Russian Neustrashimyy patrol ship to re-join Baltic Fleet in April.

According to information published by Tass on April 6, 2022, the Neustrashimyy patrol ship repaired and upgraded at the Yantar Shipyard in Kaliningrad in west Russia will re-join the Baltic Fleet in mid-April 2022.
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Russian Neustrashimyy patrol ship (Picture source: otvaga2004)

The trials of the Neustrashimyy started on February 15. As the Baltic Fleet’s press office said on April 1, the Neustrashimyy ship conducted successful artillery and torpedo live-firing.

The Kortik (CADS-N-1 Kashtan) antiaircraft missile/gun system was used against aerial targets. The day before, the ship conducted torpedo live-firing against submarine and surface targets.

Large-scale work was carried out to renew the ship’s engines. Boost engines have been repaired and installed again. Armament and support mechanisms have been modernized. It was reported earlier that the repair of the Neustrashimyy ship was due to be completed in 2021.

The Neustrashimyy frigate arrived at the Yantar Shipyard in 2014 for planned repairs. The contractual terms for the repair of the Neustrashimyy frigate were postponed due to a large additional volume of work revealed during the fault detection and difficulties with the repair of the Ukrainian-made boost engines. By 2019, the problem with the boost engines had been resolved.

The Neustrashimy class, Soviet designation Project 11540 Yastreb, is a series of large frigates built for the Soviet Navy and currently in service with the Russian Navy.

The ship is 425 ft 10 in (129.79 m) in length, with a beam of 51 ft 2 in (15.60 m) and a draft of 15 ft 9 in (4.80 m). It has a full displacement of 4,350 tonnes (4,280 long tons).[1]

Neutrashimy is powered by two M-27 gas-turbine engines, which drive two screw propellers that propel the ship at 29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph).