 Sister ship Deyatelnyy in 1988
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| History | |
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  Soviet Union | |
| Name | Svirepyy |
| Namesake | Russian for Ferocious |
| Builder | Yantar Shipyard, Kaliningrad |
| Yard number | 716 |
| Laid down | 15 June 1970 |
| Launched | 27 January 1971 |
| Commissioned | 29 December 1972 |
| Decommissioned | 30 June 1993 |
| Fate | Broken up |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Project 1135 Burevestnik frigate |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 123 m (403 ft 7 in) |
| Beam | 142 m (465 ft 11 in) |
| Draft | 4.5 m (14 ft 9 in) |
| Installed power | 48,000 shp (36,000 kW) |
| Propulsion | 4 gas turbines; COGAG; 2 shafts |
| Speed | 32 kn (59 km/h) |
| Range | 4,000 nmi (7,408 km) at 14 kn (26 km/h) |
| Complement | 23 officers, 174 men |
| Sensors and processing systems |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | PK-16 decoy-dispenser system |
| Armament |
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Svirepyy (Russian: Свирепый, "Ferocious") was a Project 1135 Burevestnik-class Large Anti-Submarine Ship (Большой Противолодочный Корабль, BPK) or Krivak-class frigate that served with the Soviet Navy. Displacing 3,200 tonnes (3,100 long tons; 3,500 short tons) 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 (Сторожевой Корабль, SKR) 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.