Russian corvette Gremyashchiy

Russian corvette Gremyashchiy
File:Gremyashchy (ship, 2019).jpg Gremyashchiy on 13 November 2019
Career (Russia)
Name:	Gremyashchiy (Ретивый)
Namesake:	Gremyashchiy
Builder:	Severnaya Verf, Saint Petersburg
Laid down:	1 February 2012
Launched:	30 June 2017
Commissioned:	29 December 2020
Homeport:	Kaliningrad
Identification:	Pennant number: 337
Status:	Active
General characteristics
Class & type:	Gremyashchiy-class corvette
Displacement:	2,500 tons
Length:	106.0 m (347.8 ft)
Beam:	13 m (42.7 ft)
Draught:	5 m (16.4 ft)
Installed power:	AC 380/220 V, 50 Hz, 4 × 630 kW diesel genset
Propulsion:	2 shaft CODAD, 4 Kolomna 16D49 diesels 23,664 hp (17.6 MW)
Speed:	27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Range:	4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Endurance:	?
Complement:	100
Sensors and processing systems:	Air search radar: Multi-purpose AESA naval radar mast/system "Zaslon" Fire control radar: 5P-10 Puma for A-190 100 mm artillery Sonar: Zarya-M bow mounted. Vinyetka low frequency active/passive towed array
Electronic warfare & decoys:	EW Suite: TK-25-5 Countermeasures: 4 × PK-10
Armament:	1 × 100 mm A-190 Arsenal naval gun 1 × UKSK VLS 8 cells for Kalibr, Oniks, Medvedka or Zircon anti-ship/cruise missiles 1 × VLS 2 × 8 cells Redut 2 × AK-630M CIWS 2 × Paket-NK 324 mm quad torpedo tubes for anti-torpedo/anti-submarine torpedoes 2 × 14.5 mm MTPU pedestal machine guns
Aviation facilities:	Helipad and hangar for Kamov Ka-27 helicopter

Gremyashchiy is a Gremyashchiy-class corvette of the Russian Navy.

Development and design

Main article: Gremyashchiy-class corvette

Gremyashchiy-class corvettes are very large multipurpose vessels, designed to complement the Steregushchiy class already being commissioned with the Russian Navy. They have been designed to have an improved habitability for higher endurance missions, and are able to launch cruise missiles.

The class was designed with German MTU diesels for propulsion. However, because of sanctions arising from the Ukrainian conflict, deliveries of MTU diesels beyond the first two units were stopped, resulting in the cancellation of further units. Instead, new units of the preceding Steregushchiy class are being ordered. In May 2016, corvette Gremyashchiy got two Russian-made 16D49 diesel turbines 1DDA-12000 from Kolomna Plant in St Petersburg, replacing the previously required German MTU diesels.

Project 20385 differs from its predecessor by greater dimensions and displacement. They have a steel hull and composite superstructure, with a bulbous bow and nine watertight subdivisions. Compared with the Soobrazitelny, Boikiy, Sovershennyy and Stoikiy ships, which are fitted with Redut air defense VLS system of 12 launchers on the bow, these new ships are equipped with a UKSK VLS system comprising eight launchers for either Kalibr, Oniks or Zircon anti-ship/cruise missiles. The Redut VLS system with 16 launchers has been placed on the stern. Another difference is the lack of the aft mast above the helicopter hangar, and single integrated mainmast that no longer includes separate open shelves for artillery and navigation radars.

Construction and career

Gremyashchiy was laid down on 1 February 2012, and launched on 30 June 2017 by Severnaya Verf in Saint Petersburg. She was commissioned on 29 December 2020.

Gallery

Gremyashchiy on 21 April 2019.