A Krivak II-class frigate Pytlivyy in Sevastopol Bay, 2009. | |
Class overview | |
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Name | Krivak class (Project 1135) |
Builders | |
Operators | |
Preceded by | Riga class |
Succeeded by | |
Subclasses | |
Planned | 42 |
Completed | 40 (32 × 1135, 1135M, 11352/11353 and 8 × 11351) |
Cancelled | 2 (2 × 11351) |
Active | 4 active in Russia (1 × 1135, 1 × 1135M, 2 × 11351) |
Lost | 1 |
Retired | 35 |
Preserved | 1 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Frigate / Patrol ship SKR (Russian classification) [1] |
Displacement |
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Length | 405.3 ft (123.5 m) |
Beam | 46.3 ft (14.1 m) |
Draught | 15.1 ft (4.6 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 32 knots (59 km/h) |
Range | 4,995 nmi (9,251 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h) |
Complement | 200 |
Sensors and processing systems |
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Electronic warfare & decoys | Start suite with Bell Shroud intercept, Bell Squat jammer, 4 PK-16 decoy RL, 8 PK-10 decoy RL, 2 towed decoys |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried | Ka-27 on Krivak III only |
The Krivak class, Soviet designation Project 1135 Burevestnik (storm petrel), are a series of frigates and patrol ships [1] built in the Soviet Union primarily for the Soviet Navy since 1970. Later some sub-branches, like the Nerey (Nereus) were designed for coastal patrol by the KGB Border Troops. Until 1977, the ships in the class were considered to be large anti-submarine warfare vessels.
These ships are commonly known by their NATO reporting class name of Krivak and are divided into Krivak I, Krivak II, Krivak IV (navy), and Krivak III (coast guard) classes.
The frigates 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. The first ship was Bditelnyy that was commissioned in 1970.
A total of 40 ships were built, 32 ships for the Soviet Navy and 8 modified ships of the Nerey (Krivak III) subclass for the KGB Maritime Border Guard. Currently 2 vessels of the Nerey subclass are in service with the FSB Coast Guard and one was the flagship of the Ukrainian Navy (scuttled in 2022 to avoid capture).
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, Knife in the Back, two Guns in the Back — Krivak." [2] [3]
The Indian Navy ordered six frigates of upgraded Krivak III class as the Talwar class. Three ships were delivered in 2003–2004. Three more were delivered in 2011–2012.
On 12 October 2010, it was announced that the Yantar Shipyard at Kaliningrad had won a contract for construction of three new warships for the Russian Navy. The construction of the frigates for the Russian Navy will be carried out in parallel with the construction of the same-type frigates for the Indian Navy. [4]
Name | Namesake | Builders | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Fleet | Status | Notes |
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Project 1135 (Krivak I) | ||||||||
Bditelnyy | Watchful | Yantar, Kaliningrad | 21 July 1968 | 28 March 1970 | 31 December 1970 | Baltic | Decommissioned in 1996 | |
Bodryy | Brisk | Yantar, Kaliningrad | 15 January 1969 | 28 April 1971 | 31 December 1971 | Baltic | Decommissioned in 1997 | |
Dostoynyy | Virtuous | Zaliv, Kerch | 11 August 1969 | 8 May 1971 | 31 December 1971 | Northern | Decommissioned in 1993 | |
