The Grisha class, Soviet designation Project 1124 Al'batros, are a series of anti-submarine corvettes built by the Soviet Union between 1970 and 1990 and later by Russia and Ukraine. These ships have a limited range and are largely used only in coastal waters. They have been equipped with a variety of ASW weapons and an SA-N-4 'Gecko' surface-to-air missile launcher. All were fitted with retractable fin stabilizers.
Grisha I-class corvette
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Class overview | |
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Name | Grisha class |
Builders | Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant (340), Zelenodolsk; Leninska Kuznya (302), Kiev; Kirov Shipyard (876), Khabarovsk; Eastern Shipyard (602), Vladivostok |
Operators |
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Succeeded by | |
Planned | 92 |
Completed | 86 |
Cancelled | 6 |
Active | 19 in Russian Navy as of 2023 (7 Pacific, 6 Northern, 6 Black Sea) |
Retired | 67 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Anti-submarine corvette |
Displacement | |
Length | 71.6 m (235 ft) |
Beam | 9.8 m (32 ft) |
Draught | 3.7 m (12 ft) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph) |
Range | 4,000 nautical miles (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
Complement | 60 |
Sensors and processing systems |
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Electronic warfare & decoys | Bizan-4B suite with Watch Dog intercept |
Armament |
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The designation "corvette" for these ships was a conditional adaptation as the Soviet classification was a small anti-submarine ship (Russian: Малый противолодочный корабль, romanized: Malyy protivolodochnyy korabl, lit. 'Small anti-submarine ship') (MPK). In the Russian Navy, the Grishas are expected to be partially replaced by the Steregushchiy-class corvette.
Variants
edit- Grisha I (1124.1) – 12 ships built between 1970 and 1974 and decommissioned by 1999
- The Grisha II class (1124P) were built for the KGB border guard and marked with P for pogranichnyi meaning "on the border". This class was built only in Zelenodolsk and Vladivostok. These ships had a second 57 mm gun mounting replacing the SA-N-4 missile system forward. 17 ships were built in the 1970s. Two were transferred to the Ukrainian Navy and some may remain in service with the Russian Maritime Border Guard.
- The Grisha III class (1124 2nd batch) were built in the late 1970s to early 1980s. These ships incorporated several small scale modifications, including a 30 mm gun and new electronics. Thirty four units were built. Two ships were in service with the Lithuanian Navy until 2009.
- A single Grisha IV class (1124K) ship was built in Zelenodolsk. This ship was a test ship for the SA-N-9 missile system and later was decommissioned.
- The Grisha V class (1124 M, 1124.4) ships were built between 1985 and 1994. This incorporated further modifications with the twin 57 mm guns being replaced by a single 76 mm gun. Thirty ships were built.
- The Grisha V class (1124MU) ships were Ukrainian ships built after the dissolution of the Soviet Union among which is Ternopil that entered service in 2006 with the Ukrainian Navy.
- Currently on the RF ships are being modernized "Tornado 2" combat complex for antisubmarine "Zapad" type missiles firing.[2]
- As of 2023, some 19 Grishas (mostly Grisha IIIs) remain active in the Russian Navy.
Ships
editName | Builders | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Fleet | Status | Notes |
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Project 1124 (Grisha I) | |||||||
MPK-147 | Zelenodolsk | 26 December 1966 | 11 December 1967 | 31 August 1970 | Black Sea | Decommissioned 19 September 1994 | |
