Russian Navy: Status and News #5

Rodion_Romanovic wrote:Back to the large landing ship, it was probably one of the few useful ships in the Ukrainian navy before 2014 and probably the one most useful at the moment to Russia. It could be even used as part of the Syrian express.

The other ships that were in acceptable state were the krivak 3 frigate that is currently the Ukrainian flagship and the two 1124 corvettes built in the early 90s (currently in Crimea and just preserved as they were not given back to 404). One of them was practically delivered from its commander in 2014, that changed allegiance to Russia and if I am not mistaken was later given command of a (older) ship of the same class in the Baltic fleet.

Russia does not need any ships from Ukraine, except the Rapucha.It would have been better not to give it to the Ukrainian navy, given that Russia has 15 and needed 16 to have 4 in each fleet.

In fact, the ships that Russia gave Ukraine in 1997 were all useless garbage for Russia except the Rapucha.
The Krivak 3 could have served in 1997 not now, and also the Russian Navy does not use the Krivak 3, they were in the Kamchatka-based border guard

AMCXXL wrote:

Rodion_Romanovic wrote:Back to the large landing ship, it was probably one of the few useful ships in the Ukrainian navy before 2014 and probably the one most useful at the moment to Russia. It could be even used as part of the Syrian express.

The other ships that were in acceptable state were the krivak 3 frigate that is currently the Ukrainian flagship and the two 1124 corvettes built in the early 90s (currently in Crimea and just preserved as they were not given back to 404). One of them was practically delivered from its commander in 2014, that changed allegiance to Russia and if I am not mistaken was later given command of a (older) ship of the same class in the Baltic fleet.

Russia does not need any ships from Ukraine, except the  Rapucha.It would have been better not to give it to the Ukrainian navy, given that Russia has 15 and needed 16 to have 4 in each fleet.

In fact, the ships that Russia gave Ukraine in 1997 were all useless garbage for Russia except the Rapucha.
The Krivak 3 could have served in 1997 not now, and also the Russian Navy does not use the Krivak 3, they were in the Kamchatka-based border guard

exactly, all the krivak III were build for the soviet border guard. If I am not mistaken that one in particular was completed (in Kerch) after the dissolution of soviet union, and Ukraine "renamed" it as a frigate.

SeigSoloyvov wrote:Are you serious xD, Just woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow.

You clearly missed the joke and your trying to insult my intelligence? what an absolute moron.

I feel sorry for you.

I kinda hoped you were joking, but with shit-thick ignorant Muricanz with zero knowledge of the rest of the world or the people who live in it, one can never be really sure...

So yeah, I assumed the worst.  Under the circumstances, I still say I made the right call.

Mir wrote:There was one very useful ship - a modified Kamchatka class command ship but I think it may have been one that was returned to Ukraine?

Yes, I was talking about that one. Slavutych. It is listed as interned, so ...
Still, it is just an ocean-going fishing vessel with some intelligence stuff added, that is probably miserably outdated comparing to the Russian standard.

[quote="GarryB"]

Well, they weren't abandoned they were seized there is a difference. Russian naval troops seized the base and didn't let anything go. Not like the Ukies went "you can have this" it was "So here is the deal, we are taking over the base and all your ships are staying right here". When you seize a base you are seizing everything around and in at the same time.

The Russian troops were in Russian bases leased from Ukraine. They never exceeded the number of troops they were allowed to have in those bases.

Most of the seizing was done by the Crimean people, the Russians just looking on and being polite.

Those Crimean people were legally Ukrainian so those boats and that land was theirs and they legally voted to join the Russian Federation... which meant all the ships and property reverted to Russian ownership, so Russia was being very generous returning the crap they didn't want to Kiev... something that Kiev managed to ruin by murdering their own people.

Exactly.

And besides, what about Ukrainian servicemen and women switching en masse to Russia. Should Russia return them too? Now that would be laughable. There are reports of the numbers that refused to fight their Russian brothers-in-arms and joined their ranks, but can't find it right now. Let the yankee fanboy do some research and check it himself. He's always quick to jump on petty issues looking to score cheap points for his team, claim his holier-than-thou impartiality, then label the rest of us Russian fanboys..

Russian (not Soviet) ship classification depends​ on function+size and seems to go like this:

Small missile ships: exactly what the name says, small single role (Tarantul, Buyan, Karakurt...)

Corvettes: small multirole ships (Steregushi, Gremashi...)

Frigates: Large multirole ships (Neustrashimyy, Grigorevich, Gorshkov, Udaloi upgrade...)


