(weighting factor 3)
Comments on the dynamics of 2016-2017
In the main rating Mil.Press FLOT accepts for comparison only warships the main classes of the Russian Navy and the US Navy. In recent years, China's navy has also been intensively strengthened. But official Beijing is trying to keep the exact data on its shipbuilding program secret, so it is not possible to objectively assess the combat capabilities of the PRC Navy.This time, the editors made minor adjustments in assessing the combat readiness of the US Navy, making an adjustment for the ships that went for overhaul and modernization. Thanks to this, according to the results of 2017, which was not very successful for the Russian naval shipbuilding (the Navy received only two warships - the frigate "" and the corvette ""), Russia avoided a failure in the report card and even slightly improved its position compared to the previous year.
It should be noted that during the same time, the US Navy received a new generation aircraft carrier Gerald Ford, two Arleigh Burke class missile destroyers, two Virginia class multipurpose nuclear submarines and three ships coastal zone LCS type. But two incidents in the US Pacific Fleet played in favor of Russia, as a result of which the destroyers "" and "John McCain" were out of action for a long time.
If we take into account the ships, ships and boats of repair and reserve, ships of the auxiliary fleet that are in trial operation, we can talk about almost equal payroll parties; at the same time, the Russian Navy continues to concede to the US Navy in terms of combat potential by slightly less than a third.
7. The indicator is recalculated annually.
2017 for the enterprises of the maritime military-industrial complex
January 25 modernized diesel-electric submarine "Komsomolsk-on-Amur".On January 25, at the Sredne-Nevsky shipbuilding plant in St. Petersburg, a solemn ceremony was held to lay the third mine defense ship of project 12700, called the Ivan Antonov.
In February, the St. Petersburg machine-building plant "Arsenal" announced the successful completion of field tests of the modernized 76.2 mm gun mount AK-176MA. It is with this gun that new corvettes, small rocket ships and missile boats.
On March 24, the Almaz-Antey concern, which is responsible for the readiness of anti-aircraft missile systems, was accused of failing to deliver new warships for the Navy.
On March 31, in Severodvinsk, at the Sevmash plant, the Kazan multi-purpose nuclear submarine was taken out of the slipway and launched, which became the first Yasen-M built according to the improved project 885M.
On April 6, the Zvezdochka Ship Repair Center completed the repair of the nuclear submarine missile cruiser"Eagle" (project 949A "Antey").
On April 20, at the Sredne-Nevsky shipbuilding plant in St. Petersburg, the third serial mine defense ship of project 12700 "Vladimir Yemelyanov" was laid down.
On April 25, Russian President Vladimir Putin launched the testing of the GTA M35R-1 gas turbine unit with the new M70FRU-2 marine engine.
On December 5, an experimental vessel Ilmen of project 11982 was launched at the Pella Leningrad shipbuilding plant.
In December, it became known that the Feodosia Shipbuilding Plant would be transferred to the St. Petersburg Zvezda.
On December 25, the third frigate of project 11356 "Admiral Makarov" was handed over to the fleet.
December 28 "Zvyozdochka" completed the repair of the nuclear submarine "Tula".
On December 29, it became known that Severnaya Verf signed a contract for the construction of a new slipway for the construction of large-capacity ships and vessels.
On New Year's Eve, it became known that the transfer of the project 22350 frigate "Admiral Gorshkov", project 11711 large landing ship "Ivan Gren", project 23120 logistic ship "Elbrus" and project 21631 small rocket ship "Vyshny Volochek" were postponed to 2018.
Editorial
The legendary Commander-in-Chief of the Navy of the USSR Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union S.G. Gorshkov, speaking about the balance of the Navy, argued that it "consists in the fact that all the elements that make up its combat power, and the means that provide them, are constantly in the most advantageous combination, in which the fleet can fully realize the ability to perform various tasks in conditions of both nuclear and any possible war."For a number of years, the Central Naval Portal (TSVMP) has been conducting an independent study of the composition and condition of the fleets of the leading world powers, and in the first place, the Russian fleet, traditionally assessing its combat potential in relation to naval forces USA.
