The corvette will soon be relocated to the Pacific Fleet to the place of its permanent operation, according to Navy Commander-in-Chief Nikolai Yevmenov.
ST. PETERSBURG,
December 29. /TASS/. The Project 20385 lead corvette Gremyashchiy has been
accepted for service in the Russian Navy.
The ceremony of
raising the Russian Navy’s St. Andrew’s flag was held at the Severnaya Shipyard
in St. Petersburg.
"Today is a
remarkable event for the Navy. On the eve of the New Year, a new ship
completely unique by its technical characteristics has been handed over. The
corvette will soon be relocated to the Pacific Fleet to the place of its
permanent operation," Russian Navy Commander-in-Chief Nikolai Yevmenov
said at the delivery ceremony.
Six more corvettes of
this class will be built for the Pacific Fleet and will be eventually armed
with Tsirkon hypersonic missiles, the Navy chief said.
The Gremyashchiy is
the Project 20385 lead corvette laid down at the Severnaya Shipyard on February
1, 2012 and floated out in June 2017. The corvettes of this Project developed
by the Almaz Central Marine Design Bureau are designated to detect and destroy
enemy submarines and surface ships, provide for troop landing and cope with
numerous green-water tasks.
Project 20385
corvettes displace 2,200 tonnes, have an operating range of 3,500 miles and
their sea endurance is 15 days. They are armed with Kalibr-NK universal missile
systems, Redut anti-aircraft missile launchers and Paket anti-submarine warfare
technology.
Compared to the ships
of the previous Project 20380, the Gremyashchiy carries Kalibr-NK and/or Oniks
cruise missiles. Project 20385 envisages a hangar for a Ka-27 helicopter.
The corvette was
named after the Northern Fleet’s legendary destroyer Gremyashchiy that fought
during the Soviet Union’s 1941-1945 Great Patriotic War against Nazi Germany.
For its successful operations at sea during the war, the destroyer was awarded
the Guards title while its commander, 1st Rank Captain Anton Gurin was bestowed
with the Hero of the Soviet Union title.
Source: ITAR-TASS
01-01-2021