Next ones should be Destroyers which would be extra large multirole ships but those are still not in the game


Ships like Slavas, Kirovs and original Udalois are leftovers from old classification and are not taken into account when classifying new ones, they are just around doing their thing

ALAMO wrote:

Mir wrote:There was one very useful ship - a modified Kamchatka class command ship but I think it may have been one that was returned to Ukraine?

Yes, I was talking about that one. Slavutych. It is listed as interned, so ...
Still, it is just an ocean-going fishing vessel with some intelligence stuff added, that is probably miserably outdated comparing to the Russian standard.

As is yes, but it could easily be upgraded into a very useful ship - say a powerful Intelligence Collector. Nice big hull to pack it full of useful things.

Removing all the scrap equipment and cables along would cost more than welding a new hull I guess.
This is physically a fishing trawler, you know?
They had two hulks standing in a scrapyard .. I mean, shipyard there
And finally decided to finish fitting one of those, changing its mission twice in the process.
Can't remind the project number now
There is nothing fancy in the project, in the engine or transmission, nothing, null.
It was interesting, as fitted with Ukrainian C&C complex, so should present some valuable data. Plus it was one of the youngest hulks in this whole miserable "fleet".

Project 12884 - commissioned in August 1994.

Anyway the Ropucha is worth it as they demonstrated their worth in the ongoing Syrian campaign.

Sure it is, designed&build in Poland

slasher wrote:

GarryB wrote:

Well, they weren't abandoned they were seized there is a difference. Russian naval troops seized the base and didn't let anything go. Not like the Ukies went "you can have this" it was "So here is the deal, we are taking over the base and all your ships are staying right here". When you seize a base you are seizing everything around and in at the same time.

The Russian troops were in Russian bases leased from Ukraine. They never exceeded the number of troops they were allowed to have in those bases.

Most of the seizing was done by the Crimean people, the Russians just looking on and being polite.

Those Crimean people were legally Ukrainian so those boats and that land was theirs and they legally voted to join the Russian Federation... which meant all the ships and property reverted to Russian ownership, so Russia was being very generous returning the crap they didn't want to Kiev... something that Kiev managed to ruin by murdering their own people.

Exactly.

And besides, what about Ukrainian servicemen and women switching en masse to Russia. Should Russia return them too? Now that would be laughable. There are reports of the numbers that refused to fight their Russian brothers-in-arms and joined their ranks, but can't find it right now. Let the yankee fanboy do some research and check it himself. He's always quick to jump on petty issues looking to score cheap points for his team, claim his holier-than-thou impartiality, then label the rest of us Russian fanboys..

It must be borne in mind that the population of Sevastopol has been Russian since the 18th century and before that it was fundamentally Greek since the time of the Trojan War, the Tartar occupiers who arrived in the 15th century lived mostly in the interior of Crimea.

When the Soviet Black Sea Fleet was finally partitioned in 1997, simply many Russian sailors, inhabitants of Sevastopol for the most part, switched to the Ukrainian fleet. In 2014 they, and in some cases their sons, went the other way and returned to the Russian Fleet 17 years later.

85-90% of the sailors went to Russian Naxy, of course they were Russians, the few ukrainians who were in Sevastopol were simply occupants placed there by the Kiev government and were returned to Ukraine
In fact, the former head of the Ukrainian fleet is now Vice Admiral of the Pacific Fleet.

ALAMO wrote:Sure it is, designed&build in Poland

well, it was built in the People's Republic of Poland, nothing to do with present-day Poland
Unfortunately Walesa destroyed the country and the shipyards and other industries went to shit. In the 90s Western Europe was filled with Poles and other Eastern Europeans looking for work so as not to starve to death

PapaDragon wrote:
Russian (not Soviet) ship classification depends​ on function+size and seems to go like this:

Small missile ships: exactly what the name says, small single role (Tarantul, Buyan, Karakurt...)

Corvettes: small multirole ships (Steregushi, Gremashi...)

Frigates: Large multirole ships (Neustrashimyy, Grigorevich, Gorshkov, Udaloi upgrade...)


Next ones should be Destroyers which would be extra large multirole ships but those are still not in the game


Ships like Slavas, Kirovs and original Udalois are leftovers from old classification and are not taken into account when classifying new ones, they are just around doing their thing

No, the Goshkov is a first rank ship, it is in the same category as the Udaloys and Sovremenny (in fact I think that the Sovremenny of north fleet is already decommissioned or is it close to being , with the arrival of the 22350´s). They all belong to the same 43rd Missile Ship Division

Basically, Gorshov is designed for Carrier Gropus and oceanic deployment or for command itself naval formations of lower-ranking ships , while the other "frigates" are common frigates for antisubmarine waffare and escort

Nowadays the "name" designated for the ships is a political designation, in my country an Aegis 6000 ton anti-aircraft destroyer is called "frigate", because "destroyer" sounds very aggressive for liberals, and it is not politically correct neither inclusive nor ecological nor resilient nor carbon neutral, etc ...