In its study, the TsVMP accepts for calculations only those data that become available in the open press: both domestic (VPK, Vlast magazine), and foreign (Jane "s), as well as in the electronic media. The calculation of the strength of both fleets was also carried out with certain assumptions, which were initially explained in relation to support vessels, auxiliary fleet, reserve ships, methods for calculating the combat strength of the Russian Navy and the US Navy. TsVMP is not an academic publication and considers possible errors are acceptable.
As for the calculation of the combat capabilities of the fleets, here, too, the TsVMP chose not to follow traditional methods, deliberately avoiding calculations of the combat potential, especially since the term "combat potential" itself has many different definitions. We do not undertake to perform a calculation of the combat potential of the Navy and we understand the complexity of taking into account the totality of various types of weapons and equipment, control and support systems, other factors and components of such a calculation. That's what the General Staff is for.
The TsVMP applied its own calculation method, which makes it possible to visualize in tabular form not only the entire diversity of the ship composition of the two fleets, but also to compare their combat capabilities.
Each line of the table is assigned its own coefficient, as in traditional methods of calculating the combat potential, weighted average coefficients are used, reflecting the totality of indicators of the combat properties of ships. The choice of the value of the coefficients was made not quite arbitrarily, but based on an assessment of the totality of the combat properties of ships of one class or another.
Nuclear submarine missile carriers, despite their exceptional firepower, have been assigned a coefficient of 0. We deliberately excluded the "naval component of the nuclear shield" from the calculation, not only because "they are not expected to participate in a non-nuclear war," but also in order to remove from the shadow of this shield the real ratio of the combat capabilities of the Russian Navy and the US Navy.
Readers generally agreed on the choice of values for other coefficients.
The apparent simplicity of the calculation yielded results that make it possible to understand the acute public concern about the state of our fleet.
According to the State Armaments Program for 2011-2020 (SAP-2020), adopted at the end of 2010, it is planned to allocate more than 20 trillion rubles for the development of the army and navy, including the construction of 50 surface ships, 8 strategic missile submarines and 20 submarines, up to 80 ships of the auxiliary fleet.
Hello, they overtook us here the day before, showing how many combat ships have been decommissioned from the fleet since 2000. Let's look at the reverse trend. How many large warships have been accepted into the Russian Navy since 2000? Only large ships were taken into account. The photo review did not include landing craft and Rooks.
1. Strategic missile submarine K-535 "Yuri Dolgoruky". Commissioning - 2012. Affiliation - Northern Fleet.
2. Nuclear-powered torpedo submarine K-335 Gepard. Commissioning - 2001. Affiliation - Northern Fleet.
3. Multi-purpose nuclear-powered torpedo submarine with K-560 Severodvinsk cruise missiles. Commissioning - 2013. Affiliation - Northern Fleet.
4. Strategic missile submarine K-550 "Alexander Nevsky". Commissioning - 2013. Affiliation - Pacific Fleet.
5. Strategic missile submarine "Vladimir Monomakh". Entry into operation - 10.12.14. Affiliation - Pacific Fleet.
6. Special-purpose nuclear submarine AS-31. Commissioning - 2010. Affiliation - Northern Fleet.
7. Diesel submarine for special purposes B-90 "Sarov". Commissioning - 2008. Affiliation - Northern Fleet.
8. Diesel-electric submarine B-585 "St. Petersburg". Commissioning - 2010. Affiliation - Northern Fleet.
9. Diesel-electric submarine "Novorossiysk". Commissioning - 2014. Affiliation - Black Sea Fleet.
10. Diesel-electric submarine "Rostov-on-Don". Commissioning - 11/25/14. Affiliation - Black Sea Fleet.
11. Patrol ship "Yaroslav the Wise". Commissioning - 2009. Affiliation - Baltic Fleet.
12. Corvette "Guarding". Commissioning - 2008. Affiliation - Baltic Fleet.
13. Corvette "Smart". Commissioning - 2008. Affiliation - Baltic Fleet.
14. Corvette "Courageous". Commissioning - 2008. Affiliation - Baltic Fleet.
15. Corvette "Resistant". Commissioning - 2008. Affiliation - Baltic Fleet.
16. Rocket ship "Tatarstan". Commissioning - 2003. Affiliation - Caspian flotilla.
17. Rocket ship "Dagestan". Commissioning - 2012. Affiliation - Caspian flotilla.
18. Small artillery ship"Astrakhan". Commissioning - 2006. Affiliation - Caspian flotilla.
19. Small artillery ship "Volgodonsk". Commissioning - 2011. Affiliation - Caspian flotilla.
20. Small artillery ship "Makhachkala". Commissioning - 2012. Affiliation - Caspian flotilla.
21. Small artillery ship "Grad Sviyazhsk". Commissioning - 2014. Affiliation - Caspian flotilla.
22. Small artillery ship "Uglich". Commissioning - 2014. Affiliation - Caspian flotilla.
23. Small artillery ship " Veliky Ustyug". Commissioning - 2014. Affiliation - Caspian flotilla.
24. Small missile hovercraft "Samum". Commissioning - 2000. Affiliation - Black Sea Fleet.
25. Missile boat "R-2". Commissioning - 2000. Affiliation - Baltic Fleet.
26. Missile boat "R-32". Commissioning - 2000. Affiliation - Baltic Fleet.
27. Missile boat "R-29". Commissioning - 2003. Affiliation - Pacific Fleet.
28. Sea minesweeper "Valentin Pikul". Commissioning - 2001. Affiliation - Black Sea Fleet.
29. Sea minesweeper "Vice-Admiral Zakharyin". Commissioning - 2008. Affiliation - Black Sea Fleet.
30. Sea minesweeper "Vladimir Gumanenko". Commissioning - 2000. Affiliation - Northern Fleet.
Separately, I would like to talk about the updates (trophies) that were captured from Ukraine, and on this moment are officially listed as part of the reserve of the Black Sea Fleet of Russia.
31. Large landing ship "Konstantin Olshansky". Captured from the Ukrainian Navy. Commissioning - 2014. Affiliation - Black Sea Fleet.
32. Diesel-electric submarine "Zaporozhye". Captured from the Ukrainian Navy. Commissioning - 2014. Affiliation - Black Sea Fleet.
33. Small anti-submarine ship "Ternopil". Captured from the Ukrainian Navy. Commissioning - 2014. Affiliation - Black Sea Fleet.
34. Small anti-submarine ship "Khmelnitsky". Captured from the Ukrainian Navy. Commissioning - 2014. Affiliation - Black Sea Fleet.
35. Small anti-submarine ship "Lutsk". Captured from the Ukrainian Navy. Commissioning - 2014. Affiliation - Black Sea Fleet.
36. Missile boat "Pridneprovie". Captured from the Ukrainian Navy. Commissioning - 2014. Affiliation - Black Sea Fleet.
37. Sea minesweeper "Chernigov". Captured from the Ukrainian Navy. Commissioning - 2014. Affiliation - Black Sea Fleet.
38. Sea minesweeper "Cherkasy". Captured from the Ukrainian Navy. Commissioning - 2014. Affiliation - Black Sea Fleet.
I bring to your attention a list of warships, boats and auxiliary vessels for the Russian Navy, under construction or being tested as of 08/08/2017.
1. Project 23550 multipurpose icebreaking patrol ship.
Serial No. 02460 - laid down on 04/19/16 - "Ivan Papanin"
2. 3. 4. 5. Project 22350 frigates.
No. 921 - laid down on 02/01/06 - launched on 10/29/10 - "Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Gorshkov"
No. 922 - laid down 11/26/09 - launched 12/12/14 - "Admiral of the Fleet Kasatonov"
No. 923 - laid down on 01.02.12 - "Admiral Golovko"
No. 924 - laid down on 11/14/13 - "Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Isakov"
6. 7. 8. 9. Project 11356 frigates.
