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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Karakurt class |
| Builders | |
| Operators |  Russian Navy |
| Preceded by | Buyan class |
| Cost | approx. RUB2 billion (2017)[1] (US$34.3 million) |
| Built | 2015–present |
| In service | 2018–present |
| Planned | 16[2][3] |
| Building | 3 |
| Completed | 13 |
| Active | 5 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Guided-missile corvette |
| Displacement | 800 tons (860 tons after first two vessels) |
| Length | 67 m (219 ft 10 in) |
| Beam | 11 m (36 ft 1 in) |
| Draft | 3.3 m (10 ft 10 in) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
| Range | 2,500 nmi (4,600 km; 2,900 mi) |
| Endurance | 15 days |
| Complement | 50–70 |
| Sensors and processing systems |
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| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | Launcher for Orlan-10 UAV[4] |
The Karakurt class, Russian designation Project 22800 Karakurt (Russian: Каракурт, lit. 'black widow spider'), is a class of Russian Navy corvettes (small missile ships) first commissioned in 2018.
The class is intended as a more seaworthy, blue-water complement to the Buyan-M-class corvettes, designed for the littoral zone and which as of 2015[update] serve in Russia's Caspian Flotilla, Baltic Fleet and Black Sea Fleet.[clarification needed][5][irrelevant citation] The ships are designed to be armed with Kalibr or Oniks anti-ship cruise missiles and have an endurance of 15 days.[citation needed] They are also to be a cheap alternative for larger Admiral Grigorovich-class frigates, for which construction was delayed due to the suspended military cooperation with Ukraine, and because of Russia's intention to continue the modernization of its navy until all necessary tasks for construction of larger vessels domestically are solved.[6][failed verification] Delays in the supply of domestically-produced engines for the Karakurt class have held up the completion of several ships.[7]
- ^ Герман Костринский (31 July 2017). ""Каракурты" размажут по верфям". Kommersant (in Russian). Archived from the original on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
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- ^ Юрий Макаров; Александр Мозговой (30 July 2015). "Через тернии… к здравому смыслу". Национальная оборона (in Russian). Archived from the original on 13 February 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
- ^ "Минобороны заявило, что ОПК "немножко сорвал" срок сдачи двух фрегатов". RIA Novosti (in Russian). 24 December 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
- ^ "Analysis: Russia to change laws to renew Navy strength". Navy Recognition. 22 January 2020.