MPK-5 | Zelenodolsk | 30 December 1967 | 16 October 1968 | 31 October 1970 | Black Sea | Decommissioned 24 August 1993 | |
MPK-131 | Zelenodolsk | 25 May 1968 | 4 July 1969 | 30 December 1970 | Northern | Decommissioned 31 January 1991 | |
MPK-133 | Zelenodolsk | 4 October 1968 | 17 December 1969 | 15 September 1971 | Northern | Decommissioned 11 February 1994 | |
MPK-33 | Zelenodolsk | 23 May 1969 | 30 April 1970 | 24 December 1971 | Northern | Decommissioned 7 February 1995 | |
MPK-47 | Zelenodolsk | 5 September 1969 | 17 July 1970 | 30 December 1971 | Northern | Decommissioned 31 December 1991 | |
MPK-65 | Zelenodolsk | 10 July 1970 | 5 February 1971 | 30 September 1972 | Northern | Decommissioned 19 April 1990 | |
MPK-3 | Zelenodolsk | 12 October 1970 | 9 July 1971 | 29 December 1972 | Northern | Decommissioned 20 April 1991 | |
MPK-8 | Zelenodolsk | 3 March 1971 | 30 January 1972 | 28 September 1973 | Black Sea | Decommissioned 3 July 1992 | |
MPK-43 | Zelenodolsk | 1 August 1972 | 2 June 1973 | 28 December 1974 | Black Sea | Decommissioned in 1999 | Renamed Odesskiy Komsomolets (5 April 1983) Renamed MPK-43 (15 February 1992) Transferred to Ukraine in 1990s Renamed Sumy (1 August 1997) |
MPK-40 | Zelenodolsk | 28 April 1973 | 23 May 1974 | 30 September 1975 | Northern | Decommissioned 25 January 1994 | |
MPK-138 | Zelenodolsk | 26 March 1975 | 11 May 1976 | 31 December 1976 | Northern | Decommissioned 3 July 1992 | |
MPK-141 | Zelenodolsk | 3 July 1976 | 16 April 1977 | 30 September 1977 | Northern (Black Sea until 21 September 1978) | Decommissioned 5 July 1994 | |
MPK-152 | Zelenodolsk | 18 November 1976 | 18 June 1976 | 30 December 1977 | Northern (Black Sea until 21 September 1978) | Decommissioned 5 July 1994 | |
MPK-161 | Zelenodolsk | 1 October 1977 | 6 May 1978 | 30 December 1978 | Baltic | Decommissioned 31 July 1996 | |
MPK-2 | Zelenodolsk | 10 February 1978 | 24 March 1979 | 28 November 1979 | Baltic | Decommissioned 17 July 1997 | |
MPK-49 | Zelenodolsk | 23 March 1980 | 14 February 1982 | 31 August 1982 | Black Sea (Baltic until 8 August 1984) | Active with Russian Navy[3] | Renamed Aleksandrovets (29 August 2004) |
MPK-52 | Kuznya na Rybalskomu | 30 October 1968 | 30 May 1971 | 31 December 1971 | Black Sea | Decommissioned 11 June 1999 | Transferred to Ukraine in 1990s
Renamed Kherson (1 August 1997) |
MPK-31 | Kuznya na Rybalskomu | 30 September 1969 | 8 April 1973 | 30 September 1973 | Northern (Black Sea until 5 July 1974) | Decommissioned 7 February 1995 | |
MPK-127 | Kuznya na Rybalskomu | 16 September 1974 | 10 July 1976 | 27 December 1976 | Black Sea | Decommissioned 22 June 2005 | Renamed Komsomolets Gruzii (26 August 1980) Renamed MPK-127 (15 February 1992) |
MPK-6 | Kuznya na Rybalskomu | 15 July 1976 | 3 June 1978 | 12 December 1978 | Black Sea | Decommissioned 16 March 1998 | |
MPK-36 | Khabarovsk | 1970 | 31 December 1972 | Pacific | Decommissioned 30 June 1993 | ||
MPK-41 | Khabarovsk | 12 April 1971 | 22 August 1972 | 31 December 1972 | Pacific | Decommissioned 30 June 1993 | |
MPK-117 | Khabarovsk | 19 April 1972 | 8 September 1973 | 31 December 1973 | Pacific | Decommissioned 28 February 1992 | |
MPK-81 | Khabarovsk | 26 March 1973 | 10 August 1974 | 31 December 1974 | Pacific | Decommissioned 11 February 1994 | |
MPK-122 | Khabarovsk | 27 April 1974 | 23 August 1975 | 31 December 1975 | Pacific | Decommissioned 5 July 1994 | |
MPK-143 | Khabarovsk | 25 February 1975 | 3 September 1976 | 31 December 1976 | Pacific | Decommissioned 17 July 1997 | |
MPK-145 | Khabarovsk | 29 October 1975 | 11 June 1977 | 30 November 1977 | Pacific | Decommissioned 4 August 1995 | |
MPK-170 | Khabarovsk | 31 May 1976 | 30 September 1977 | 14 October 1978 | Pacific | Decommissioned 31 July 1996 | |
