Third Project 11356 Frigate ‘Admiral Makarov’ Commissioned into Russian Navy.

The third Project 11356 frigate, ‘Admiral Makarov’, has been commissioned to the Russian Navy. The ship will be based in Sevastopol. The St. Andrew's flag has been hoisted above the ship that was built at the Yantar Shipyard (a subsidiary of the United Shipbuilding Corporation, USC), a TASS journalist reported on December 27, 2017.

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

The head of the Navy's shipbuilding department Rear Admiral Vladimir Tryapichnikov, the Commander of the Baltic Fleet Vice Admiral Alexander Nosatov, the Director General of the Severnoye Design Bureau (a subsidiary of USC) Andrey Diachkov and the representatives of the USC, the authorities of Kaliningrad Region and the shipyard participate in the event.

"This is the third ship in a series, and she features high seaworthiness. The frigates showed outstanding performance in the Mediterranean region and in other theaters of operations," Rear Admiral Vladimir Tryapichnikov said at the official flag-raising ceremony.

In accordance with an order issued by the Navy's Commander-in-Chief Admiral Vladimir Korolyov, the ‘Admiral Makarov’ frigate has been included in the surface combatant force of the Black Sea Fleet. The ship will be based in Sevastopol.

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

On December 25, the Director General of the Yantar Shipyard Eduard Efimov and the Chairman of the Russian Ministry of Defense's (MoD) state acceptance committee Captain 1st rank Alexey Poteshkin signed the act of the ‘Admiral Makarov’ transfer to the customer, the MoD.

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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