Designer - OJSC "Northern Design Bureau" (St. Petersburg)
Serial No. 01359 - laid down on 02/29/12 - launched on 09/02/15 - "Admiral Makarov"
Serial No. 01360 - laid down on 07/12/13 - launched on 03/02/16 - "Admiral Butakov"
Serial No. 01361 - laid down on 11/15/13 - "Admiral Istomin"
Serial No. 01362 - under construction
10. Project 20386 corvette.
Designer - Almaz Central Marine Design Bureau (St. Petersburg)
The construction is carried out by JSC " shipyard Severnaya Verf (St. Petersburg)
Serial No. 1009 - laid down on 10/28/16 - "Daring"
11. 12. Project 20385 corvettes.
Designer - Almaz Central Marine Design Bureau (St. Petersburg)
The construction is carried out by OJSC Shipbuilding Plant Severnaya Verf (St. Petersburg)
Serial No. 1005 - laid down on 02/01/12 - launched on 06/30/17 - "Thundering"
Serial number 1006 - laid down on 07/25/13 - "Agile"
13. 14. 15. 16. 17. Project 20380 corvettes.
Designer - Almaz Central Marine Design Bureau (St. Petersburg)
OJSC "Shipbuilding Plant" Severnaya Verf "(St. Petersburg)
Head No. 1007 - laid down on 20.02.15 - "Zealous"
Head No. 1008 - laid down on 20.02.15 - "Strict"
PJSC Amur Shipbuilding Plant (Komsomolsk-on-Amur)
Head No. 2102 - laid down on 04/20/12 - "Loud"
Head No. 2103 - laid down on 07/22/15 - "Hero Russian Federation Aldar Tsydenzhapov"
Head No. 2104 - laid down on 07/01/16 - "Sharp"
18. 19. 20. 21. 22. Project 22160 patrol ships.
Designer - OJSC "Northern Design Bureau" (St. Petersburg)
Serial No. 161 - laid down on February 26, 2014 - "Vasily Bykov"
Serial number 162 - laid down on 07/25/2014 - "Dmitry Rogachev"
Serial No. 163 - laid down on February 18, 2016 - "Pavel Derzhavin"
Serial number 164 - laid down on 05/08/2016 - "Sergey Kotov"
Serial No. 165 - laid down on 11/25/2016 - "Viktor the Great"
23. 24. 25. 26. 27. Small missile ships (RTOs) of project 21631 Buyan-M.
The designer is OAO Zelenodolsk Design Bureau.
The construction is being carried out by Zelenodolsk Plant named after I. A.M. Gorky (Tatarstan)
Serial number 636 - laid down on 08/29/13 - launched? - "Vyshny Volochyok"
Serial number 637 - laid down on 05/29/14 - "Orekhovo-Zuyevo"
Serial number 638 - laid down on 08/29/14 - "Ingushetia"
Serial number 639 - laid down on 04/10/15 - "Grayvoron"
Serial number 640 - laid down on 04/24/17 - "Thunder"
28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. Project 22800 small missile ships Karakurt.
Designer - Almaz Central Marine Design Bureau (St. Petersburg)
OJSC "Leningrad Shipbuilding Plant" Pella "
Serial No. 251 - laid down on 12/24/2015 - launched on 07/29/2017 - "Hurricane"
Serial number 252 - laid down on 12/24/2015 - "Typhoon"
Serial number 253 - laid down on 07/29/2016 - "Shkval"
Serial number 257 - laid down on 12/24/2016 - "Storm"
Federal State Unitary Enterprise “Shipbuilding Plant “More”
Serial number 254 - laid down on 05/10/2016 - "Storm"
Serial number 255 - laid down on 03/17/2017 - "Okhotsk"
Serial No. 256 - is being prepared for laying
JSC "Zelenodolsk plant named after. A.M. Gorky" / LLC "Shipbuilding plant "Zaliv"
Serial No. 801 - laid down?.2016
Serial number 802 - laid down?.2016
37. 38. Project 12418 missile boats.
Designer - Almaz Central Marine Design Bureau (St. Petersburg)
Serial No. 01301 - under construction
Serial No. 01302 - under construction
39. 40. 41. Basic minesweepers of project 12700 "Alexandrite".