MPK-4 | Khabarovsk | 27 November 1976 | 15 May 1978 | 27 July 1979 | Pacific | Decommissioned 17 July 1997 | |
MPK-101 | Khabarovsk | 31 May 1977 | 3 October 1978 | 23 December 1979 | Pacific | Decommissioned 16 March 1998 | Renamed Zaporozhskiy Komsomolets (3 November 1989) Renamed MPK-101 (15 February 1992) |
MPK-155 | Khabarovsk | 20 December 1977 | 29 May 1979 | 30 September 1980 | Pacific | Decommissioned 5 July 1994 | |
MPK-37 | Khabarovsk | 31 May 1978 | 20 October 1979 | 19 December 1980 | Pacific | Decommissioned 4 August 1995 | |
MPK-178 | Khabarovsk | 30 November 1982 | 8 May 1984 | 21 December 1984 | Pacific | Decommissioned in 2012 (sunk as target ship in 2013) | |
MPK-191 | Khabarovsk | 30 November 1982 | 7 May 1985 | 21 November 1985 | Pacific | Active with Russian Navy[3] | Renamed Kholmsk (1 June 2006) |
Project 1124P (Grisha II) | |||||||
Brilliant | Zelenodolsk | 1 February 1972 | 19 October 1972 | 25 December 1973 | Northern | Decommissioned 13 March 1995 | |
Zhemchug | Zelenodolsk | 28 March 1972 | 14 January 1973 | 30 August 1974 | Northern | Decommissioned 4 October 1995 | |
Izumrud | Zelenodolsk | 8 February 1973 | 3 February 1974 | 28 December 1974 | Northern | Decommissioned 2012 | |
Rubin | Zelenodolsk | 22 December 1973 | 17 November 1974 | 31 December 1975 | Northern | Decommissioned 15 June 1992 | |
Almaz | Zelenodolsk | 10 June 1974 | 12 July 1975 | 31 December 1975 | Northern | Decommissioned 23 May 1997 | Renamed Ametist (September 1975) |
Dnepr | Zelenodolsk | 23 December 1975 | 12 September 1976 | 31 December 1976 | Black Sea | Decommissioned 29 January 2021 | Transferred to Ukraine in 1990s Renamed Vinnitsa (19 January 1996) Renamed A206 (April 2018); reported scuttled during Russian invasion of Ukraine[4] |
Sapfir | Zelenodolsk | 4 May 1977 | 31 January 1978 | 31 July 1978 | Northern | Decommissioned 13 June 1998 | |
Izmail | Zelenodolsk | 12 September 1978 | 22 June 1980 | 28 December 1980 | Black Sea | Decommissioned 30 November 2004 | Transferred to Ukraine in 1990s Renamed Chernigov (19 January 1996) Renamed Izmail (26 July 2004) |
Provorny | Zelenodolsk | 21 june 1980 | 30 July 1982 | 30 December 1982 | Northern (Baltic until 1991) | Decommissioned 4 August 1998 | |
Predanny | Zelenodolsk | 18 March 1982 | 16 April 1983 | 30 September 1983 | Northern (Baltic until 1991) | Decommissioned 2002 | |
Nadezhny | Zelenodolsk | 19 September 1982 | 25 February 1984 | 20 September 1984 | Northern | Decommissioned 2002 | |
Dozorny | Zelenodolsk | 1982 | 1985 | 26 December 1985 | Northern | Decommissioned 2009 | |
Bditelny | Khabarovsk | 1979 | 18 April 1981 | 25 September 1981 | Pacific | Decommissioned 13 June 1998 | |
Bezuprechny | Khabarovsk | 1979 | 1981 | 19 December 1981 | Pacific | Decommissioned 2015 | |
Zorky | Khabarovsk | 15 February 1980 | 2 November 1981 | 29 October 1982 | Pacific | Decommissioned 20 June 2006 | |
Reshitelny | Khabarovsk | 28 October 1980 | 18 September 1982 | 31 August 1983 | Pacific | Decommissioned 13 June 1998 | |
Smely | Khabarovsk | 27 May 1981 | 7 April 1983 | 15 December 1983 | Pacific | Decommissioned 2015 | |
Bravy | Vladivostok | 1988 | Not Completed | ||||
Verny | Vladivostok | 1988 | Not Completed | ||||
Strogy | Vladivostok | 1988 | Not Completed | ||||
Project 1124M (Grisha III) | |||||||
MPK-44 | Kuznya na Rybalskomu | 18 July 1977 | 29 March 1980 | 25 October 1980 | Baltic | Decommissioned 22 October 2008 | Renamed Komsomolets Latvii (30 September 1983) Transferred to Lithuania in 1990s Renamed MPK-44 (15 February 1992) Renamed Zemaitis (28 April 1993) |
MPK-108 | Zelenodolsk | 14 May 1979 | 6 February 1981 | 25 September 1981 | Baltic | Decommissioned in April 2010 | Transferred to Lithuania in 1990s Renamed Aukstaitis (28 April 1993) |
