Frigate Admiral Makarov to join Russia’s Black Sea Fleet in 3rd quarter.

The third Project 11356 frigate, ‘Admiral Makarov’, (NATO reporting name: Krivak V) will arrive at its Black Sea Fleet permanent base in the third quarter of 2018, Navy Commander-in-Chief Admiral Vladimir Korolyov said in a telegram to congratulate the Black Sea Fleet on its 235th anniversary.

Flag raising ceremony on the project 11356 frigate "Admiral Makarov" in Kaliningrad, 27.12.2017 (c) Vitaly Nevar / "New Kaliningrad" / www.newkaliningrad.ru

"There are plans that the third Project 11356 frigate Admiral Makarov will arrive at its Black Sea Fleet permanent base in the third quarter of the current year," Korolyov said. "The Black Sea Fleet will start to receive ships of an absolutely new type in the imminent future," he added.

Project 22160 corvettes are among them. Besides, the Black Sea Fleet will receive a series of Project 21631 corvettes (Buyan-class). "The gradual renewal of all of the Black Sea Fleet’s elements will take place in the near and the long terms," the admiral said.

Flag raising ceremony on the project 11356 frigate "Admiral Makarov" in Kaliningrad, 27.12.2017 (c) Vitaly Nevar / "New Kaliningrad" / www.newkaliningrad.ru

The ‘Admiral Makarov’ frigate was laid down at the Yantar Shipyard in Kaliningrad on February 29, 2012 and launched on September 2, 2015. This is the third ship in a series of Project 11356 frigates developed by the Severnoye Design Bureau and built for the Black Sea Fleet. The first two ships of the series, ‘Admiral Grigorovich’ and ‘Admiral Essen’ were handed over to the Russian Navy in 2016. Both ships were issued to the Black Sea Fleet. They attacked objects of terrorists in Syria, using the Kalibr cruise missiles.

The Project 11356 frigates are designed to engage enemy's surface and underwater combatants and to repel air attacks both independently and as part of a task force. The ships are armed with an A-190 100 mm naval gun, strike missiles, surface-to-air (SAM) missiles (including the Kalibr and the Shtil), and torpedoes. The frigates can carry a Ka-27-type helicopter. The ships have a displacement of 3,620 t, a length of 124.8 m, a full speed of 30 knots and a cruise range of 4,850 nautical miles.

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