Svirepyy | Fierce | Yantar, Kaliningrad | 15 June 1970 | 27 January 1971 | 29 December 1972 | Baltic | Decommissioned in 1993 | |
Silnyy | Strong | Yantar, Kaliningrad | 15 March 1971 | 29 August 1972 | 30 June 1973 | Baltic | Decommissioned in 1994 | |
Doblestnyy | Valorous | Zaliv, Kerch | 30 November 1970 | 22 February 1973 | 28 December 1973 | Northern | Decommissioned in 1992 | |
Storozhevoy | Vigilant | Yantar, Kaliningrad | 20 July 1972 | 21 March 1973 | 30 December 1973 | Pacific | Decommissioned in 2002 | This ship was involved in a mutiny in 1975, which inspired the novel The Hunt for Red October |
Razumnyy | Clever | Yantar, Kaliningrad | 26 June 1972 | 20 July 1973 | 30 September 1974 | Pacific | Decommissioned in 1998 | |
Razyashchiy | Striking | Yantar, Kaliningrad | 28 September 1972 | 22 July 1974 | 30 December 1974 | Pacific | Decommissioned in 1992 | |
Druzhnyy | Friendly | Yantar, Kaliningrad | 12 October 1973 | 22 January 1975 | 30 September 1975 | Baltic | Decommissioned in 2002 | Scrapped 2016 |
Deyatelnyy | Active | Zaliv, Kerch | 21 June 1972 | 5 April 1975 | 25 December 1975 | Black Sea | Decommissioned in 1995 | |
Retivy | Ardent | Zhdanov, Leningrad | 12 June 1974 | 14 August 1976 | 28 December 1976 | Pacific | Decommissioned in 1995 | |
Bezzavetnyy | Serene | Zaliv, Kerch | 28 May 1976 | 7 May 1977 | 30 December 1977 | Black Sea | Decommissioned in 2000 | Collided with USS Yorktown in February 1988 in the Black Sea bumping incident. [8] Transferred to Ukrainian Navy on 1 August 1997 |
Zadornyy | Passionate | Zhdanov, Leningrad | 10 November 1977 | 25 March 1979 | 31 August 1979 | Northern | Decommissioned in 2005 | |
Bezukoriznennyy | Irreproachable | Zaliv, Kerch | 12 July 1978 | 3 June 1979 | 29 December 1979 | Black Sea | Decommissioned in 2000 | Transferred to Ukrainian Navy on 1 August 1997 |
Ladnyy | Harmonious | Zaliv, Kerch | 25 May 1979 | 7 May 1980 | 29 December 1980 | Black Sea | Active | Completed refit in 2021 and returned to the fleet [9] |
Poryvistyy | Impetuous | Zaliv, Kerch | 21 May 1980 | 16 May 1981 | 29 December 1981 | Pacific | Decommissioned in 1994 | Transferred to Vladivostok 25 November 1994 as a training base |
Project 1135M (Krivak II) | ||||||||
Rezvyy | Frisky | Yantar, Kaliningrad | 12 December 1973 | 30 May 1975 | 30 December 1975 | Northern | Decommissioned in 2001 | |
Rezkiy | Sharp | Yantar, Kaliningrad | 28 July 1974 | 17 February 1976 | 30 September 1976 | Pacific | Decommissioned in 1995 | |
Razitelnyy | Striking | Yantar, Kaliningrad | 11 February 1975 | 1 July 1976 | 31 December 1976 | Black Sea | Decommissioned in 2004 | Transferred to Ukrainian Navy on 1 August 1997 |
Grozyashchiy | Threatening | Yantar, Kaliningrad | 4 May 1975 | 7 February 1977 | 30 September 1977 | Pacific | Decommissioned in 1995 | |
Neukrotimyy | Indomitable | Yantar, Kaliningrad | 22 January 1976 | 7 September 1977 | 30 December 1977 | Baltic | Decommissioned in 2009 | Sank on 5 November 2012 in the Baltic Sea |
Gromkiy | Loud | Yantar, Kaliningrad | 23 June 1976 | 11 April 1978 | 30 September 1978 | Northern | Decommissioned in 1998 | |
Bessmennyy | Unchanging | Yantar, Kaliningrad | 11 January 1977 | 9 August 1978 | 26 December 1978 | Northern | Decommissioned in 1998 | |
Gordelivy | Proud | Yantar, Kaliningrad | 26 July 1977 | 3 May 1979 | 20 September 1979 | Pacific | Decommissioned in 1994 | |
