Soviet frigate Zadornyy
 A port bow view of Zadornyy at anchor in 1988
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| History | |
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  Soviet Union | |
| Name | Zadornyy |
| Namesake | Russian for Provocative |
| Builder | Leningrad |
| Yard number | 716 |
| Laid down | 10 November 1977 |
| Launched | 25 March 1979 |
| Commissioned | 31 August 1979 |
| Decommissioned | 3 December 2005 |
| Fate | Sold to be broken up |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Project 1135 Burevestnik frigate |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 123 m (403 ft 7 in) |
| Beam | 142 m (465 ft 11 in) |
| Draft | 4.5 m (14 ft 9 in) |
| Installed power | 48,000 kW ) |
| Propulsion | 4 COGAG ; 2 shafts |
| Speed | 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) |
| Range | 3,950 nmi (7,315 km; 4,546 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Complement | 23 officers, 174 men |
| Sensors and processing systems |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | PK-16 decoy-dispenser system |
| Armament |
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Zadornyy (Russian: Задорный, lit. 'Provocative') was a Project 1135
Leningrad, the last of the class to be built by the A.A. Zhdanov shipyard, and served with the Northern Fleet. After taking part in exercises Avangard-81, Sever-81 and Okean-83, and cruising as far as Havana, Cuba, the vessel was upgraded between 11 June 1990 and 23 May 1995 with missiles that added anti-ship capability. While serving with the Russian Navy, the ship took part in joint exercises with frigates of the Royal Navy, including a commemoration of the first Arctic convoy of the Second World War with HMS Campbeltown
. After more than twenty-five years service, the ship was decommissioned on 3 December 2005.
Design and development
Designed by N.P. Sobolov, Zadornyy was one of twenty-one
Leningrad who produced a substantially larger and more capable design.[2] However, Zadornyy retained the same Guard Ship (Сторожевой Корабль, SKR) designation as the smaller vessels, reflecting the Soviet strategy of creating protected areas for friendly ballistic missile submarines close to the coast.[3] NATO forces called the new vessels Krivak-class frigates.[4]
COGAG installation and driving one fixed-pitch propeller. Design speed was 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) and range was 3,950 nautical miles (7,315 km; 4,546 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph).[5] The ship's complement was 197, including 23 officers.[6]
Armament and sensors
Zadornyy initially had a primary mission of
anti-submarine rocket launchers.[7] The main armament was upgraded to URPK-5 Rastrub (SS-N-14B) missiles to add anti-shipping capability between 11 June 1990 and 23 May 1995.[8] Defence against aircraft was provided by forty 4K33 OSA-M (SA-N-4 'Gecko') surface-to-air missiles which were launched from two sets of ZIF-122 launchers, each capable of launching two missiles. Two twin 76 mm (3 in) AK-726 guns were mounted aft and two single mounts for 45 mm (2 in) 21-km guns were carried on the superstructure.[9] Provision was made for carrying 18 mines.[3]
Zadornyy had a well-equipped sensor suite, including a single MR-310A Angara-A air/surface
towed-array sonar specifically developed for the class and had a range of up to 15 km (9.3 mi; 8.1 nmi).[11] The ship was also equipped with the PK-16 decoy-dispenser system.[12]
Construction and career
Named for the Russian word for Provocative, Zadornyy served with the Soviet Navy, and the
yard number 716.[13] Launched on 25 March 1979 and commissioned on 31 August, the vessel was accepted into the Northern Fleet on 13 September the same year as part of the 10th Brigade.[8]
Serving in the anti-submarine warfare role, Zadornyy started the new decade involved in the Avangard-81, Sever-81 and Okean-83 fleet exercises. These increasingly demonstrated the Soviet ability to operate as a blue-water navy.[14] As part of operations in the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea and Mediterranean Sea, the ship visited Havana, Cuba, between 28 December 1984 and 2 January 1985, and Algiers, Algeria, between 2 and 6 May 1985.[8] The Cuban visit was repeated between 3 and 7 November 1988 when Zadornyy returned to Havana along with the Large Anti-Submarine Ship (Большой Противолодочный Корабль, BPK) Vice-Admiral Kulakov and Project 641B submarine B-215.[15]
With the dissolution of the Soviet Union on 26 December 1991, the ship was transferred to the
Tricentennial at Arkhangelsk. Later Zadornyy took part in a number of joint operations with Royal Navy frigates, operating with HMS Iron Duke in the Barents Sea in honour of the Arctic convoys of World War II during June 1997, taking part in an August 2001 exercise named Dervish after the first Arctic convoy with HMS Campbeltown, and hosting HMS Sutherland on a visit to Murmansk in May 2005.[16][17][18] Soon afterwards, on 3 December 2005, the ship was decommissioned. The flag was finally lowered on 6 February 2006 and the ship sold to be broken up on 16 August 2006.[19]
References
Citations
- ^ Pavlov 1997, p. 132.
- ^ Balakin 2001, p. 5.
- ^ a b Gardiner & Friedman 1983, p. 491.
- ^ a b Baker 2002, p. 637.
- ^ Apalkov 2005, p. 70.
- ^ Balakin 2001, p. 12.
- ^ Baker 2002, pp. 637–638.
- ^ a b c Apalkov 2005, p. 78.
- ^ Baker 2002, p. 638.
- ^ Apalkov 2005, p. 71.
- ^ Balakin 2001, p. 16.
- ^ Apalkov 2005, p. 73.
- ^ Sharpe 1996, p. 544.
- ^ Polmar 1991, p. 81.
- ^ "Посещение кораблей ВМФ СССР" [Visit of Soviet Naval Vessels]. Krasnaya Zvezda (in Russian): 3. 1 November 1988.
- ^ "Iron Duke Smooths the Way with Ivan". Navy News: 15. July 1997. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
- ^ "Tributes to Convoys - and to the Kursk". Navy News: 20. October 2001. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
- ^ "Sutherland Honours Heroes of the North". Navy News: 44. June 2005.
- ^ Milashina, Elena (4 June 2007). "Капиталы первого ранга" [Capital of the First Rank]. Novaya Gazeta. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
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- Baker, A. D. (2002). The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World 2002–2003. Annapolis: ISBN 978-1-55750-242-1.
- Balakin, S. (2001). Бдительный: Сторожевой корабль проект 1135 [Bditelnyy: Patrol Ship Project 1135]. Marine Collection (in Russian). Vol. 6.
- Gardiner, Robert; Friedman, Norman (1983). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1982 Part. 2, The Warsaw Pact and Non-Aligned Nations. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-0-87021-923-8.
- Pavlov, Aleksandr Sergeevich (1997). Warships of the USSR and Russia, 1945-1995. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1-55750-671-9.
- Polmar, Norman (1991). Guide to the Soviet Navy. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-0-87021-240-6.
- Sharpe, Richard (1996). Jane's Fighting Ships 1996–1997. London: ISBN 978-0-71061-355-4.