Krivak class frigate

The "Krivak" class were a series of frigates built for the Soviet Navy. The Soviet designation was Project 1135 "Burevestnik" (Storm Petrel).

These ships were designed as a successor to the "Riga" class. The design started in the late 1950s and matured as an anti-submarine ship in the 1960s. A total of 32 ships were built for the Soviet Navy and 8 modified ships for the KGB Maritime Border Guard.

The ship's unique features - the bow missile box, the stack and the angled mast earned it a rap-like nickname among U. S. sailors that comes from their foreign ship silhouette identification training - "Hot dog pack, Smokestack, Guns in Back - Krivak."

How many ships that remain in active duty today is uncertain. According to some sources Russia has 4 units in service and the Ukrainian Navy 1. [http://www.warfare.ru/?catid=243&linkid=1720] [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/ukraine/vms-equipment.htm]

General characteristics

* Displacement - 3300 tons standard, 3575 tons full load
* Length - 405.3 ft(123.5m)
* Beam - 46.3 ft(14.1m)
* Draught - 15.1 ft(4.6m)
* Propulsions - 2 shaft; COGAG; 2x M-8k gas-turbines, 40,000 shp; 2x M-62 gas-turbines (cruise), 14,950 shp
* Speed - 32kt
* Range - convert|4995|nmi|km|0|abbr=on at convert|14|kn|km/h|0
* Complement - 200
* Armament
** 1x4 SS-N-14 "Silex" ASW missiles
** 2 SA-N-4 SAM Missile systems (40 missiles)
** 4 76 mm guns (2x2) ("Krivak II" had 2 x1 100 mm guns)
** 2 x RBU-6000 Anti-Submarine rockets
** 2x4 533 mm torpedo tubes

* "Krivak 3" - designated Project 1135.5 "Nerei" (Nereus), These ships lacked the SS-N-14 missile system, which was replaced by a helicopter and hangar, and only one 100 mm gun at the bow of the ship. These ships were built for and operated by the KGB Maritime Border Guard.

* "Talwar" class - this is an advanced derivative built for the Indian Navy from 1999 to 2003.

Vessel list

Krivak 1

* "Bditelnyy" - (Watchful, 1970)
* "Bodryy" - (Brisk, 1971)
* "Svirepyy" - (Fierce, 1971)
*"Storozhevoy" - (Vigilant, 1972), this ship was involved in a mutiny in 1975, which inspired the novel The Hunt for Red October
* "Razyashciy" - (Furious, 1973)
* "Rasumnyy" - (Clever, 1974)
* "Druznyy" - (Friendly, 1975)
* "Dostoynyy" - (Virtuous, 1971)
* "Doblestnyy" - (Valourous, 1973)
* "Deyatelnyy" - (Active, 1973)
* "Bezzevetniy" - (Serene, 1978)
* "Bezukoriznenny" - (Irreproachable, 1980)
* "Ladnyy" - (Harmonious, 1980)
* "Porvistiy" - (Impetuous, 1980)
* "Zharkyy" - (Heated, 1975)
* "Retivyy" - (Ardent, 1976)
* "Leningradsky Komsomolets" (1976) - renamed "Legkiy" (Light) in 1992
* "Letuchiy" - (Flighty, 1977)
* "Pylkiy" - (Fervent, 1979)
* "Zadornyy" - (Passionate, 1979)

Krivak 2

* "Besmennyy" - (Unchanging, 1979)
* "Gordelivyy" - (Proud, 1979)
* "Gromkyy" - (Loud, 1979)
* "Grozyachiy" - (Threatening, 1977)
* "Neukrotimyy" - (Untamable/Indomitable, 1978) - damaged by mine during Navy Day rehearsal 2005
* "Pitlivy" - (Keen, 1982)
* "Razitelniyy" - (Striking, 1977)
* "Revnostnyy" - (Zealous, 1980)
* "Reskiy" - (Sharp, 1976)
* "Rezvyy" - (Frisky, 1975)
* "Ryavnyy" - (Spirited, 1980)

Krivak 3

All ships built by Kamysh Borun Kerch

* "Menzhinski" - (1984) - named after Vyacheslav Menzhinsky an OGPU chairman in 1930's
* "Dzerzhinski" - (1985) - named after Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky the founder of the KGB
* "Orel" - (ex-"Imeny XXVII syezda KPSS", 1987)) - renamed after the city of Orel
* "Anadyr" - (ex-"Imeni 70-Letiya Pogranichnykh", commemorating 70 years of the USSR Border Troops, 1988) renamed after the Anadyr Peninsula
* "Pskov" - (ex-"Imeni LXX Letiya VChk-KGB", 1988) - renamed after the city of Pskov
* "Kedrov" - (1989)
* "Vorovskiy" - (1990)
* "Hetman Sahaydachniy (U130)" - built for the Ukrainian Navy after the collapse of the Soviet Union, named after Petro Konashevych, a 17th century Ukrainian Cossack leader

Three improved Krivak 3 frigates were sold to the Indian Navy in the 1990s, with more ordered in 2006. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/5155292.stm] They are known as Talwar class frigate in Indian naval service.

External links

* [http://ship.bsu.by/main.asp?id=100875 Article]
* [http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/row/rus/1135.htm Article from FAS]
* [http://warfare.ru/?catid=270&linkid=1744 Article from Warfare.ru]
* [http://flot.sevastopol.info/eng/photos/photo_frigates/pitlivy_00.htm Photoalbum Krivak-2 Class Frigate "Pitlivy"]
*http://www.mosnews.com/news/2005/08/01/flagship.shtml - 1995 mine accident