Ryavnyy | Spirited | Yantar, Kaliningrad | 1 March 1978 | 1 September 1979 | 31 December 1979 | Pacific | Decommissioned in 1997 | |
Revnostnyy | Zealous | Yantar, Kaliningrad | 1 March 1978 | 1 September 1979 | 31 December 1979 | Pacific | Decommissioned in 2003 | |
Pytlivyy | Keen | Yantar, Kaliningrad | 27 June 1979 | 16 April 1981 | 30 November 1981 | Black Sea | Active [10] | |
Project 11351 Nerey (Krivak III) | ||||||||
Menzhinskiy | Vyacheslav Menzhinsky | Zaliv, Kerch | 14 August 1981 | 31 December 1982 | 29 December 1983 | Pacific | Decommissioned in 1998 | |
Dzerzhinskiy | Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky | Zaliv, Kerch | 20 January 1983 | 2 March 1984 | 29 December 1984 | Pacific | Active | Serves with Russian Coast Guard. [11] |
Oryol (ex-Imeni XXVII siezda KPSS, ex-Yuri Andropov) | Oryol | Zaliv, Kerch | 26 September 1983 | 2 November 1985 | 30 September 1986 | Pacific | In reserve | Serves with Russian Coast Guard. [11] |
Pskov (ex-Imeni 70-letiya VChK-KGB) | Pskov | Zaliv, Kerch | 26 December 1985 | 18 February 1987 | 29 December 1987 | Pacific | Decommissioned in 2002 | |
Anadyr (ex-Imeni 70-letiya Pogranvoysk) | Anadyr | Zaliv, Kerch | 2 April 1987 | 2 March 1988 | 30 December 1988 | Pacific | Decommissioned in 2002 | |
Kedrov | Mikhail Sergeevich Kedrov | Zaliv, Kerch | 4 April 1988 | 30 April 1989 | 28 December 1989 | Pacific | Decommissioned in 2002 | |
Vorovskiy | Vatslav Vorovsky | Zaliv, Kerch | 15 May 1989 | 28 July 1990 | 29 December 1990 | Pacific | Decommissioned in 2017 | |
Hetman Sahaidachny (ex-Kirov) | Petro Konashevych-Sahaidachny | Zaliv, Kerch | 5 October 1990 | 29 March 1992 | 2 April 1993 | Scuttled March 2022 to avoid capture [12] | ||
Hetman Vyshnevetskyi (ex-Krasny Vympel) | Dmytro "Baida" Vyshnevetsky | Zaliv, Kerch | 27 December 1992 | Scrapped incomplete in 1995 | ||||
Head no. 210 | Zaliv, Kerch | Construction had begun prior to scrapping, but never laid down | Scrapped incomplete in 1995 [13] [14] | |||||
Project 11352/11353 (Krivak IV) | ||||||||
Lyogky (ex-Leningradskiy Komsomolets) | Zhdanov, Leningrad | 22 April 1974 | 1 April 1977 | 29 September 1977 | Northern | Decommissioned in 2003 | ||
Letuchiy | Flighty | Zhdanov, Leningrad | 9 March 1977 | 19 March 1978 | 10 August 1978 | Pacific | Decommissioned in 2005 | |
Pylkiy | Fervent | Zhdanov, Leningrad | 6 May 1977 | 20 August 1978 | 28 December 1978 | Baltic | Decommissioned in 2012 | |
Zharkiy | Heated | Zhdanov, Leningrad | 16 April 1974 | 3 November 1975 | 29 June 1976 | Northern | Decommissioned in 2002 | |
Project 11356 (Talwar) | ||||||||
Talwar | Sword | Baltic Shipyard, Saint Petersburg | 10 March 1999 | 12 May 2000 | March 2002 (Russia), 18 June 2003 (India) | Active | ||
Trishul | Trident | Baltic Shipyard, Saint Petersburg | 24 September 1999 | 24 October 2000 | February 2002 (Russia), 25 June 2003 (India) | Active | ||
Tabar | Battle axe | Baltic Shipyard, Saint Petersburg | 26 May 2000 | 25 May 2001 | January 2004 (Russia), 19 April 2004 (India) | Active | ||
Teg | Saber | Yantar, Kaliningrad | 28 July 2007 | 27 October 2009 | 27 April 2012 (India) | Active | ||
Tarkash | Quiver | Yantar, Kaliningrad | 27 October 2007 | 23 June 2010 | October 2012 (Russia), 9 November 2012 (India) | Active | ||