Designer - Almaz Central Marine Design Bureau (St. Petersburg)
Construction is carried out by Sredne-Nevsky Shipbuilding Plant OJSC (St. Petersburg)
Serial No. 522 - laid down on 04/24/2015 - "Georgy Kurbatov"
Serial No. 523 - laid down on 01/25/2017 - "Ivan Antonov"
Serial number 524 - laid down on 04/20/2017 - "Vladimir Emelyanov"
42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. Anti-sabotage boats of project 21980 "Rook".
JSC "Zelenodolsk plant named after. A.M. Gorky (Tatarstan)
Serial number 988 - laid down on 01/12/15 - launched?
Serial number 989 - laid down on 05/07/15
Serial No. 8005 - under construction
Serial No. 8006 - under construction
Serial No. 8007 - under construction
Serial No. 01224 - laid down on 04/15/16 - launched on 06/22/17
48. 49. Large landing ships (BDK) project 11711.
Designer - OJSC "Nevskoe Design Bureau" (St. Petersburg)
The construction is being carried out by the Baltic Shipbuilding Plant Yantar JSC (Kaliningrad)
Serial No. 01301 - laid down on 12/24/04 - launched on 05/18/12 - "Ivan Gren"
Serial number 01302 - laid down on 06/11/15 - "Pyotr Morgunov"
50. Medium reconnaissance ship (SRZK) of project 18280.
Designer - Iceberg Central Design Bureau (St. Petersburg)
The construction is carried out by OJSC Shipbuilding Plant Severnaya Verf (St. Petersburg)
Serial No. 788 - laid down on 11/14/13 - launched on 05/15/17 - "Ivan Khurs"
51. Oceanographic research vessel of project 22010 "Kruys".
Designer - Almaz Central Marine Design Bureau (St. Petersburg)
The construction is being carried out by the Baltic Shipbuilding Plant Yantar JSC (Kaliningrad)
Serial No. 01604 - laid down on 06/09/2016 - "Almaz"
52. Oceanographic research vessel project 02670.
Designer - Almaz Central Marine Design Bureau (St. Petersburg)
The construction is being carried out by the Baltic Shipbuilding Plant Yantar OJSC (Kaliningrad) using the hull of the B92 project sea tug.
Serial No. 08766 - laid down on 03/19/2016 - "Eugene Gorigledzhan"
53. Project 16450 oceanographic research vessel.
Designer - OJSC "Northern Design Bureau" (St. Petersburg)
Serial No. 451 - laid down on 09/15/2016 - "Akademik Ageev"
54. 55. Experimental vessels of project 11982.
Designer - Almaz Central Marine Design Bureau (St. Petersburg)
The construction is being carried out by OJSC "Leningrad Shipbuilding Plant" Pella "(Otradnoye)
Serial No. 150 - laid down on 09/12/14 - launched on 07/29/2016 - "Ladoga"
Serial number 151 - laid down on 12/04/14 - "Ilmen"
56. Oceanographic research vessel of project 20183.
Designer - Almaz Central Marine Design Bureau (St. Petersburg)
Serial No. 01280 - laid down on 12/20/12 - launched on 05/16/17 - "Akademik Aleksandrov"
57. Sea transport weapons project 20181 (20180TV).
Designer - Almaz Central Marine Design Bureau (St. Petersburg)
The construction is carried out by Zvezdochka Ship Repair Center JSC (Severodvinsk)
Serial number 01283 - laid down on 07/23/15 - "Akademik Makeev"
58. Maritime transport of weapons of the project 20360M.
Designer - OJSC KB Vympel (Nizhny Novgorod)
The construction is being carried out by JSC Shipbuilding Plant Vympel (Rybinsk)
Serial No. 01551 - laid down on 05/05/2017 - "Gennady Dmitriev"
59. 60. 61 Project 23120 ice-class logistic support vessels.
