Project 20386 is Russia's newest class of

corvette A corvette is a small warship. It is traditionally the smallest class of vessel considered to be a proper (or " rated") warship. The warship class above the corvette is that of the frigate, while the class below was historically that of the slo ...

s being constructed by

Severnaya Verf Severnaya Verf (russian: Северная верфь, , Northern Shipyard) is a major shipyard on in Saint Petersburg, Russia, producing naval and civilian ships. It was founded as a branch of the Putilov Plant in the late 1800s. Under the Sovi ...

for the Russian Navy. Based on the and classes, the new class will be larger and will incorporate more stealthy design. There are plans to build a series of at least ten such corvettes.

History

The lead ship of the class was

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on 28 October 2016 and is expected to enter service after 2020. In February 2019, the technical readiness of the lead vessel reached 12%. On 9 April 2019, Russian Defence Minister

Sergey Shoygu Sergei Kuzhugetovich Shoigu, ; tyv, Сергей Күжүгет оглу Шойгу, translit=Sergey Kyzhyget oglu Shoygu, . (russian: Сергей Кужугетович Шойгу; born 21 May 1955) is a Russian politician who has served as ...

announced, the ship will be named ''Merkuriy'' (

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). However, the name may have been again changed to ''Derzky''.

Ships

References

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