Karakurt-class corvette

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Class overview
Name	Karakurt class
Builders	Pella Shipyard, Saint Petersburg; More Shipyard, Feodosia; Zalyv Shipbuilding yard, Kerch; Zelenodolsk Shipyard, Zelenodolsk; Amur Shipyard, Komsomolsk-on-Amur; Vostochnaya Verf, Vladivostok;
Operators	Russian Navy
Preceded by	Buyan class
Cost	approx. RUB2 billion (2017) (US$34.3 million)
Built	2015–present
In service	2018–present
Planned	16
Building	3
Completed	13
Active	4
General characteristics
Type	Guided-missile corvette
Displacement	800 tons (860 tons after first two vessels)
Length	67 m (219 ft 10 in)
Beam	11 m (36 ft 1 in)
Draft	3.3 m (10 ft 10 in)
Propulsion	CODAD:; 3 Zvezda M-507D1 112 c or 16D49 16D500 12V ZE1600KZ diesel engine with 3 diesel generators DGAS-315;
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range	2,500 nmi (4,600 km; 2,900 mi)
Endurance	15 days
Complement	50–70
Sensors and ; processing systems	Mineral-M radar; Pozitiv-M 1.2 3D radar; AESA type radar; Pal-N-4; 5P-10-03 Laska Fire-control radar (for naval gun and AK-630 CIWS); SP-520; Lanzor KT-216; PK-10; MP-405-1; Satellite communication station Tsentavr-NM;
Armament	1 × 76.2 mm 59-caliber AK-176MA or 100 mm A-190 automatic dual-purpose guns; 1 × Pantsir-M CIWS with Hermes-K missiles or 1 × 3M89 Palash/ Palma CIWS with Sosna-R missiles (4+4 SAM in total 8 plus under reload units) or 2 × AK-630M-2 CIWS (on first 2 vessels); 2 × 4 UKSK VLS cells for Kalibr or Oniks anti-ship cruise missiles; 2 x 12.7x108 mm Kord machine gun;
Aircraft carried	Launcher for Orlan-10 UAV

The Karakurt class, Russian designation Project 22800 Karakurt (Russian: Каракурт, lit. 'Latrodectus tredecimguttatus' European Black Widow), is a class of Russian corvettes (small missile ships in Russian classification) which have been entering service with the Russian Navy since 2018.

The class is intended as a more seaworthy, blue-water complement to the Buyan-M-class corvettes, designed for the littoral zone and which as of 2015 serve in Russia's Caspian Flotilla, Baltic Fleet and Black Sea Fleet. The ships are designed to be armed with Kalibr or Oniks anti-ship cruise missiles and have an endurance of 15 days. They are also to be a cheap alternative for larger Admiral Grigorovich-class frigates, for which construction was delayed due to the suspended military cooperation with Ukraine, and because of Russia's intention to continue the modernization of its navy until all necessary tasks for construction of larger vessels domestically are solved. Nevertheless, delays in the supply of domestically-produced engines for the Karakurt class have held up the completion of several units. Additionally, the threat of international sanctions reportedly disrupted construction of this class of vessel at the More shipyard in Feodosia, in Crimea, Ukraine.

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