MPK-64 | Kuznya na Rybalskomu | 30 March 1980 | 27 March 1982 | 10 December 1982 | Black Sea | Active with Russian Navy[3] | Renamed Kievskiy Komsomolets (27 July 1982) Renamed MPK-134 (15 February 1992) Renamed Muromets (5 April 1999) |
MPK-118 | Kuznya na Rybalskomu | 1 August 1981 | 27 March 1983 | 3 October 1983 | Black Sea | Active with Russian Navy[3] | Renamed Komsomolets Moldavii (10 April 1984) Renamed MPK-118 (15 February 1992) Renamed Suzdalets (5 April 1999) |
MPK-139 | Kuznya na Rybalskomu | 8 April 1982 | 18 February 1984 | 2 August 1984 | Northern | Decommissioned 22 June 2005 | |
MPK-190 | Kuznya na Rybalskomu | 5 April 1983 | 20 January 1985 | 8 August 1985 | Northern | Decommissioned 16 March 1998 | |
MPK-199 | Kuznya na Rybalskomu | 20 February 1984 | 7 December 1985 | 7 October 1986 | Black Sea | Active with Russian Navy[3] | Renamed Komsomolets Armenii (18 December 1985) Renamed MPK-199 (15 February 1992) Renamed Kasimov (2001) |
MPK-202 | Kuznya na Rybalskomu | 22 January 1985 | 10 November 1986 | 6 October 1987 | Northern | Decommissioned 16 March 1998 | |
MPK-113 | Kuznya na Rybalskomu | 12 November 1985 | 31 July 1987 | 5 August 1988 | Northern | Decommissioned 1 June 2001 | |
MPK-207 | Kuznya na Rybalskomu | 12 June 1986 | 6 May 1988 | 3 April 1989 | Black Sea | Active with Russian Navy[3] | Renamed Povorino |
MPK-217 | Kuznya na Rybalskomu | 16 March 1987 | 12 April 1989 | 26 December 1989 | Black Sea | Active with Russian Navy[3] | Renamed Eysk (9 September 1999) |
MPK-214 | Kuznya na Rybalskomu | 20 August 1987 | 30 March 1990 | 29 September 1990 | Pacific | Active with Russian Navy[3] | Renamed Leninskaya Kuznitsa (2 February 1990) Renamed MPK-125 (15 February 1992) Renamed Sovetskaya Gavan (12 November 2005) |
MPK-82 | Kuznya na Rybalskomu | 20 April 1989 | 20 April 1991 | 26 September 1991 | Pacific | Active with Russian Navy[3] | |
MPK-142 | Zelenodolsk | 20 February 1982 | 19 May 1984 | 30 December 1984 | Northern | Decommissioned 16 March 1998 | |
MPK-198 | Zelenodolsk | 3 August 1984 | 27 April 1986 | 29 December 1986 | Northern | Decommissioned 16 March 1998 | |
MPK-69 | Zelenodolsk | 4 April 1985 | 2 May 1987 | 29 December 1987 | Northern | Decommissioned 16 March 1998 | |
MPK-194 | Zelenodolsk | 11 May 1987 | 30 July 1988 | 27 September 1988 | Northern | Active with Russian Navy[3] | Renamed Brestskiy Komsomolets (22 July 1988) Renamed MPK-194 (15 February 1992) Renamed Brest (July 2000) |
MPK-196 | Zelenodolsk | 11 May 1987 | 30 July 1988 | 30 December 1988 | Northern | Decommissioned in 2002 | |
MPK-197 | Zelenodolsk | 27 October 1987 | 8 April 1989 | 25 October 1989 | Decommissioned 3 May 2001 | ||
MPK-203 | Zelenodolsk | 26 March 1988 | 19 July 1989 | 28 December 1989 | Northern | Active with Russian Navy[3] | Renamed Yunga (2 February 1990) |
Arkhangelskiy Komsomolets | Zelenodolsk | 17 August 1988 | 9 March 1990 | 28 September 1990 | Northern | Active with Russian Navy[3] | Renamed MPK-130 (15 February 1992) Renamed Naryan-Mar (2002) |
MPK-56 | Zelenodolsk | 12 April 1989 | 30 June 1990 | 29 December 1990 | Northern | Decommissioned 22 June 2005 | |
MPK-7 | Zelenodolsk | 20 April 1989 | 30 June 1990 | 28 December 1990 | Northern | Active with Russian Navy[3] | Renamed Onega (June 2003) |
MPK-10 | Zelenodolsk | 19 March 1990 | 27 July 1991 | 28 December 1991 | Northern | Decommissioned 1 June 2006 | |
MPK-14 | Zelenodolsk | 27 March 1991 | 6 June 1992 | 31 May 1993 | Northern | Active with Russian Navy[3] | Renamed Monchegorsk (17 August 1999) |
MPK-59 | Zelenodolsk | 20 November 1990 | 22 May 1993 | 12 August 1994 | Northern | Active with Russian Navy[3] | Renamed Snezhnogorsk |
MPK-200 | Khabarovsk | 8 February 1985 | 29 April 1987 | 29 December 1987 | Pacific | Decommissioned 16 December 2023[5] | Renamed Primorskiy Komsomolets (11 August 1987) Renamed MPK-221 (15 February 1992) |
