Russian frigate Admiral Makarov

Admiral Makarov is a third frigate of the Admiral Grigorovich class of the Russian Navy to be based with the Black Sea Fleet at Sevastopol. She was laid down at the Yantar Shipyard in February 2012 and commissioned on 25 December 2017.[5]

Admiral Makarov in 2018
History
Russia
Name: Admiral Makarov
Namesake: Stepan Makarov
Builder: Yantar Shipyard
Laid down: 29 February 2012[1][2]
Launched: 2 September 2015[3]
Commissioned: 27 December 2017
Status: Active
General characteristics
Class and type: Admiral Grigorovich-class frigate
Displacement:
  • Standard: 3,620 tons
  • Full: 4,035 tons
Length: 124.8 m (409 ft)
Beam: 15.2 m (50 ft)
Draught: 4.2 m (14 ft)
Propulsion:
  • 2 shaft COGAG;
  • 2 DS-71 cruise gas turbines 8,450 shp (6,300 kW);
  • 2 DT-59 boost gas turbines 22,000 shp (16,000 kW) ;
  • Total: 60,900 shp (45,400 kW)
Speed: 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range: 4,850 nmi (8,980 km; 5,580 mi) at 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Endurance: 30 days
Complement: 200
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • Air search radar: Fregat M2M
  • Surface search radar: 3Ts-25 Garpun-B, MR-212/201-1, Nucleus-2 6000A
  • Fire control radar: JSC 5P-10 Puma FCS, 3R14N-11356 FCS, MR-90 Orekh SAM FCS
Electronic warfare
& decoys:
  • EW Suite: TK-25-5;
  • Countermeasures:
  • 4 × KT-216
Armament:
Aircraft carried: 1 × Ka-27 series helicopter
Aviation facilities: Helipad and hangar for one helicopter

Service

In July 2018, the frigate took part in Russia's Main Naval Parade in St. Petersburg.[6]

On 18 August 2018, Admiral Makarov set sail from the Baltic Sea for the Black Sea and sailed through the English Channel on 21 August.[7][8] She arrived at its permanent base in Sevastopol in early October.[9]

On 5 November 2018, the press service of the Russian Navy's Black Sea Fleet announced the frigate had left Sevastopol to join the Russian naval group in the eastern Mediterranean.[10] She had been spotted while in transit to there by HMS Queen Elizabeth in the English Channel on 18 August.[11][12]

References
  1. Gavrilenko, Andrew (25 February 2012). "Флоту – новый фрегат". redstar.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  2. "Russia to Lay Down New Frigate for Navy | Defense | RIA Novosti". En.rian.ru. 2012-02-28. Archived from the original on 2012-07-08. Retrieved 2014-03-08.
  3. "В Калининграде спустили на воду новейший фрегат "Адмирал Макаров"". flotprom.ru (in Russian). 2 September 2015. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  4. https://rg.ru/2017/04/15/reg-ufo/rossijskaia-raketa-cirkon-dostigla-vosmi-skorostej-zvuka.html
  5. Фрегат "Адмирал Макаров" передали заказчику TASS, 25 December 2017.
  6. «Адмирал Макаров» прибыл в Кронштадт для участия в Главном военно-морском параде tvzvezda.ru, 7 July 2018.
  7. Фрегат "Адмирал Макаров" отправился к месту базирования на Черноморский флот TASS, 18 August 2018.
  8. Ракетный фрегат "Адмирал Макаров" прошел Ла-Манш под присмотром британского тральщика Interfax, 21 August 2018.
  9. Russia’s cutting-edge frigate arrives in Sevastopol TASS, 5 October 2018.
  10. Russia sends new frigate with cruise missiles onboard to Mediterranean Reuters, 5 November 2018.
  11. "HMS Queen Elizabeth sets off for F-35B fighter jet trials | Royal Navy". www.royalnavy.mod.uk. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
  12. "A Russian Warship Causes Concern on the HMS Queen Elizabeth - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2021-01-13.


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