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The ''Admiral Grigorovich''-class, also referred to as Krivak V class, Russian designation Project 11356R, is a class of
frigate A frigate () is a type of warship. In different eras, the roles and capabilities of ships classified as frigates have varied somewhat. The name frigate in the 17th to early 18th centuries was given to any full-rigged ship built for speed and ...
s built by the
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in
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for the Russian Navy and
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, with a cost of $450-500 million. Based on the , six ships were ordered for the Russian
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under two contracts in 2010 and 2011 as a complement to the frigates.


History

By 2010–2011, it was decided the Russian Navy will procure six vessels based on the proven design, mainly due to repeated delays with production of ''Admiral Gorshkov'' frigates and because of the urgent need for new frigates necessary for modernization of the Black Sea Fleet. The Yantar Shipyard won the contract for construction of the frigates and three vessels were to be completed in four years. Previously, six ships of the same design, known as ''Talwar'' class, were built for the
Indian Navy The Indian Navy is the maritime branch of the Indian Armed Forces. The President of India is the Supreme Commander of the Indian Navy. The Chief of Naval Staff, a four-star admiral, commands the navy. As a blue-water navy, it operates sig ...
between 1999 and 2011 by the
Baltic Shipyard The OJSC Baltic Shipyard (''Baltiysky Zavod'', formerly Shipyard 189 named after Grigoriy Ordzhonikidze) (russian: Балтийский завод имени С. Орджоникидзе) is one of the oldest shipyards in Russia and is part of ...
,
Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
and Yantar Shipyard, Kaliningrad. The lead ship, , was laid down on 18 December 2010 and was commissioned on 11 March 2016. Initially, Ukrainian state-owned enterprise
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was providing gas turbines for the Russian frigates, but after the start of the
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, Ukraine said it would no longer supply the engines. Instead, Russian manufacturer
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was asked to supply alternative M90FR gas turbines. Since October 2016, it was claimed the three incomplete frigates, ''Admiral Butakov'', ''Admiral Istomin'' and ''Admiral Kornilov'', that construction was suspended in 2015 due to Ukraine's refusal to supply gas turbine power plants, are considered to be sold to India. The Russian Navy has opposed this export. On 1 June 2017, the
United Shipbuilding Corporation , romanized_name = , former_name = , type = State owned enterprise , traded_as = , industry = Shipbuilding, Defense industry , genre = , fate = , predecessor = , successor = , founded = , founder = , defunct ...
(USC) announced that it would resume construction of the last three frigates in 2018 and that the ships would later join the Russian Navy. The decision to resume the work was made following the preliminary testing of latest Russian gas turbine engines, the M70FRU (14 MW) and M90FR (20 MW, maximal 25-28 MW), designed and built by NPO Saturn plant. With an access to alternative power plants, the ships were believed to remain in Russian service. In December 2017, NPO Saturn has successfully completed three R&D projects of the M90FR, Agregat-DKVP and M70FRU-R gas engines held since 2014. However, on 20 October 2018, a decision was made to sell the unfinished frigates ''Admiral Butakov'' and ''Admiral Istomin'' to the Indian Navy under a contract worth US$950 million. The Yantar Shipyard in Kaliningrad will carry all necessary works to finish the frigates, before they will be handed over to India in first half of 2024. As of 2021, it had still to be confirmed whether ''Admiral Kornilov'' would be completed for the Russian Navy or potentially sold to a foreign customer. Later in 2021 it was reported that she would in fact be sold to a foreign customer. On 17 August 2022, deputy head of
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Vladimir Korolev stated that the
Yantar Shipyard Yantar Shipyard (russian: Прибалтийский судостроительный завод «Янтарь») is a Russian shipbuilding company based in Kaliningrad, Russia. Yantar Shipyard builds military ships, including antisubmarine and ...
is ready to build more ''Admiral Grigorovich-class'' frigates. He also stated that the fate of the sixth, incomplete frigate, ''Admiral Kornilov'', has not yet been decided.


Operational history

On 3 November 2016, as part of
Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War {{Infobox military conflict , partof = the foreign involvement in the Syrian civil war, and the military intervention against ISIL , image = , image_size = , border = , caption = To ...
, ''Admiral Grigorivich'' was deployed to the
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for the first time. On 15 November 2016, it launched Kalibr cruise missiles on IS and
Al-Nusra Al-Nusra Front or Jabhat al-Nusra ( ar, جبهة النصرة لأهل الشام, Jabhat an-Nuṣrah li-Ahl ish-Sham lit. ''Front of the Supporters of the People of Syria/the Levant''), known as Jabhat Fatah al-Sham ( ar, جبهة فتح ال ...
targets in Syria's
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and
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provinces, destroying ammunition warehouses, gathering and training centers and weapon production plants. ''Admiral Grigorovich'' was redeployed to the Mediterranean Sea in April 2017, following the US missile strikes against Syria. She joined the Mediterranean squadron again on 24 December 2020. On 12 April 2022, a ''Grigorovich''-class frigate reportedly shot down a
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drone during the
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. The invasion has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths on both sides. It has caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. An ...
. On 22 April a ''Grigorovich''-class frigate reportedly fired Kalibr cruise missiles against Ukrainian targets.


Export

As part of the deal signed on 20 October 2018 for delivery of ''Admiral Butakov'' and ''Admiral Istomin'' frigates to the Indian Navy,
Rosoboronexport JSC Rosoboronexport (russian: AO Рособоронэкспорт, ''Rosoboroneksport'') is the sole state intermediary agency for Russia's exports/imports of defense-related and dual use products, technologies and services. The Rosoboronexport F ...
and
Goa Shipyard Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) is an Government of India, Indian Government owned ship building company located on the West Coast of India at Vasco da Gama, Goa. It was established in 1957, originally by the colonial government of the Portuguese in ...
have signed an additional contract for two more ''Admiral Grigorovich''-class frigates to be license-built at Goa Shipyard in India. Under the contract, Russia will provide India the technological know-how to build the frigates on its own. The final cost for the two vessels is yet to be determined, but was estimated at US$500 million. The Indian Navy should receive the ships in 2026 and 2027, respectively.


Ships


See also

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Admiral Gorshkov-class frigate The ''Admiral Gorshkov'' class, Russian designation Project 22350 for the original and upgraded version armed with 16 and 32 VLS cells respectively, is the newest class of frigates being built by the Severnaya Verf in Saint Petersburg for the ...


References


External links

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All Admiral Grigorovich Class Frigates - Complete Ship List
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