Novik-class frigate
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Class overview | |
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Name | Novik class (Project 1244.1) |
Builders | Yantar Zavod, Kaliningrad |
Operators | Russian Navy |
Laid up | 1 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Frigate |
Displacement | 3,000 tonnes |
Length | 120 m (394 ft) |
Propulsion |
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The Novik-class frigate, Project 1244.1, or Grom class, as it is sometimes referred to, was a planned
surface warship. It was designed to perform patrol missions, search for and kill enemy submarines
, escort naval ships, and defend the coast of Russia.
The first and only ship in the Novik class was
defence budget the ship received more funding and the work on the ship continued. In 2004, however, work was again stopped, and in 2005 the project was cancelled. It was announced the ship would be finished as the training ship Borodino but in 2009 it was reported that the unfinished ship would be offered for sale overseas. In 2016 it was announced that the Yantar shipyard had no interest in completing what it regarded as an outdated design and would scrap the unfinished hull in order to free up space to work on more cost effective projects.[1]
Variants
- Project 12441U class from the 12411 project class.
See also
References
- ^ ""Янтарь" утилизирует два недостроенных корабля ВМФ России". flotprom.ru (in Russian). 18 April 2016. Archived from the original on 19 April 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
Sources
- http://www.warfare.ru/?lang=&linkid=2101&catid=270
- http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/1244_1.htm
- http://www.janes.com/products/janes/defence-security-report.aspx?id=1065926961