The construction is carried out by OJSC Shipbuilding Plant Severnaya Verf (St. Petersburg)
Serial No. 880 - laid down on 11/14/12 - launched on 06/26/15 - "Elbrus"
Serial No. 881 - laid down on 12/19/13 - launched on 11/14/16 - "Vsevolod Bobrov"
Serial No. 882 - laid down on 07/24/14 - "Captain Shevchenko" (construction suspended)
62. Medium sea tanker project 23130.
Designer - CJSC "Spetssudoproekt" (St. Petersburg)
The construction is being carried out by LLC Nevsky Shipbuilding Shipyard» (Shlisselburg)
Serial No. 901 - laid down on 04/26/14 - launched on 05/26/16 - "Akademik Pashin"
63. 64. Project 23131 medium sea tankers.
Designer - CJSC "Spetssudoproekt" (St. Petersburg)
The construction is carried out by Shipbuilding Plant Zaliv LLC (Kerch)
Serial No. 301 - laid down on 12/26/2014
Serial No. 302 - laid down on 12/26/2014
65. 66. 67. Small sea tanker project 03182.
Designer - OJSC "Zelenodolsk Design Bureau"
OAO Vostochnaya Verf (Vladivostok)
Serial No. 9001 - laid down on 10/27/215 - "Mikhail Barskov"
Volga Shipbuilding Plant OJSC (Nizhny Novgorod)
Serial number 850 - laid down on 09/01/2016 - "Vice-Admiral Paromov"
Serial number 851 - laid down on 03/10/2017 - "Vasily Nikitin"
68. 69. Project 15310 cable ships.
Designer - OJSC KhS Marine Design
JSC "Zelenodolsk plant named after. A.M. Gorky" / LLC "Shipbuilding plant "Zaliv"
Serial number 301 - laid down on 01/06/2015 - "Volga"
Serial number 302 - laid down on 01/06/2015 - "Vyatka"
70. Diesel-electric icebreaker project 21180.
Designer - OJSC KB Vympel (Nizhny Novgorod)
Construction is being carried out by Admiralty Shipyards OJSC (St. Petersburg)
Serial No. 02470 - laid down on 04/23/15 - launched on 06/10/16 - "Ilya Muromets"
71. 72. Sea tugs project 23470.
Designer - Central Design Bureau "Baltsudoproekt" (St. Petersburg)
Construction is being carried out by Yaroslavl Shipbuilding Plant OJSC
Serial No. 410 - laid down on 10/30/14 - launched on 12/27/16 - "Sergey Balk"
Serial No. 411 - laid down on 07/23/15 - launched on 06/29/17 - "Andrey Stepanov"
73. 74. Rescue and tugboat project 22870.
Designer - OJSC KB Vympel (Nizhny Novgorod)
The construction is being carried out by Astrakhan Ship Repair Plant OJSC (branch of Zvezdochka CS OJSC)
Serial number 009 - laid down?
Serial No. 010 - laid down on 10/27/16
75. Offshore tug project 16609.
The construction is being carried out by OJSC "Leningrad Shipbuilding Plant" Pella "(Otradnoye)
Serial number 632 - launched 07/27/2017 - RB-369
76. Raid tug project 90600.
Designer - Pella Leningrad Shipbuilding Plant (Otradnoye)
The construction is being carried out by OJSC "Leningrad Shipbuilding Plant" Pella "(Otradnoye)
Serial number 946 - launched 05/26/2017 - RB-393
77. Towing boat project 04690.
Designer - Pella Leningrad Shipbuilding Plant (Otradnoye)
The construction is being carried out by OJSC "Leningrad Shipbuilding Plant" Pella "(Otradnoye)
Serial number 461 - launched on 07/12/2017
78. 79. Project 1388NZT torpedo boat.