Trikand | Mythological arrow consisting of three arrowheads | Yantar, Kaliningrad | 12 June 2008 | 25 May 2011 | April 2013 (Russia), 29 June 2013 (India) | Active | ||
Project 11356R/M (Admiral Grigorovich) | ||||||||
Admiral Grigorovich | Ivan Konstantinovich Grigorovich | Yantar, Kaliningrad | 18 December 2010 | 14 March 2014[ citation needed ] | 11 March 2016 [15] | Black Sea | Active | |
Admiral Essen | Nikolai Ottovich Essen | Yantar, Kaliningrad | 8 July 2011 [16] [17] | 7 November 2014 [18] | 7 June 2016 [19] | Black Sea | Active | |
Admiral Makarov [20] [21] [22] | Stepan Osipovich Makarov | Yantar, Kaliningrad | 29 February 2012 [23] | 2 September 2015 [24] | 27 December 2017 [25] | Black Sea | Active | |
Tushil (ex-Admiral Butakov) | Protector shield | Yantar, Kaliningrad | 13 July 2013 [26] | 5 March 2016 [27] | 9 December 2024 | Sold to India, Active | ||
Tamala (ex-Admiral Istomin) | Vladimir Ivanovich Istomin | Yantar, Kaliningrad | 15 November 2013[ citation needed ] | 16 November 2017 [28] | 2025 (planned) | Sold to India, under construction | ||
ex-Admiral Kornilov | Vladimir Alexeyevich Kornilov | Yantar, Kaliningrad [29] | 16 November 2017 [28] | By 2026 [30] | 2016 report indicated sold to India; [31] but later simply reported as to be sold abroad [32] |
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The Neustrashimy class, Soviet designation Project 11540 Yastreb (hawk), is a series of large frigates built for the Soviet Navy and currently in service with the Russian Navy. Seven ships were planned for the Soviet Navy, but the fall of the Soviet Union disrupted those plans. Two ships were completed, both currently in active service with the Russian Baltic Fleet.
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Bodryy was a Project 135 Burevestnik-class Large Anti-Submarine Ship or Krivak-class frigate. Launched on 15 April 1971, the vessel served with the Soviet Navy until it was dissolved and then was transferred to the Russian Navy. The ship played a key role in helping the Soviets develop techniques for tracking ballistic missile submarines in the 1970s. Bodryy was retired on 17 July 1997 and scrapped.
Bditel'nyy or Bditelnyy was a Project 1135 Burevestnik Large Anti-Submarine Ship or Krivak-class frigate that served with the Soviet and Russian Navies. Launched on 28 March 1970, the vessel served as part of the Baltic Fleet but operated more widely than the Baltic Sea, demonstrating the emerging blue water capability of the Navy. A dedicated anti-submarine vessel, with an armament built around the Metel system, the ship spent the period between 26 December 1970 and 30 September 1971 undertaking trials and tests to prove the new systems. During that time General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev and Admiral of the Fleet Sergey Gorshkov were both hosted on board. The vessel then subsequently undertook tracking of submarines in the Baltic, Black and Mediterranean Seas, and even travelled as far as Cuba, crossing the Atlantic Ocean. The ship also visited friendly ports like Annaba in Algeria, Gdynia in Poland and Rostock in East Germany. With the end of the Cold War, the ship also travelled to Belgium and visited Antwerp. During June 1993, Bditelnyy took part in BALTOPS-93, the first joint exercise between NATO and Russia. However, soon afterwards, the ship was retired and, on 31 July 1996, decommissioned and subsequently broken up.
