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Admiral Grigorovich (745)

2016 MODERN NAVY

History of Admiral Grigorovich (745)

One of the newest surface warships of the Russian Navy is Admiral Grigorovich, a guided missile frigate in service with the Black Sea Fleet. Her keel was laid by Yantar in Kaliningrad on December 18, 2010, and launched on March 14, 2014 to complete her trials and evaluations.

The ship was officially commissioned on 11 March 2016 and remains active in the Black Sea Fleet along with sister ship Admiral Essen.

Admiral Grigorovich was one of several warships that the Russian military called to the Syrian theater of operations (Syrian civil war) in November 2016.

The Russian Navy plans to build a total of six warships - including Admiral Makarov (under construction), Admiral Butakov (under construction), Admiral Istomin (under construction) and Kearney Admiral Love. The ships are part of two construction projects planned for the Russian fleet.

Under a contract signed in October 2016, the Indian Navy is building two more warships for the Indian Navy - two to be completed by Russian shipyards and the remaining two to be built locally in Indian waters.

A complication of the efforts of the Grigorovich class was the original installation of the Ukrainian ship's turbines. With the fallout from Russia's annexation of Crimea, these engines are no longer a viable option for Russia in purchasing this class - so several ships remain in semi-finished condition with no propulsion installed for the time being.

For now, the Grigorovich class is a highly advanced, powerful missile-armed frigate. The standard load is 3,620 tons, and the full load is more than 4,000 tons. The length is 409 feet, the beam is 50 feet, and the draft is 14 feet.

With a crew of 200, the supplies on board allow the warship to stay out of port for a full month before needing supplies.

Admiral Grigorovich's installed power represents a combined gas and gas unit (COGAG) in which multiple gas turbines share the load between cruise and high-speed cruise. Two 8,450-horsepower DS-71 gas turbines and two 22,000-horsepower DT-59 gas turbines were installed, the former for cruising duties and the latter for faster pace. The maximum achievable speed under ideal conditions can reach 30 knots, which makes Admiral Grigorovich a fast frigate.

Range is up to 4,850 nautical miles.

Installed systems include "Fregat" M2EM air search radar, 3Ts-25E "Garpun-B", MR-212/201-1 and Nucleus-2 6000A surface search radar and JSC 5P-10E "Puma" FCS, 3R14N - 11356 FCS, MR-90 "Orekh" SAM FCS fire control radar. Electronic warfare (EW) is performed by the TK-25E-5 kit, and countermeasures are performed by 4 x KT-216 series launchers.

Armament is a combination of traditional (projectile based) and missile oriented: 1 x 100mm A-190 "Arsenal" with turret deck gun (dual use), 1 x 8 unit UKSK Vertical Launch System (VLS) ( For Kalibr and 3M55 Oniks missiles), 2 x 12-cell VLS (3S90M "Shtil-1" missiles, 8 x Igla-1E (SA-16) surface-to-air missile launchers, 2 x "Kashtan" close-in weapon systems ( CIWS), 2 x 533mm twin torpedo tubes and 1 x RBU-6000 anti-submarine rocket (ASROC) launcher.

Above the stern is a helipad that can support 1 Kamov Ka-27PL or Ka-31 series naval helicopters. These are essential for over-the-horizon operations and submarine hunting.