Name Steregushchiy Commissioned 14 November 2007 Displacement 2,100 tons Launched 16 May 2006 Weight 2,134 tons | Laid down 21 December 2001 Status In Service Construction started 21 December 2001 Length 104 m Draft 3.7 m | |
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Class and type Steregushchy-class corvette | ||
Steregushchiy (Стерегущий - Watchful) is the lead ship of the latest class of corvettes of the Russian Navy, the Steregushchy class. The ship was built by the Severnaya Verf shipyard in St.Petersburg and was laid down in December 2001, launched in May 2006 and joined the Russian Navy on 14 November 2007.
In total, the Russian Navy have publicly announced that they expect to buy at least 20 of these ships, for all four major fleets.
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Russian corvette Steregushchiy Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA