 A port bow view of Zadornyy at anchor in 1988
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| History | |
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  Soviet Union | |
| Name | Zadornyy |
| Namesake | Russian for Provocative |
| Builder | A.A. Zhdanov, Leningrad |
| Yard number | 716 |
| Laid down | 10 November 1977 |
| Launched | 25 March 1979 |
| Commissioned | 31 August 1979 |
| Decommissioned | 3 December 2005 |
| Fate | Sold to be 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 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) |
| Range | 3,950 nmi (7,315 km; 4,546 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Complement | 23 officers, 174 men |
| Sensors and processing systems |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | PK-16 decoy-dispenser system |
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Zadornyy (Russian: Задорный, lit. 'Provocative') was a Project 1135 Burevestnik-class guard ship or Krivak-class frigate that served with the Soviet and Russian Navies. 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. Zadornyy was launched on 25 March 1979 in Leningrad, the last of the class to be built by the A.A. Zhdanov shipyard, and served with the Northern Fleet. After taking part in exercises Avangard-81, Sever-81 and Okean-83, and cruising as far as Havana, Cuba, the vessel was upgraded between 11 June 1990 and 23 May 1995 with missiles that added anti-ship capability. While serving with the Russian Navy, the ship took part in joint exercises with frigates of the Royal Navy, including a commemoration of the first Arctic convoy of the Second World War with HMS Campbeltown. After more than twenty-five years service, the ship was decommissioned on 3 December 2005.