Steregushchy-class corvette

Stoikiy on the Neva in 2015
Class overview
Name:	Steregushchiy class
Builders:	Severnaya Verf Komsomolsk Shipyard
Operators:	Russian Navy  Algerian National Navy
Preceded by:	Grisha class
Succeeded by:	Gremyashchiy class
Subclasses:	Project 2038.2 Tigr (export) Project 2038.5 (domestic) Project 2038.6 (domestic)
Cost:	US$120-150m (est. for Tigr)
Built:	2001 - current
In service:	2007 - current
Building:	4
Planned:	12
Completed:	5
Active:	4
General characteristics
Class and type:	Project 2038.0 (2038.1)
Type:	Corvette
Displacement:	Standard: 1,800 tons Full: 2,200 tons
Length:	104.5 m (343 ft)
Beam:	11.6 m (38 ft)
Draught:	3.7 m (12 ft)
Installed power:	AC 380/220V, 50 Hz, 4x630 kw diesel genset
Propulsion:	2 shaft CODAD, 4 Kolomna 16D49 diesels 23,664 hp (17.6 MW)
Speed:	27 kn (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Range:	3,800 nmi (7,000 km; 4,400 mi) at 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Endurance:	15 days
Complement:	90
Sensors and processing systems:	Air search radar: Furke 2 (Furke-E, Positiv-ME1, SMILE Thales for export) Surface search radar: Granit Central Scientific Institute Garpun-B/3Ts-25E/PLANK SHAVE radar Monument targeting radar Fire control radar: Ratep 5P-10E Puma for A-190 Sonar: Zarya-M (Zarya-ME for export) suite, bow mounted. Vinyetka low frequency active/passive towed array Navigation: GORIZONT-25 integrated navigation system
Electronic warfare & decoys:	EW Suite: TK-25E-5 ECM Countermeasures: 4 x PK-10 decoy launchers
Armament:	1 × 100mm A-190 Arsenal or 130mm A-192 naval gun 1 × Kashtan CIWS-M (Project 20380) 2 × 4 Uran Kh-35 (SS-N-25) 12 × Redut VLS cells (Project 20381) 2 × AK-630М CIWS 2 × 4 330mm torpedo tubes for Paket-NK (Paket-NK/E for export) anti-torpedo/anti-submarine torpedoes 2 × 14.5mm MTPU pedestal machine guns
Aircraft carried:	Hangar for Ka-27 Helicopter

The Steregushchiy class (Russian: стерегущий – "vigilant") is the newest class of corvette in the Russian Navy. It was designed by the Almaz Central Marine Design bureau. The first ship was designated Project 2038.0 (or 20380) by the Russian Government; subsequent vessels were built to an improved design, Project 20381. At 2,200 tons it is large for a corvette and is designated as a frigate by NATO. Project 20382 "Tigr" is an export variant that has been ordered by Algeria. Project 20385 is another variant.

This type has been further developed into the Gremyashchiy-class corvette and Derzky-class corvette.

The ships of the Steregushchiy class are multipurpose corvettes, designed to replace the Grisha class. Such ships are used for littoral zone operations, engagement of enemy submarines and surface ships, and gun support of landing operations. The first batch being built at the Severnaya Verf shipyard in St. Petersburg consists of four ships. A second building line has been started at Komsomolsk. The lead ship of this second batch will be named Sovershennyy.

The Russian Navy has publicly announced that they expect to buy at least 30 of these ships, for all four major fleets.

According to Jane's Naval Forces News, the first vessel was commissioned on 14 November 2007.

In 2007 the Indonesian Navy made an agreement in principle (pending a full contract) for four vessels of this type to replace their ageing Dutch-built Fatahillah-class corvettes. The first was to be built in Spain and fitted out in St. Petersburg, leaving open the option of Indonesian involvement in building the subsequent ships. This agreement appears to have lapsed; in 2011 Indonesia signed a deal for two Milgem-class corvettes from Turkey. Rosoboronexport have briefed Singapore and the United Arab Emirates on the vessel.

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