Russian corvette Gromkiy

	Gromkiy on 25 December 2018
History
Russia
Name	Gromkiy; (Громкий);
Namesake	Gromkiy
Builder	Amur Shipyard, Komsomolsk-on-Amur
Laid down	17 February 2012
Launched	28 July 2017
Commissioned	25 December 2018
Homeport	Vladivostok
Identification	Pennant number: 335
Status	Active
General characteristics
Class and type	Steregushchiy-class corvette
Displacement	Standard: 1,800 tons; Full: 2,200 tons;
Length	104.5 m (343 ft)
Beam	13 m (43 ft); 11.6 m (38 ft) (waterline);
Draught	3.7 m (12 ft)
Installed power	380/220 V AC, 50 Hz, 4x630 kW diesel genset
Propulsion	2 shaft CODAD, 4 Kolomna 16D49 diesels 23,664 hp (17.6 MW)
Speed	27 kn (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Range	3,800 nmi (7,000 km; 4,400 mi) at 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Endurance	15 days
Complement	90
Sensors and ; processing systems	Air search radar: Furke 2 (Furke-E, Positiv-ME1, SMILE Thales for export); Surface search radar: Granit Central Scientific Institute Garpun-B/3Ts-25E/PLANK SHAVE radar; Monument targeting radar; Fire control radar: Ratep 5P-10E Puma for A-190; Sonar: Zarya-M (Zarya-ME for export) suite, bow mounted. Vinyetka low frequency active/passive towed array; Navigation: Gorizont-25 integrated navigation system;
Electronic warfare ; & decoys	EW Suite: TK-25E-5 ECM; Countermeasures: 4 x PK-10 decoy launchers;
Armament	1 × 100mm A-190 Arsenal or 130mm A-192 naval gun; 1 × Kashtan CIWS-M (Project 20380); 2 × 4 Kh-35 (SS-N-25); 12 × Redut VLS cells (Project 20381); 2 × CIWS; 2 × 4 330mm torpedo tubes for Paket-NK (Paket-NK/E for export) anti-torpedo/anti-submarine torpedoes; 2 × 14.5mm MTPU pedestal machine guns;
Aircraft carried	Hangar for Ka-27 helicopter; Launch pad for UAV Orlan-10;

Gromkiy is a Steregushchiy-class corvette of the Russian Navy.

Development and design

The Steregushchiy-class corvettes have a steel hull and

radar-absorbent fiberglass applied in tophamper's design.^[1]

The

SS-N-27 (Kalibr type missiles) will be fitted to a larger domestic version, Project 20385.^[2]

The export version known as Project 20382 Tigr carries either eight supersonic SS-N-26 (

SA-N-10 'Grouse' (9K38 Igla) SAM.^[3]

Construction and career

Gromkiy was

launched on 28 July 2017 by Amur Shipyard in Komsomolsk.^[4]^[5] On February 7, 2018, the ship's readiness was 84%. At the end of May, the crew arrived at the Amur shipyard. In June, the occupation of the ship was started to ensure its sea trials and acceptance of the ship from the shipbuilder. In August, he was transferred to Vladivostok for testing. She was commissioned on 25 December 2018.^[6]

On 15 November 2019, Gromkiy conducted a live fire test in the Sea of Japan.^[7]

Between 3 and 10 June 2022, Gromkiy, along with destroyer Admiral Panteleyev, corvettes Sovershennyy, Aldar Tsydenzhapov and intelligence ship Marshal Krylov, took part in naval exercises in the Pacific Ocean. More than 40 warships and support vessels, as well as around 20 aircraft, were involved in the exercises.^[8]