Project 2038.0: Steregushchy Corvette

Officially confirmed they're in Med now https://bmpd.livejournal.com/2922203.html

Refuelling somewhere in the Med

According to https://navy-korabel.livejournal.com/175236.html the refueling was at Limasol in Crete.
Also suggests they headed for the Suez Canal after

https://navy-korabel.livejournal.com/176064.html says Kola has transited Suez Canal presumably with the 20380s.

I guess the widely reported engine issues have been sorted.

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Sobrazitelni just passed Suez and entered Red Sea, where the hell are they going?

https://bmpd.livejournal.com/2950495.html

Exercises with India, anti-pirate patrol?

Iran and Persian golf?

marat wrote:Iran and Persian golf?

Humanitarian operation in Yemen?

Kola is in Djibuti right now.

https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:43.134/centery:11.609/zoom:13

According to Russian reports Boykiy is off Syria, Soobrazitelny went through to Gulf of Aden.
But the same reports say Kola is with Boykiy which is clearly wrong.

Beautiful

As ever from Balancer forum, some low-res 20385 progress screenshots



This one is posted as same but pretty sure its a 22350

Monument surface search radar model
https://twitter.com/chihaken96/status/938626226859548672

Does anyone know the specifiations on the Furke radar being carried by the Steregushchy's? Would really like to know the range of that air search radar. I think i've read somewhere some time ago that it's radar range is not that great but anyhow i still would like to know the specifications on it. These ships are comparible with the Sigma corvettes/light frigates other countries operate. They have very comparable wpns systems on board. Altough the Thales SMART-S MK2 likely is more capable than the Furke.

Does anyone know the specifiations on the Furke radar being carried by the Steregushchy's?

It's a marinised version of the Pantsir-S1 radar so stats should be very similar to that. ie pretty weak & very likely to be cause of issues getting the 9M96 to work properly.
There has been some rumor of an improved radar maybe on upcoming ones, possibly marinised version of the double-sided AESA Janus from Pantsir-S2.

https://nortwolf-sam.livejournal.com/2139484.html
20380s Boykiy, Sobrazitelny & tanker Kola are on their way back to Baltic.
Seems they didn't do much in the Red Sea, just some training.
And a pic

Shooting crews οφ ΒF Corvettes "Sobrazitelny" and "Boykiy" in the Mediterranean

Гремящий is starting mooring trials, as the article says the ships main "power board" is connected to the grid and they are starting to install the weapons. The sea trials will start in June.

https://flotprom.ru/2018/%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%84%D1%8C3/

Supposedly this is a recent pic with radars installed

Not sure its actual obvious progress though

Also Boiky escorted North through English Channel I believe xmas day
Edit: was 8th Jan, Gorshkov was in North Sea on xmas day.

The return to Baltysk

Great video.

Project 20380 Gromkiy near completion in Amur Shipyard



According to the regional Internet portal of the city of Khabarovsk DVHAB.ru, Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Borisov inspected the construction of the corvette "Loud" at the Amur Shipyard. Today, the warship, after completing assembly processes and installing large equipment, is taken out of the shop and stands in the pier near the pier. Readiness 84%. It conducts electrical work and verification of all systems.

"The pace of work on the ship today suits us, about 350 people work here," says Yuri Lysenkov, the chief builder of PAO ASZ. - The corvette "Loud" was chosen by the enterprise as a priority. In the near future we plan to proceed to mooring trials, after which the ship will go to Primorsky Krai for sea trials. Amendments to the date of delivery of the order is not expected. We understand the importance of the corvette for our fleet, so we are obliged to surrender it on time, that is, on October 25, 2018.

The guests not only examined the ship at the dock wall, but also went inside to get acquainted with the progress of the work. Together with the shipbuilders, the deputy minister of defense passed to the main post of the corvette administration, visited the helicopter hangar. He also examined the corvette "Hero of the Russian Federation Aldar Tsydenzhapov", under construction.

- Until 2017, the Amur Shipyard strongly fevered, so the company was the object of our close attention, - said during a press approach, Yuri Borisov. "The latest personnel decisions have brought the plant to life. Last year, we had fears of disrupting the contract for "Gromiky", but today we were walking around the ship, talked to specialists. The military authorities confirmed that at the end of the year the fleet would expect this ship. In the plans for this year, contract four small missile ships, which will be built here, at the ASZ. This will provide the enterprise with work until 2027.

As for the series of corvettes of Project 20380, the Deputy Minister of Defense stated that ASZ will perform the construction not of six, as previously thought, but four ships of this type. The ships "Hero of the Russian Federation Aldar Tsydenzhapov" and "Rezkiy" will complete the series.

In addition, Yuri Borisov mentioned also about the old unfinished diesel and nuclear submarines, still standing at the plant. They are subject to disposal, and now a decision is made to withdraw from the territory of the NEA in order to make room for the placement of new orders.

In 2018 Amur Shipbuilding Plant plans, in addition to Gromkiy, to hand over two more civil vessels for Gazpromflot, one of which is Ostap Sheremeta - stands with the corvette at the pier in the backwater.

Recall that the predecessor of the "Gromkiy", "Sovershennyy" was built with a delay of two years, because of which in 2013 had to renew the contract. July 20, 2017 he was admitted to the Pacific Fleet. In September of the same year, the Russian president inspected the ship he had taken into service and ordered a list of his shortcomings.







https://bmpd.livejournal.com/3084681.html

Via Balancer a progress pic of 20385

And a bunch of the 2nd boat at https://vk.com/wall-60836469_7385