Russian corvette Grad Sviyazhsk

The corvette Grad Sviyazhsk
History
Russia
NameGrad Sviyazhsk
NamesakeSviyazhsk
Awarded17 May 2010
BuilderZelenodolsk Shipbuilding Plant, Tatarstan
Laid down27 August 2010
Launched9 March 2014
Commissioned27 July 2014
Recommissioned27 April 2021
Home portMahachkala/Kaspiysk
IdentificationMRK 652 / SMS 652
StatusIn active service
General characteristics
Class & typeBuyan-M
Displacement
  • 850 t (837 long tons) standard
  • 949 t (934 long tons) full load
Length74.1 m (243 ft)
Beam11 m (36 ft)
Draught2.6 m (8 ft 6 in)
Propulsion2 shaft CODAD, 4 × Zvezda M520, 10,875 kW (14,584 shp) and Kolomna Diesel, Pumpjet.
Speed25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)
Range2,500 miles (4,000 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement52
Sensors &
processing systems
  • 5P-26M1 Pozitiv-M1 phased array radar system
  • MP-231-2 navigation radar
  • 5P-10-03 Laska fire control system
  • МР-123-02 fire control system
  • Anapa-M anti-saboteur sonar system
Electronic warfare
& decoys		TK-25 radar jammers[1]
Armament

Grad Sviyazhsk (MRK 652) is the lead ship of Buyan-M (Project 21631) class of corvettes (Small Missile Ships by Russian classification). of the Russian Navy's Caspian Flotilla. Built by the Zelenodolsk Shipbuilding Plant, it was laid down on 27 August 2010, launched on 9 March 2013,[4] and commissioned on 27 July 2014.[5]

Design

Construction history

Grad Sviyazhsk was laid down at the Zelenodolsk Shipbuilding Plant Gorky on 27 August 2010 at 11:00. Present at the ceremony were Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan Ildar Khalikov, Commanding officer of the Caspian Flotilla Kulikov, deputy head of Rosoboronexport Komarov, among others.

The ship is named after Sviyazhsk, a fortress built in 1551 by Ivan the Terrible for use as a base during the Siege of Kazan, which is now a town in the Zelenodolsky District of Tatarstan.

Grad Sviyazhsk was launched on 9 March 2013.[4]

On 17 June of the same year, the ship sailed via Russia's inland waterway system from Zelenodolsk to the Caspian Sea. On 24 June she arrived at the Caspian flotilla headquarters at Astrakhan.

Grad Sviyazhsk begun factory sea trials on 10 July 2013.[6] In August, she entered the Caspian Sea for the first time while still performing factory sea trials.[7]

The ship successfully performed its first firing test of the onboard Kalibr missile system on 27 September.

On 15 April 2014, Grad Sviyazhsk entered the Caspian Sea to perform tests in stormy seas.[8]

From 5 May to 8 May 2014, Grad Sviyazhsk and Uglich, along with other Caspian Flotilla ships, performed tacticals exercises in the Caspian Sea.

The ship was commissioned on 27 July, 2014.[9][10]

Operational history

In 2014, Grad Sviyazhsk and Uglich participated in an exercise testing a new surface and air-search radar.[11]

On 7 October 2015, corvettes Grad Sviyazhsk, Uglich, Velikiy Ustyug and Gepard-class frigate Dagestan, deployed in the Caspian Sea, launched 26 Kalibr cruise missiles at 11 targets in Syria. The missiles flew nearly 1,500 kilometres (930 mi)over Iran and Iraq and struck targets in Raqqa and Aleppo provinces (controlled by the Islamic State) as well as in Idlibprovince (controlled by the al-Qaeda-linked Nusra Front).[12] According to United States Department of Defense officials, several of these cruise missiles fired from Russian ships crashed in Iran and did not make it to their intended targets in Syria.[13]

On 20 November 2015, the same warships launched 18 Kalibr cruise missiles from the Caspian Sea at seven targets in Rakka, Idlib and Aleppo provinces.[14][15]

In late April 2016 Grad Sviyazhsk, along with many other Caspian Flotilla ships, participated in an exercise. Among the weapons tested were the Kalibr system, A-190, and Duet CIWS.[16]

From 15 to 22 August 2016, The ship once again participated in firing exercises, sea, air, and land targets.[17][18]

In September, Grad Sviyyazhsk's Kalibr missiles successfully hit a land target imitating an enemy command center from a distance of 180 kilometres (110 mi; 97 nmi), as part of the "Caucasus-2016" exercise.[19]

On 15 September 2016 the ship and many others from the Caspian Flotilla participated in an air defense exercise.[20]

In October 2016, Grad Sviyazhsk and the Caspian Flotilla flagship Gepard-class frigate Tatarstan visited the Iranian port of Bender-Enzeli[21], and the port of Aktau in Kazakhstan.[22]

On 16 December 2016 Grad Sviyazhsk participated in test of over-the-horizon radar systems.[23]

Grad Sviyazhsk and its sister ships Uglich and Velikiy Ustug welcomed ships of the Iranian Navy on an unofficial visit to Makhachkala.[24]

Sergey Shoigu inspecting the 3S-14 VLS on the Grad Sviyazhsk

On 25 April 2017, a squadron of ships including the Grad Sviyazhsk set sail as part of a combat readiness test.[25]

Sergey Shoigu on the bridge of the Grad Sviyazhsk

On 5 July 2017, while on a routine trip to Astrakhan, the ship was visited by Russian Minister of Defense Sergey Shoigu, who participated in a combat exercise involving the onboard Kalibr system.[26][27]

From 13 to 17 July, she conducted in a missile and artillery firing exercise along with sister ships Velikiy Ustug and Uglich.[28][29]

On 23 July 2017, Grad Sviyazhsk arrived in the port of Baku, Azerbaijan to participate in the Kubok Morya-2017 (Russian: Кубок Моря-2017, romanized: Kubok Morya-2017, lit. 'Championship of the Sea-2017'), which went on from 1 to 11 August.[30] She returned to her homeport having shared the first place prize with the Azerbaijani guard ship G-124.[31]

On 9 October 2017 she participated in a group artillery and missile firing exercise, ending the 2017 summer Caspian Flotilla combat readiness exercises.[32][33]

On 12 October 2017 Grad. Sviyazhsk successfully hit sea and land targets using its Kalibr system, as part of an exercise.[34]

In July of 2018, she, along with Velikiy Ustug, transferred to the Black Sea Fleet,[35] and on 17 June the two ships transferred to Russia's permanent Mediterranean task force.[36]

Commanding officers

Captain, 3rd Rank, Alexey Gordeev[37]

References

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  2. ↑ Малый артиллерийский корабль пр. 21632 «ТОРНАДО» вариант 1 [Small artillery ship Pr. 21632 "TORNADO" mark 1]. JSC Zelenodolsk Plant named after A.M. Gorky (in Russian). Archived from the original on 23 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  3. ↑ Novichkov, Nikolai (5 July 2015). "Russia to equip Buyan-M corvettes with Komar SAM turret". IHS Jane's 360. Archived from the original on 8 July 2015.
  4. 1 2 Спущен на воду малый ракетный корабль «Град Свияжск» [The small rocket ship "Grad Sviyazhsk" was launched]. Сделано у нас (in Russian). 18 March 2013. Archived from the original on 3 April 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  5. ↑ На кораблях "Град Свияжск" и "Углич" подняли Военно-Морские флаги [Naval flags raised on ships "Grad Sviyazhsk" and "Uglich"]. JSC Zelenodolsk Plant named after A.M. Gorky (in Russian). 27 July 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
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