Russian corvette Soobrazitelnyy - Alchetron, the free social encyclopedia

Name Soobrazitelnyy Commissioned 14 October 2011 Displacement 2,100 tons full load Launched 31 March 2010 Builder Severnaya Verf		Laid down 20 May 2003 Status In service Construction started 20 May 2003 Length 104 m

Class and type Steregushchy-class corvette

Soobrazitelnyy (Сообразительный - Smart/Astute) is the second ship of the latest class of corvettes of the Russian Navy, the Steregushchy class. The ship is being built by the Severnaya Verf shipyard in St.Petersburg and was laid down in May 2003. It was launched in late March 2010 and joined the Baltic Fleet in the 2011.

The ship is the first of the class to be fitted with the Redut system intended to increase its anti-aircraft capabilities with respect to the Kashtan CIWS previously used. The corvette was shown to the public for the first time at the Fifth International Maritime Defence Show (IMDS-2011) in St. Petersburg.

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Russian corvette Soobrazitelnyy Wikipedia

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