Grachonok-class anti-saboteur ship

Russian Navy Grachonok-class anti-saboteur boat P-104 Nakhimovets during the Navy Day celebrations at Saint Petersburg in 2019
Class overview
NameGrachonok class
Builders
Operators
Built2008–present
In commission2009–present
Plannedc. 28?
Building1
Completed28
Active27
General characteristics
TypeAnti-saboteur boat
Displacement138 tonnes (136 long tons; 152 short tons)
Length31.04 m (101 ft 10 in)
Beam7.4 m (24 ft 3 in)
Draft1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Propulsion2 × MTU or MWM-Deutz TBD620V12, Wärtsilä (other European or local Zvezda ZE, Kolomna) diesel engines
Speed23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph)
Endurance5 days
Complement8 crew
Sensors and
processing systems
Electronic warfare
& decoys		1 × MTK-201M3 electronic-optical television system
Armament
  • 1 × 14.5 mm MTPU machine gun
  • 1 × DP-64 anti-sabotage grenade launcher
  • 1 × DP-65 remotely-controlled rocket grenade launcher system
  • 1 × Igla MANPADS (4 missiles)

The Grachonok class, Russian designation Project 21980 Grachonok, is a class of anti-saboteur and large guard boats being built for the Russian Navy. The class is designed to combat sabotage and terrorist forces and means in the waters off bases and near the approaches to them, as well as to assist the FSB Border Service of Russia in solving the problems of preservation and protection of the state border of Russia. Twenty-eight boats were built since 2008.[1]

History

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In October 2017, four additional ships were ordered by the National Guard of Russia. These ships are intended for protection of the Crimean Bridge.[2]

More boats were ordered for the Russian Navy in August 2024.[3]

Ships

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Russian Navy Grachonok-class anti-saboteur boat P-351 Yunarmeets Kaspiya during the Navy Day celebrations at Astrakhan in 2015
Name Hull No. Builders Laid down Launched Commissioned Fleet Status
Russian Navy
P-104 Nakhimovets 889 (2009),
689 (2016) 		Zelenodolsk Shipyard 8 February 2008 25 April 2009 23 November 2009 Baltic Fleet Active
P-191 Kadet 840 Zelenodolsk Shipyard 7 May 2010 July 2011 October 2011 Black Sea Fleet Active
P-349 Suvorovets 841 Zelenodolsk Shipyard 6 May 2011[4] 16 June 2012[5] 14 November 2012 Black Sea Fleet Active
P-350 Kursant Kirovets 842 Zelenodolsk Shipyard 5 May 2012[6] April 2013[7] 22 August 2013 Black Sea Fleet Active
P-377 996 Vostochnaya Verf, Vladivostok 15 March 2012 24 June 2013 26 September 2013 Pacific Fleet Active
P-351 Yunarmeets Kaspiya 930 (2013),
600 (2016) 		Zelenodolsk Shipyard 27 July 2012[8] June 2013 15 October 2013[9] Caspian Flotilla Active
P-420 Yunarmeets Primorya 997 Vostochnaya Verf, Vladivostok August 2012 29 November 2013 24 February 2014 Pacific Fleet Active
P-355 Yunarmeets Kryma 836 Zelenodolsk Shipyard 7 May 2013[10] 30 May 2014[11] 17 March 2015[12] Black Sea Fleet Active
P-417 Yunarmeets Kamchatki 998 Vostochnaya Verf, Vladivostok December 2012 4 July 2013[13] 25 September 2014 Pacific Fleet Active
P-424 Kinel 837 Zelenodolsk Shipyard 27 July 2013[14] 2014 9 October 2014[15] Black Sea Fleet Active
P-340 Yunarmeets Zapolyarya 669 (2016),
938 (2018) 		Vympel Shipyard March 2014 7 June 2016[16] 19 November 2016 Northern Fleet Active
P-421 Yunarmeets Belomorya 699 (2016),
939 (2018) 		Vympel Shipyard December 2014 22 July 2016[17] 19 November 2016 Northern Fleet Active
P-429 Sergey Preminin 936 Vympel Shipyard 15 September 2015 27 April 2017[18] 27 August 2017[19] Northern Fleet Active
P-433 Pavel Silaev 844 Zelenodolsk Shipyard 12 January 2015[20] 2017 16 September 2017[21] Black Sea Fleet Active
P-431 Yunarmeets Chukotki 994 Vostochnaya Verf, Vladivostok 2016 2017 14 October 2017 Pacific Fleet Active
P-430 Valeriy Fedyanin 941 Vympel Shipyard 15 April 2016 22 June 2017[22] 2 November 2017[23] Northern Fleet Active
Yunarmeets Tatarstana 601 Zelenodolsk Shipyard 7 May 2015[24] 15 June 2018[25] October 2018 Caspian Flotilla Active
P-445 973 Vostochnaya Verf, Vladivostok 2017 12 October 2018 14 January 2019[26] Pacific Fleet Active
P-449 Yunarmeets Dagestana 602 Zelenodolsk Shipyard 24 April 2019[27] 2019 August 2019 Caspian Flotilla Active
P-450 Yunarmeets Sakhalina 969 Vostochnaya Verf, Vladivostok 10 August 2020 28 May 2021[28] Pacific Fleet Active
P-468 651 Zelenodolsk Shipyard 7 August 2020[29] 23 July 2021[30] 23 June 2022[31] Baltic Fleet Active
P-471 Vladimir Nosov 652 Zelenodolsk Shipyard 7 August 2020[29] 23 July 2021[30] 23 June 2022[31][32] Baltic Fleet Active
P-474 695 Zelenodolsk Shipyard 19 February 2021[33] 10 June 2022[34] 1 November 2022[35] Baltic Fleet Active
Vympel Shipyard 15 July 2021[36] 7 June 2024[37] Northern Fleet Launched
National Guard Forces Command
PDKA No. 478 478 Vympel Shipyard 15 May 2018[38] 19 June 2019[39] November 2019[40] Black Sea[40] Active
PDKA No. 479 479 Vympel Shipyard 10 July 2019[41] 2019 Black Sea Active
PDKA No. 480 480 Vympel Shipyard 30 July 2019[42] 2020 Black Sea Active
PDKA No. 481 481 Vympel Shipyard 19 September 2019[43] November 2020[44] Black Sea Active