Razumnyy was a 1135 Burevestnik-class Large Anti-Submarine Ship or 'Krivak' class frigate that served with the Soviet and Russian Navies. Launched on 20 July 1973, the vessel operated as part of the Pacific Fleet, as a dedicated anti-submarine vessel, with an armament built around the Metel Anti-Ship Complex. The vessel undertook a number of tours, visiting the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen and India. The ship was decommissioned on 16 March 1998 and subsequently disarmed ready to be broken up before the end of the year.
Druzhny was a Project 1135 Burevestnik-class Large Anti-Submarine Ship or Krivak-class frigate. Launched on 22 January 1975, the vessel served with the Soviet Navy until it was dissolved and then was transferred to the Russian Navy. After being retired on 10 April 2002, there was an unsuccessful attempt to refit the warship as a shopping and leisure facility, but instead the vessel was scrapped.
Admiral Makarov is an Admiral Grigorovich-class frigate of the Russian Navy, part of the Black Sea Fleet based at Sevastopol. She was laid down at the Yantar Shipyard in February 2012 and commissioned on 25 December 2017. She is the most recently built of her class, and the third of six ships that had been planned in the class as of November 2014.
Yantar Shipyard is a Russian shipbuilding company based in Kaliningrad, Russia.
Svirepyy was a Project 1135 Burevestnik-class Large Anti-Submarine Ship or Krivak-class frigate that served with the Soviet Navy. Displacing 3,200 tonnes full load, the vessel was built around the Metel anti-submarine missile system. The ship was launched on 27 January 1971 in Kaliningrad and joined the Baltic Fleet. The ship's service was not restricted to the Baltic Sea and instead travelled widely, visiting a number of foreign friendly ports during the next two decades, including Gdynia, Poland and Havana, Cuba. Svirepyy was designated a Guard Ship from 1977 as Soviet strategy changed to one creating safe areas for friendly submarines close to the coast. However, the ship continued to travel widely, including trips to the capital cities of both Finland and Tunisia as well as Rostock in East Germany. Svirepyy was transferred to the Russian Navy after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, but did not last long before being decommissioned on 30 June 1993 and subsequently broken up.
Razyashchiy was a Project 1135 Burevestnik-class Large Anti-Submarine Ship or Krivak-class frigate of the Soviet Navy. Displacing 3,200 tonnes full load, the vessel was built around the Metel anti-submarine missile system. Launched on 22 July 1974, Razyashchiy joined the Pacific Fleet of the Soviet Navy. While serving in the Arabian Sea, in 1983, Razyashchiy suffered minor hull damage from colliding with the destroyer USS Fife while approaching a US fleet. The ship also undertook visits to Port Louis, Mauritius, and Danang, Vietnam, to, among other objectives, enhance the relationships between these countries and the Soviet Union. In 1991, the vessel was transferred to the newly-formed Russian Navy. After nearly twenty years of service, however, Razyashchiy was in a poor state and so was decommissioned on 29 October 1992 and sold to be broken up on 6 October 1994.
Revnostnyy was a Project 1135M Burevestnik-class Guard Ship or 'Krivak' class frigate that served with the Soviet Navy. Launched on 23 April 1980, the vessel operated as part of the Pacific Fleet as an anti-submarine vessel, with an armament built around the Metel Anti-Ship Complex. Revnostnyy patrolled extensively as far afield as the Arabian Peninsula and Sea of Japan. The ship undertook a friendly visit to India in 1984 and, during the following year, formed part of the escort for a flotilla led by the Soviet aircraft carrier Novorossiysk which helped develop Soviet tactics for carrier-borne aircraft. Taken out of service for an overhaul in 1988, Revnostnyy was instead placed in reserve until 24 July 2003, when the ship was decommissioned and sold to be broken up.