The mission of each type of ship is not only defined by the tonnage but also by the mission for which they were designed.

https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%84%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B8_%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%92%D0%9C%D0%A4_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%B8

Battle ship 1st rank
Ships of the 1st rank have a jack that rises on the bow flagpole of the ship when docked. Displacement of ships of the 1st rank is more than 5,000 tons. They are intended for operations in the distant sea and oceanic zone, both as part of formations (naval strike group, aircraft carrier strike group) and independently.
The 1st rank ship is commanded by a senior officer, captain of the 1st rank.


2nd rank ship
Ships of the 2nd rank have a jack that rises on the bow flagpole of the ship when docked. Displacement of ships of the 2nd rank - from 1,500 tons to 5,000 tons. They are designed for operations in the far sea zone, both as part of formations (naval strike group) and independently.
The ship is commanded by a captain of the 2nd rank.


3rd rank ship
Ships of the 3rd rank do not have a jack. Displacement of ships of the 3rd rank - from 500 tons to 1,500 tons. They are designed to operate in the near sea zone, both as part of formations and independently.
The ship is in command of the 3rd rank captain.

Yantar shipyard received a second afterburner engine to complete repairs of frigate Neustrashimii

https://shipyard-yantar.ru/2021/08/06/%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%80-%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%83%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%BC%D1%8B%D0%B9-%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%83%D1%87%D0%B8%D0%BB-%D0%B2%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B9-%D1%84%D0%BE/

Currently, the readiness of the ship is 90 percent. After the installation of the second main afterburner engine is completed, it is planned to start the active phase of mooring tests. After that, the ship will have to pass factory sea trials and it will be handed over to the customer.

Neustrashimii is one of the three ships that the Yantar plant plans to deliver in 2021.

Is an 'afterburner' engine a gas turbine?

Also how do RuN grades of Captain rank map across to Western ranks?

JohninMK wrote:Is an 'afterburner' engine a gas turbine?

Also how do RuN grades of Captain rank map across to Western ranks?

Captain in the navy is usually reserved for Crusier and above ships. Tho you need to have some additional qualifications to command an Aircraft carrier.

Commander (O-5) level, typically command destroyer, frigate for 0-5'S with the right qualifications like surface warfare officers, a nuclear-powered attack submarine, or ballistic missile submarine.

In the Navy, The Captian rank is comparable to Colonel in other branches.

Their Captain 1st rank would be comparable to USN Captains.

On August 18, 2021, the Kerch shipbuilding plant "Zaliv" launched the main cable vessel "Volga" of project 15310 (code "Cabel") with the factory number 301. The construction was carried out in the interests of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

The vessel received the paint adopted for vessels of the Main Directorate of Deep-Sea Research (GUGI) of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

Russian_Patriot_ wrote:On August 18, 2021, the Kerch shipbuilding plant "Zaliv" launched the main cable vessel "Volga" of project 15310 (code "Cabel") with the factory number 301. The construction was carried out in the interests of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

The vessel received the paint adopted for vessels of the Main Directorate of Deep-Sea Research (GUGI) of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

Very good, I remember having read that this (together with his brother) was stuck in the drydock in incomplete state for a few years due to lack of some specific equipment due to sanctions...

A large ship with a displacement of about 8,000 tons

... and the living proof, that Zaliv is working as planned, what used to be neglected by nay-sayers for a long time.

Rodion_Romanovic wrote:Very good, I remember having read that this (together with his brother) was stuck in the drydock in incomplete state for a few years due to lack of some specific equipment due to sanctions...

Most likely, since the construction should have been completed two years ago according to the original plan

ALAMO wrote:... and the living proof, that Zaliv is working as planned, what used to be neglected by nay-sayers for a long time.

By the way, was Zaliv in better condition than the shipyards in Nikolaev in 2014?

Zaliv now has a very ambitious task. Construction of two LHD units with a displacement of 40,000 tons. No other shipyard in Russia builds such large ships aside from Zviezda. I wonder if Zaliv will build a new Russian aircraft carrier in the future?

Not so nice to see

Arrow wrote:Zaliv now has a very ambitious task.  Construction of two LHD units with a displacement of 40,000 tons.  No other shipyard in Russia builds such large ships aside from Zviezda.  I wonder if Zaliv will build a new Russian aircraft carrier in the future?

Zaliv is slated for construction of the lead ship of the Lider - we'll see?

AND I hope to see a couple of new Zubrs in future!