Grachonok-class anti-saboteur ship

The Grachonok class, Russian designation Project 21980 Grachonok, is a class of anti-saboteur and large guard boats being built for the Russian Navy. The class is designed to combat sabotage and terrorist forces and means in the waters off bases and near the approaches to them, as well as to assist the Border Service of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation in solving the problems of preservation and protection of the state border of Russia. Seventeen boats were built since 2008.

Nakhimovets in the Baltic Sea
Class overview
Name: Grachonok class
Builders:
Operators:
Built: 2008–present
In commission: 2009–present
Planned: 26
Building: 2
Completed: 23
Active: 20
General characteristics
Type: Anti-saboteur ship
Displacement: 138 tonnes (136 long tons)
Length: 31.04 m (101 ft 10 in)
Beam: 7.4 m (24 ft 3 in)
Draft: 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Propulsion: 2 × MTU or MWM Deutz TBD620V12, Wartsila (other European or local ZE Zvezda, Kolomna) diesel engines
Speed: 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph)
Endurance: 5 days
Complement: 8 crew
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • Navigation: MR-231 Pal
  • Sonar: Kalmar sonar
  • MG-757 Anapa-M anti-saboteur towed sonar
Electronic warfare
& decoys:		 MTK-201M3 electronic-optical television system
Armament:
  • Guns: 1 × MTPU 14.5mm marine machine-gun installation
  • 1 × DP-64 anti-sabotage grenade launchers
  • 1 × DP-65 remotely-controlled rocket grenade launcher system
  • Missiles: 1 × Igla-1 Man-portable air-defense system launcher (+4 missiles)

History

In October 2017, four additional ships were ordered by the National Guard of Russia. These ships are intended for protection of the Crimean Bridge.[1]

Ships
Grachonok class anti sabotage ship
Name Hull No. Builders Laid down Launched Commissioned Fleet Status
Russian Navy
Nakhimovets 889 Zelenodolsk Shipyard 8 February 2008 25 April 2009 23 November 2009 Baltic Fleet Active
Kadet 840 Zelenodolsk Shipyard 7 May 2010 July 2011 October 2011 Black Sea Fleet Active
Suvorovets 841 Zelenodolsk Shipyard 6 May 2011[2] 16 June 2012[3] 14 November 2012 Black Sea Fleet Active
Kursant-Kirovets 842 Zelenodolsk Shipyard 5 May 2012[4] April 2013[5] 22 August 2013 Black Sea Fleet Active
P-377 996 Vostochnaya Verf, Vladivostok 15 March 2012 24 June 2013 26 September 2013 Pacific Fleet Active
Yunarmeets Kaspiya 930 Zelenodolsk Shipyard 27 July 2012[6] June 2013 15 October 2013[7] Caspian Flotilla Active
Yunarmeets Primorya 997 Vostochnaya Verf, Vladivostok August 2012 29 November 2013 24 February 2014 Pacific Fleet Active
Yunarmeets Kryma 836 Zelenodolsk Shipyard 7 May 2013[8] 30 May 2014[9] 22 August 2014 Black Sea Fleet Active
Yunarmeets Kamchatki 998 Vostochnaya Verf, Vladivostok December 2012[10] 4 July 2013[11] 25 September 2014 Pacific Fleet Active
Kinel 837 Zelenodolsk Shipyard 27 July 2013[12] 2014 9 October 2014[13] Black Sea Fleet Active
Yunarmeets Zapolyarya 669 Vympel Shipyard March 2014 7 June 2016[14] 19 November 2016 Northern Fleet Active
Yunarmeets Belomorya 699 Vympel Shipyard December 2014 22 July 2016[15] 19 November 2016 Northern Fleet Active
Sergey Preminin 936 Vympel Shipyard 15 September 2015 27 April 2017[16] 14 July 2017 Northern Fleet Active
P-433 988 Zelenodolsk Shipyard 12 January 2015[17] 2017 16 September 2017[18] Black Sea Fleet Active
Yunarmeets Chukotki 999 Vostochnaya Verf, Vladivostok 2016 2017 14 October 2017 Pacific Fleet Active
Valeriy Fedyanin 941 Vympel Shipyard 15 April 2016 22 June 2017[19] 9 November 2017[20] Northern Fleet Active
Yunarmeets Tatarstana 989 Zelenodolsk Shipyard 7 May 2015[21] 15 June 2018[22] October 2018 Caspian Flotilla Active
P-445 972 Vostochnaya Verf, Vladivostok 2017 12 October 2018 14 January 2019[23] Pacific Fleet Active
Yunarmeets Dagestana Zelenodolsk Shipyard 24 April 2019[24] 2019 August 2019 Caspian Flotilla Active
Zelenodolsk Shipyard 7 August 2020[25] Under construction
Zelenodolsk Shipyard 7 August 2020[25] Under construction
Zelenodolsk Shipyard Ordered[26]
National Guard of Russia
478 Vympel Shipyard 15 May 2018[27] 19 June 2019[28] November 2019[29] Active
479 Vympel Shipyard 10 July 2019[30] Launched
480 Vympel Shipyard 30 July 2019[31] Launched
481 Vympel Shipyard 19 September 2019[32] Launched

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