References

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  1. ^ Russianships.info.
  2. ^ "Росгвардия заказала четыре противодиверсионных катера за 4,1 млрд рублей" [National Guard orders four anti-sabotage boats for 4.1 billion rubles]. Rambler News Service (in Russian). 19 October 2017. Archived from the original on 21 October 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  3. ^ "Russian Navy to receive Project 21980 anti-saboteur boats". TASS. 13 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
  4. ^ "Закладка третьего из серии противодиверсионного катера проекта 21980" [Third in series of project 21980 anti-sabotage boats laid down] (Press release) (in Russian). Zelenodolsk Shipyard. 6 May 2011. Archived from the original on 23 March 2017. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  5. ^ "Спуск на воду противодиверсионного катера проекта 21980" [Launching of anti-sabotage boat project 21980] (Press release) (in Russian). Zelenodolsk Shipyard. 16 June 2012. Archived from the original on 23 March 2017. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  6. ^ "Закладка четвертого из серии противодиверсионного катера проекта 21980" [Fourth in series of project 21980 anti-sabotage boats laid down] (Press release) (in Russian). Zelenodolsk Shipyard. 5 May 2012. Archived from the original on 23 March 2017. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  7. ^ "Катер проекта 21980 заложат на Зеленодольском заводе имени Горького" [A boat of Project 21980 will be laid down at the Zelenodolsk plant]. flotprom.ru (in Russian). 30 April 2013.
  8. ^ "Закладка пятого из серии противодиверсионного катера проекта 21980" [Fifth in series of project 21980 anti-sabotage boats laid down] (Press release) (in Russian). Zelenodolsk Shipyard. 27 July 2012. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  9. ^ "Пятый катер проекта 21980 успешно завершил государственные испытания" [The fifth boat of project 21980 has successfully completed sea trials] (Press release) (in Russian). Zelenodolsk Plant. 16 October 2013. Archived from the original on 24 December 2014. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  10. ^ "На Стапеле – Шестой «грачонок»" [On the slipway - the sixth "Grachonok"] (Press release) (in Russian). Zelenodolsk Shipyard. 7 May 2013. Archived from the original on 1 November 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  11. ^ "Восьмой "Грачонок" спущен на воду на верфи "Зеленодольского завода им. А.М.Горького"" [The eighth "Grachonok" was launched at the Zelenodolsk shipyard] (in Russian). i-Mash. 30 May 2014. Archived from the original on 23 March 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
  12. ^ "В Севастополе торжественно поднят Военно-морской флаг на втором новейшем противодиверсионном катере «Грачонок»" [The solemnly raise of the Naval flag on the second newest anti-sabotage boat "Grachonok" in Sevastopol] (Press release) (in Russian). Russian Ministry of Defence. 17 March 2015. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  13. ^ "Третий "Грачонок" для Тихоокеанского флота спущен на воду" [Third "Grachonok" for the Pacific Fleet launched]. flotprom.ru (in Russian). 4 July 2014.
  14. ^ "Закладка седьмого из серии катера проекта 21980" [Seventh in series of project 21980 anti-sabotage boats laid down] (Press release) (in Russian). Zelenodolsk Shipyard. 27 July 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  15. ^ "Седьмой «Грачонок» успешно завершил государственные испытания" [The seventh "Grachonok" has successfully completed sea trials] (Press release). Zelenodolsk Shipyard. 9 October 2014. Archived from the original on 17 October 2014. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  16. ^ "Головной «Грачонок» спущен на воду" [Lead "Grachonok" launched] (Press release) (in Russian). Vympel Shipyard. 7 June 2016. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  17. ^ "Второй «Грачонок» спустили на воду" [The second "Grachonok" was launched] (Press release) (in Russian). Vympel Shipyard. 22 July 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
  18. ^ "Третий «Грачонок» спустили на воду" [The third "Grachonok" was launched] (Press release) (in Russian). Vympel Shipyard. 27 April 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
  19. ^ "Противодиверсионный отряд главной базы подводных сил Северного флота пополнился новым катером" [The anti-sabotage detachment of the main base of the submarine forces of the Northern Fleet has been replenished with a new boat] (Press release) (in Russian). Russian Ministry of Defence. 27 August 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  20. ^ "Торжественная церемония закладки противодиверсионного катера проекта 21980" [The solemn ceremony of the laying down of the Project 21980 anti-sabotage boat] (Press release) (in Russian). Zelenodolsk Shipyard. 12 January 2015. Archived from the original on 15 December 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  21. ^ "На новейшем противодиверсионном катере Черноморского флота торжественно поднят Андреевский флаг" [The St. Andrew's flag was raised on the newest anti-sabotage boat of the Black Sea Fleet] (Press release) (in Russian). Russian Ministry of Defence. 16 September 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
  22. ^ "Четвёртый «Грачонок» для Северного флота" [The fourth "Grachonok" for the Northern Fleet] (Press release) (in Russian). Vympel Shipyard. 23 June 2017. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
