] Baltic Active
Kozelsk (ex-Shtorm) 254 More Shipyard 10 May 2016[23][24] 9 October 2019[25] 2020 Black sea [26] Launched
Tsiklon 801 Zaliv Shipyard 26 July 2016 2020[27] Black Sea Under construction
Odintsovo (ex-Shkval) 253 Pella Shipyard 29 July 2016[28] 5 May 2018[29] 2020 Baltic Launched
Askold (ex-Musson) 802 Zaliv Shipyard 18 November 2016 2021[27] Black Sea Under construction
Burya 257 Pella Shipyard 24 December 2016[30][31] 23 October 2018[32] 2020 Baltic Launched
Okhotsk 255 More Shipyard 17 March 2017[33] 29 October 2019[25] 2020 Black Sea Launched
Amur (ex-Passat) 803 Zaliv Shipyard 30 July 2017 2021[27] Black Sea Under construction
Vikhr 256 More Shipyard 19 December 2017[34] 13 November 2019[35] 2021 Black Sea Launched
Tucha 804 Zelenodolsk Shipyard 26 February 2019[36] 2022[27] Baltic[26] Under construction
Rzhev 201 Amur Shipyard 1 July 2019[37] 2023[38] Pacific Under construction
Udomlya 202 Amur Shipyard 1 July 2019[37] 2023[38] Pacific Under construction
Taifun 805 Zelenodolsk Shipyard 11 September 2019[39] October 2022[27] Baltic [40][26] Under construction [41]
Ussuriysk 204 Amur Shipyard 26 December 2019[42] 2024[38] Pacific Under construction
Pavlovsk[43] Amur Shipyard Summer 2020[42] [44] [45] 2024[38] Pacific Ordered
Vostochnaya Verf 2023[46] Pacific Ordered
Vostochnaya Verf 2023[46] Pacific Ordered

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