Gromkiy was a Project 1135M Burevestnik-class Guard Ship or 'Krivak II'-class frigate that served with the Soviet and Russian Navies. Launched on 11 April 1978, the vessel operated as part of the Northern Fleet as an anti-submarine vessel, with an armament built around the URPK-5 Rastrub missile system. In 1991, the ship took part in the semicentennial commemoration of the first of the arctic convoys of the Second World War alongside the Royal Navy frigate HMS London. Soon afterwards, the ship was transferred to the Russian Navy following the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Gromkiy served for less than two years in this new role before being withdrawn for repairs and, ultimately, decommissioning on 16 March 1998.
Pytlivyy is a Project 1135M Burevestnik-class Guard Ship or 'Krivak II'-class frigate that served with the Soviet and Russian navies. Launched on 16 April 1981, the vessel was designed to operate as an anti-submarine vessel, with an armament built around the Metel Anti-Ship Complex. Part of the Black Sea Fleet, the vessel undertook friendly visits to Algeria, Greece, and Malta, at the last hosting a meeting between the Soviet and US leaders Mikhail Gorbachev and George H. W. Bush. In 1991, the ship was transferred to the Russian Navy following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, and, following a three-year repair, took part in a number of joint exercises with other navies. For example, 2003 found the vessel operating alongside the Indian Navy and 2005 with the Italian Navy. In 2006, Pytlivyy took part in NATO's Operation Active Endeavour and subsequently formed part of Russia's presence in the Mediterranean Sea in the war against terrorism in the early 21st century. The ship also operated as part of the Russian intervention in the Syrian civil war. As of 2021, Pytlivyy remains in service.
Rezvyy or Rezvy was the lead Project 1135M Burevestnik-class Guard Ship or 'Krivak II'-class frigate. Launched on 30 May 1975, the vessel was designed to operate in an anti-submarine role in the Soviet Navy, with armament built around the Metel Anti-Ship Complex. Part of the Northern Fleet, the vessel undertook operations in the Atlantic Ocean, including visits to Congo and Cuba, and participating in the Atlantic-84 major naval exercise in 1984. After a major refit between 1989 and 1992, Rezvyy was recommissioned into the Russian Navy. The ship continued to travel, visiting Norway in 1993. After more than twenty-five years service, Rezvyy was decommissioned on 1 June 2001 and subsequently broken up.
Silnyy or Silny was a Soviet Navy Project 1135 Burevestnik-class Large Anti-Submarine Ship or Krivak-class frigate. Displacing 3,200 tonnes full load, the vessel was built around the Metel anti-submarine missile system. Launched on 29 August 1972, Silnyy served with the Baltic Fleet. The vessel undertook a number of visits to nations friendly to the Soviet Union, including Cape Verde, Cuba, East Germany and Poland. In 1976, while escorting the aircraft carrier Kiev, the ship had a close encounter with the cruiser USS Josephus Daniels, although neither vessel was damaged. Silnyy was taken out of service for repairs in 1990. However, lack of funds meant that, instead, the ship was decommissioned on 30 June 1994 and broken up.
Bessmennyy was a Project 1135M Burevestnik-class Guard Ship or 'Krivak II'-class frigate that served with the Soviet and Russian Navies. The vessel was the seventh of the class to enter service. Launched on 17 September 1977, Bessmennyy was designed to operate as an anti-submarine vessel with the Northern Fleet, using an armament built around the Metel Anti-Ship Complex. Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, in 1991, the ship was transferred to the Russian Navy and took part in a pioneering visit to Gibraltar two years later, the first time that Russian warships had visited the territory in living memory. Bessmennyy was retired on 16 March 1998, disarmed and subsequently broken up.
Oryol is a Project 11351 Nerey-class frigate of the Coast Guard of the FSB Border Service of Russia. Previously the ship served in the KGB Border Troops Naval Service as Imeni XXVII siezda KPSS.
Pskov was a Project 11351 Nerey-class frigate of the Coast Guard of the Federal Security Service of Russia. Previously the ship served in the KGB Border Troops Naval Service as Imeni 70-letiya VChK-KGB.