  23. ^ "Тихоокеанский флот получил новый противодиверсионный катер проекта «Грачонок»" [The Pacific Fleet received a project "Grachonok" anti-sabotage boat] (Press release) (in Russian). Russian Ministry of Defence. 2 November 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  24. ^ "Торжественная церемония закладки катера специалного назначения проекта 21980" [Solemn ceremony of laying down a special-purpose boat project 21980] (Press release) (in Russian). Zelenodolsk Shipyard. 7 May 2015. Archived from the original on 11 May 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  25. ^ "Девятый катер специального назначения проекта 21980 начал переход из Зеленодольска на внешнюю сдаточную базу" [The ninth special-purpose boat of project 21980 began the transition from Zelenodolsk to an external delivery base] (Press release) (in Russian). Zelenodolsk Shipyard. 15 June 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  26. ^ "На противодиверсионном катере Тихоокеанского флота торжественно поднят Андреевский флаг" [The St. Andrew's flag was solemnly raised on the anti-sabotage boat of the Pacific Fleet] (Press release) (in Russian). Russian Ministry of Defence. 14 January 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  27. ^ "Торжественная церемония закладки катера специального назначения проекта 21980" [Solemn ceremony of laying down a special-purpose boat project 21980] (Press release) (in Russian). Zelenodolsk Shipyard. 24 April 2019. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  28. ^ "Новый противодиверсионный катер «Юнармеец Сахалина» вошел в состав Тихоокеанского флота" [New anti-sabotage boat "Yunarmeets Sakhalina" became the member of the Pacific Fleet] (Press release) (in Russian). Russian Ministry of Defence. 28 May 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  29. ^ a b "Закладка корпусов двух катеров специального назначения проекта 21980" [Laying down of the hulls of two special-purpose boats of project 21980] (Press release) (in Russian). Zelenodolsk Shipyard. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  30. ^ a b "Горьковчане отметили День Военно-Морского флота России" [Gorky citizens celebrated the Day of the Russian Navy] (Press release) (in Russian). Zelenodolsk Shipyard. 23 July 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  31. ^ a b "В состав Балтийского флота вошли два новых противодиверсионных катера «Грачонок»" [The Baltic Fleet includes two new anti-sabotage boats "Grachonok"] (Press release) (in Russian). Russian Ministry of Defence. 23 June 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  32. ^ "Новый противодиверсионный катер Балтийского флота назван в честь Героя Российской Федерации гвардии капитана Владимира Носова" [The new anti-sabotage boat of the Baltic Fleet is named after the Hero of the Russian Federation Guards Captain Vladimir Nosov] (Press release) (in Russian). Russian Ministry of Defence. 23 June 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  33. ^ "Закладка корпуса тринадцатого серийного катера специального назначения проекта 21980" [Laying down of the hull of the thirteenth serial special-purpose boat of project 21980] (Press release) (in Russian). Zelenodolsk Shipyard. 19 February 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  34. ^ "13-ый из серии катер специального назначения спущен на воду" [The 13th of a series boats for special purpose was launched] (Press release) (in Russian). Zelenodolsk Shipyard. 10 June 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  35. ^ "ЦАМТО / / Противодиверсионный катер «Грачонок» пополнил состав ВМФ России".
  36. ^ "На ССЗ «Вымпел» состоялась закладка катера специального назначения для Северного флота" [Laid down the special-purpose boat for the Northern Fleet took place on the "Vympel"] (Press release) (in Russian). Vympel Shipyard. 15 July 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  37. ^ "В Рыбинске спустили на воду "Грачонок" для Северного флота". ФлотПром (in Russian). 7 June 2024. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  38. ^ "Концерн «Калашников» заложил первый катер специального назначения для Росгвардии" [Concern "Kalashnikov" laid down the first special-purpose boat for the National Guard] (Press release) (in Russian). Vympel Shipyard. 15 May 2018. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  39. ^ "На «Вымпеле» спустили на воду первый «Грачонок» для Росгвардии" [The first "Grachonok" for the National Guard was launched on the "Vympel"] (Press release) (in Russian). Vympel Shipyard. 19 June 2019. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
  40. ^ a b "Первый «Грачонок» передан Росгвардии" [The first "Grachonok" is transferred to the National Guard] (Press release) (in Russian). Vympel Shipyard. 15 November 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  41. ^ "Второй «Грачонок» для Росгвардии сошёл со стапелей «Вымпела»" [The second "Grachonok" for the National Guard came off the stocks of "Vympel"] (Press release) (in Russian). Vympel Shipyard. 10 July 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  42. ^ "Спущен на воду третий «Грачонок» для Росгвардии" [The third "Grachonok" for the National Guard launched] (Press release) (in Russian). Vympel Shipyard. 30 July 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  43. ^ "Четвёртый «Грачонок» для Росгвардии спустили на воду" [The fourth "Grachonok" for the National Guard launched] (Press release) (in Russian). Vympel Shipyard. 20 September 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  44. ^ "На ССЗ «Вымпел» состоялась закладка катера специального назначения для Северного флота" (Press release). 15 July 2021.
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