The lead warship in the series, the Admiral Grigorovich,
was laid down in December 2010, the second, the Admiral Essen, in July
2011 and the third, the Admiral Makarov, in February 2012.
The shipyard is to hand over the six warships to the Navy between 2014
and 2016.
Project 11356 frigates are designed for anti-ship and anti-submarine
warfare on the high seas, and for anti-aircraft operations, both independently
and as an escort ship. The vessels are armed with strike anti-ship and
surface-to-air missiles, gun mounts, torpedoes and bombs, according
to navaltoday.com.
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