Karakurt-class (since 2018)

Burya
Class overview
NameKarakurt class
Builders
Operators Russian Navy
Preceded byBuyan class
Costapprox. RUB2 billion (2017)[1] (US$34.3 million)
Built2015–present
In service2018–present
General characteristics
TypeGuided-missile corvette
Displacement800 tons (860 tons after first two vessels)
Length67 m (219 ft 10 in)
Beam11 m (36 ft 1 in)
Draft3.3 m (10 ft 10 in)
Propulsion
  • CODAD:
    • 3 Zvezda M-507D1 112 c or 16D49 16D500 12V ZE1600KZ diesel engine with 3 diesel generators DGAS-315
Speed30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range2,500 nmi (4,600 km; 2,900 mi)
Endurance15 days
Complement50–70
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Mineral-M radar
  • Pozitiv-M 1.2 3D radar
  • AESA type radar
  • Pal-N-4
  • 5P-10-03 Laska Fire-control radar (for naval gun and AK-630 CIWS)
  • SP-520
  • Lanzor KT-216
  • PK-10
  • MP-405-1
  • Satellite communication station Tsentavr-NM
Armament
  • 1 × 76.2 mm 59-caliber AK-176MA or 100 mm A-190 automatic dual-purpose guns
  • 1 × Pantsir-M CIWS with Hermes-K missiles or 1 × 3M89 Palash/ Palma CIWS with Sosna-R missiles (4+4 SAM in total 8 plus under reload units) or 2 × AK-630M-2 CIWS (on first 2 vessels)
  • 2 × 4 UKSK VLS cells for Kalibr or Oniks anti-ship cruise missiles
  • 2 x 12.7x108 mm Kord machine gun
Aircraft carriedLauncher for Orlan-10 UAV[2]
Launching of Burya at the Pella Shipyard

The Karakurt class, or Project 22800 Karakurt ('spider, European Black Widow') is a (group or) class of small warships of Russia's navy.

According to Russia, those ships are small missile-ships. Western media calls the ships, corvettes.

References

  1. Герман Костринский (31 July 2017). ""Каракурты" размажут по верфям". Kommersant (in Russian). Archived from the original on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  2. "Судьба "Каракурта": распределена первая партия малых ракетных кораблей". Izvestia (in Russian). 21 May 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-05-29. Retrieved 2020-09-11.