MPK-89 | Khabarovsk | 27 January 1986 | 3 November 1987 | 13 December 1988 | Pacific | Decommissioned 17 July 1997 | |
MPK-222 | Khabarovsk | 7 January 1987 | 27 April 1989 | 20 December 1989 | Pacific | Active with Russian Navy[3] | Renamed Koreets (24 November 2003) |
MPK-28 | Khabarovsk | 2 September 1987 | 9 September 1989 | 27 December 1989 | Pacific | Decommissioned 22 June 2005 | |
Irkutskiy Komsomolets | Khabarovsk | 22 February 1988 | 5 June 1990 | 14 December 1990 | Pacific | Active with Russian Navy[3] | Renamed MPK-107 (15 February 1992) |
MPK-64 | Khabarovsk | 4 January 1988 | 2 October 1990 | 31 December 1990 | Pacific | Active with Russian Navy[3] | Renamed Metel (1 October 2003) |
MPK-17 | Khabarovsk | 22 January 1990 | 28 August 1991 | 30 December 1991 | Pacific | Active with Russian Navy[3] | Renamed Ust-Ilimsk (16 January 2010) |
MPK-20 | Khabarovsk | 1990 | Not Completed | ||||
Project 1124K (Grisha IV) | |||||||
MPK-104 | Zelenodolsk | 12 June 1979 | 23 March 1980 | 30 October 1980 | Black Sea | Decommissioned 16 March 1998 | |
Project 1124 MU (Grisha V) | |||||||
MPK-85 | Kuznya na Rybalskomu | 11 January 1991 | 22 May 1993 | 30 December 1993 | Black Sea | Captured by Russia during the annexation of Crimea; status unknown[6] | Completed for Ukraine Renamed Lutsk (July 1994) |
Ternopil | Kuznya na Rybalskomu | 23 April 1991 | 15 March 2002 | 28 December 2005 | Black Sea | Captured by Russia during the annexation of Crimea;[7][8] Used as an exercise target for the fleet. | Completed for Ukraine |
Lviv | Kuznya na Rybalskomu | Not Completed[9] | |||||
Zaporozhskaya Sech | Kuznya na Rybalskomu | Not Completed[9] |
Gallery
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Grisha V-class corvette
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Grisha V-class corvette MPK-118 Suzdalets.
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Grisha III-class corvette Žemaitis (Lithuanian Navy, 2003)
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Grisha III-class corvette Aukštaitis (Lithuanian Navy, 2003)
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Grisha V (Ukrainian Navy, 2013)
See also
editCitations
edit- ^ a b "Project 1124 Specifications". GlobalSecurity.org. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
- ^ "Rostec Provided New Missiles for Black Sea Navy". Rostec.ru. 20 March 2018. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s "List of Active Russian Navy Ships and Submarines (December 2021)". russianships.info. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
- ^ "Ukrainian forces sink their own anti-submarine corvette Vinnytsia". 10 June 2022.
- ^ News mil.ru [dead link]
- ^ "Russian media show Ukrainian ships in Crimea". unian.info. 13 January 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
- ^ Valagin, Anton (21 July 2023). "Черноморский флот уничтожил украинский корвет "Тернополь"". Rossiyskaya Gazeta (in Russian). Retrieved 27 July 2023.
- ^ Altman, Howard (21 July 2023). "Ominous Russian Anti-Ship Missile Drill Sinks Ex-Ukrainian Corvette". The Drive. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
- ^ a b "Ukrainian Navy Grisha Corvettes". Globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
References
edit- Gardiner, Robert, ed. (1995). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995. London: Conway Maritime. ISBN 0-85177-605-1. OCLC 34284130. Also published as Gardiner, Robert; Chumbley, Stephen; Budzbon, Przemysław (1995). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-132-7. OCLC 34267261.
- [dead link]"Project 1124 Albatros Grisha class". Federation of American Scientists. 7 September 2000. Retrieved 27 January 2008.
- "Project 1124 Ships List". russianships.info. Retrieved 26 December 2021.