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BPatrol & mine warfare vessels
Frigate / Patrol ship SKR (Russian classification)
At a glance
Ambassador MK III missile boatlarger figure on 1 of 3
Krivak-class frigatelarger figure on 2 of 3
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Configuration
| Specification | Ambassador MK III missile boat | Krivak-class frigate |
|---|---|---|
| Displacement | 600 tons[source] | Standard: 3,300 tons Full: 3,575 tons[source] |
| Name | Ambassador MK III[source] | Krivak class (Project 1135)[source] |
| Builders | VT Halter Marine[source] | Yantar Shipyard Zhdanov Shipyard Baltic Shipyard Zaliv Shipyard[source] |
| Operators | Egyptian Navy[source] | Soviet Navy Soviet Border Troops Russian Navy Russian Coast Guard Ukrainian Navy Indian Navy Korean People's Navy[source] |
| Cost | US$1.290 billion (total program in 2009) US$240m (marginal cost of fourth hull in 2009)[source] | — |
| Built | 2008–2013[source] | — |
| In commission | 2013–[source] | — |
| Planned | 57[source] | |
| Active | 5 active in Russia (1 × 1135, 1 × 1135M, 3 x 11356R/M) 8 x active in India (6 x 11356, 2 x 11356R/M)[source] | |
| Type | Missile boat[source] | Frigate / Patrol ship SKR (Russian classification)[source] |
| Propulsion | 4 shafts[source] | — |
| Endurance | 8 days at sea[source] | — |
| Sensors & processing systems | Thales MRR-3D NG G band multi-role radar Thales Scout ( I / J band ) Maritime Surveillance Radar Thales STING-EO Mk2 fire control Radar Link ASN 150, LinkYE, Link 14 and Link 11 data links IFF TACTICOS Combat Management System with Model 033-2T/066-2T Tracking Pedestals.[source] | Radar: 1 MR-755 Fregat-M/Half Plate air/surf search Sonar: Zvezda-2 suite with MGK-345 Bronza/Ox Yoke bow mounted LF, Ox Tail LF VDS Fire control: Purga ASW combat system, 2 Drakon/Eye Bowl SSM targeting, 2 MPZ-301 Baza/Pop Group[source] |
| Electronic warfare & decoys | 4 × chaff/IR Decoy launchers ESM / ECM[source] | Start suite with Bell Shroud intercept, Bell Squat jammer, 4 PK-16 decoy RL, 8 PK-10 decoy RL, 2 towed decoys[source] |
| Armament | 8 × RGM-84 Boeing Harpoon SSM Block 1G in 2 quad canister launchers 1 × OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 Super Rapid DP gun 1 × Mk 31 Mod 3 RIM-116 RAM (21 missiles) 1 × Raytheon Mk 15 Mod 21 Phalanx (Block 1B) 20 mm Phalanx CIWS 2 × deck-mounted 7.62 mm M60 machine guns[source] | 1 × 4 URK-5 ( SS-N-14 'Silex' ) SSM/ASW missiles 2 × Osa-MA SAM systems SA-N-4 'Gecko' SAM (40 missiles) 4 × 76 mm AK-726 guns (2×2) (Burevestnik M had 2×1 100 mm AK-100 guns) 2 × RBU-6000 anti-submarine rockets 2 × 4 533 mm torpedo tubes[source] |
| Country of origin | United States[source]Ambassador MK III missile boat · origin explicitly stated in the linked current national-inventory row; no inference from operator or shipyard | Soviet Union[source] |
| Preceded by | — | Riga class[source] |
| Succeeded by | — | Neustrashimy class Admiral Gorshkov class[source] |
| Subclasses | — | Talwar class Admiral Grigorovich class[source] |
| Building | — | 3 (2 x 11356, 1 x 11356R/M)[source] |
| Completed | — | 52 (37 × 1135, 1135M, 11352/11353, 4 × 11351, 5 x 11356R/M and 6 x 11356)[source] |
| Canceled | — | 2 (2 × 11351)[source] |
| Laid up | — | 1 ( Oryol )[source] |
| Lost | — | 1 ( Hetman Sahaidachny )[source] |
| Retired | — | 37[source] |
| Aircraft carried | — | Ka-27 on Krivak III only[source] |