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List of active Russian Navy ships. Naval Ensign of Russia (St. Andrew's flag) Naval Jack of Russia. This list of active Russian Navy ships presents a picture which can never be fully agreed upon in the absence of greater data availability and a consistent standard for which ships are considered operational or not.
The Lider class (Russian: Лидер, lit. ' leader '), also referred to as Shkval class (Russian: шквал, lit. ' squall '), Russian designation Project 23560 Lider for domestic use and Project 23560E Shkval for export, is a combined stealth nuclear-powered guided missile destroyer [3][4] and cruiser, under consideration for the Russian Navy.
Twelve ships were built between 1980 and 1990, while the thirteenth ship built to a modified design, known as Udaloy II class, followed in 1999. They complement the Sovremenny-class destroyers in anti-aircraft and anti-surface warfare operations. The codename Udaloy comes from a Russian adjective удалой, meaning daring or bold.
The Russian Navy[a] is part of the Russian Armed Forces. It has existed in various forms since 1696. Its present iteration was formed in January 1992 when it succeeded the Navy of the Commonwealth of Independent States (which had itself succeeded the Soviet Navy following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in late December 1991). The Imperial ...
The Sovremenny class, Soviet designation Project 956 Sarych (buzzard), is a class of anti-ship and anti-aircraft guided-missile destroyers of the Soviet and later Russian Navy. The ships are named after qualities, with "Sovremenny" translating as "modern" or "contemporary". Most of the ships have been retired from active service and one ...
Helipad and hangar for one helicopter. The Admiral Gorshkov class, Russian designation Project 22350, is a class of frigates of the Russian Navy. [13] The ships are being built by the Severnaya Verf in Saint Petersburg at a cost of $250 million per ship. The class was designed by the Severnoye Design Bureau and incorporates use of stealth ...
Capitán Merino Jarpa class — 3 ships. Almirante Lynch class — 6 ships planned, 5 delivered. Serrano class — 6 ships. Almirante class — 2 ships. Blanco Encalada class — 2 ships and 1 spare ship, ex- Fletcher class. Serrano class — 4 ships, ex- Buckley class. Ministro Zenteno class — 2 ships, ex- Allen M. Sumner class.
Twelve ships of the 19,000 tonne Lider class are planned to enter service, split between the Northern and Pacific Fleets. Undecided whether versions will use nuclear or conventional power but they will carry the ABM-capable S-500 SAM and Kalibr (SS-N-30) and SS-N-27 cruise missiles. [19] The Lider-class destroyer concept is a project of JSC ...