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Frigate Dostoynyy

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Classification

Ship class:
Krivak-class frigate
Type:
Frigate
USSR ship project:
1135

Basic information

Operator:
Soviet NavySoviet Navy Russian NavyRussian Navy
Country of build:
Builder:
Zalyv Shipbuilding yard
Laid down:
Launched:
Commissioned (service):
Decommissioned (out):
Status:
Decommissioned

Ship measurements

Displacement:
3,190 t
Length:
123 m
Beam (waterline):
14.2 m
Draft:
4.5 m

Machine

Propulsion:
  • COGAG
  • 2 * M-3 gas-turbines, 36,000 shp (27,000 kW)
  • 2 * M-60 gas-turbines (cruise), 12,000 shp (8,900 kW)
  • 2 * shaft
Speed:
32 knots
Range:
3,515 nmi (6,510 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)

Personnel

Complement:
192

Combat assets

Electronics:
  • MR-310A Angara-A air/surface search radar
  • Volga navigation radar
  • Don navigation radar
  • MG-332 Titan-2
  • MG-325 Vega
  • 2 * MG-7 Braslet and MGS-400K sonars
  • PK-16 ship-borne decoy dispenser system
Armament:
  • 4 * URPK-4 Metel (SS-N-14 'Silex') anti-submarine missiles (1*4)
  • 4 * ZIF-122 4K33 launchers (22) with 40 4K33 OSA-M (SA-N-4'Gecko') surface to air missiles
  • 4 * 76 mm (3 in) AK-726 guns (2*2)
  • 2 * 45 mm (2 in) 21KM guns (2*1)
  • 2 * RBU-6000 Smerch-2 Anti-Submarine rockets
  • 8 * 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes (2*4)
  • 18 mines

Dostoynyy displaced 2,835 tonnes (2,790 long tons; 3,125 short tons) standard and 3,190 tonnes (3,140 long tons; 3,520 short tons) full load and was 123 m (404 ft) in length. Power was provided by a combination of two 18,000 horsepower (13,000 kW) M3 and two 6,000 horsepower (4,500 kW) M60 gas turbines installed as a COGAG set named М7 for a design speed of 32 knots (59 km/h).

The ship was designed for anti-submarine warfare around four URPK-4 Metel missiles (NATO reporting name SS-N-14 'Silex'), backed up by 533 millimetres (21 inches) torpedoes and a pair of RBU-6000 213 mm (8 in) anti-submarine rocket launchers.Launched on 8 May 1971, Dostoynyy was deployed to the Northern Fleet on 28 April 1972 as part of the 10th Brigade. The vessel was designated a Guard Ship from 28 July 1977 and was upgraded with URPK-5 (SS-N-14B) missiles between January 1985 and August 1988. After serving in the Mediterranean Sea, the ship was decommissioned on 30 June 1993 and scrapped between 1994 and 1995.

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