Designer - OJSC KB Vympel (Nizhny Novgorod)
Serial number 404 - under construction
Serial No. 405 - under construction
80. Project 1388NZ communication boat.
Designer - OJSC KB Vympel (Nizhny Novgorod)
Construction is carried out by Sokolskaya Shipyard JSC (Sokolskoye)
Factory 403 - under construction
81. Communication boat of the project project 21270.
Designer - Almaz Central Marine Design Bureau (St. Petersburg)
Construction is carried out by Okskaya Shipyard JSC (Navashino)
Serial No. 3705 - laid down on 04/15/2016 - "John of Kronstadt"
82. Dock complex project 23380.
Designer - JSC "Central Design Bureau of Marine Engineering" Rubin "
The construction is carried out by JSC " Far Eastern plant"Star" (Big Stone)
Serial No. 08380 - laid down on 09/01/2016 - "Zvezda"
83. 84. 85. 86. 87. Project 19910 small hydrographic vessels.
Designer - OJSC KB Vympel (Nizhny Novgorod)
OJSC Shipbuilding Plant Vympel (Rybinsk)
Serial No. 01801 - laid down on 12/24/15 - "Nikolay Skosyrev"
OJSC "Shipbuilding Plant named after the October Revolution" (Blagoveshchensk)
Serial number 201 - laid down on 19.02.16 - "Alexander Rogotsky"
OOO Shipbuilding Plant Zaliv (Kerch)
Serial No. 801 - laid down on 07/26/2016
Serial No. 802 - laid down on 11/18/2016
Serial No. 803 - laid down on 06/30/2017
88. 89. Large hydrographic boats 23040 G.
Designer - Nizhny Novgorod Teplohod Plant JSC (Bor, Nizhny Novgorod Region)
The construction is being carried out by OAO Plant Nizhny Novgorod Teplohod (Bor, Nizhny Novgorod Region)
Serial No. 1201 - laid down on 08/16/2016 - "George Zima"
Serial No. 1202 - laid down on 08/16/2016 - "Alexander Evlanov"
90. 91. 92. 93. 94. Project 09552 Borey-A strategic missile submarines.
Serial number 204 - laid down on 07/30/12 - K-? "Prince Vladimir"
Serial number 205 - laid down on 07/27/14 - K-? "Prince Oleg"
Serial number 206 - laid down on 12/26/14 - K-? "Generalissimo Suvorov"
Serial number 207 - laid down on 12/18/15 - K-? "Emperor Alexander III"
Serial number 208 - laid down on 12/23/16 - K-? "Prince Pozharsky"
95. 96. 97. 98. 99. 100. Multipurpose nuclear submarines project 08851 "Ash-M".
Designer - St. Petersburg Marine Engineering Bureau "Malakhit"
The construction is carried out by JSC " Production Association Sevmash (Severodvinsk)
Serial No. 161 - laid down on 07/24/09 - launched on 03/31/17 - K-561 "Kazan"
Serial number 162 - laid down on 07/26/13 - K-573 "Novosibirsk"
Serial No. 163 - laid down on 27.07.14 - K-571 "Krasnoyarsk"
Serial No. 164 - laid down on 19.03.15 - K-564 "Arkhangelsk"
Serial number 165 - laid down on 07/29/16 - K-? "Permian"
Serial number 166 - laid down on 07/28/17 - K-? "Ulyanovsk"
101. Project 09851 special-purpose nuclear submarine.
Designer - JSC "Central Design Bureau of Marine Engineering" Rubin "(St. Petersburg)
The construction is being carried out by OJSC “Production Association “Sevmash” (Severodvinsk)
"Khabarovsk" - laid down on 27.07.14
102. Project 09852 special-purpose nuclear submarine.
Designer - JSC "Central Design Bureau of Marine Engineering" Rubin "(St. Petersburg)
The construction is being carried out by OJSC “Production Association “Sevmash” (Severodvinsk)
Laid down on 07/24/92 under project 949A - laid down again on 12/20/12
103. 104. Diesel-electric submarines of project 06363.
Designer - JSC "Central Design Bureau of Marine Engineering" Rubin "(St. Petersburg)
Construction is being carried out by Admiralty Shipyards OJSC (St. Petersburg)
Serial No. 01614 - laid down on 07/28/17 - B-274 "Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky"
Serial No. 01615 - laid down on 07/28/17 - B-603 "Volkhov"
105. 106. Diesel-electric submarines of project 677 "Lada".
Designer - JSC "Central Design Bureau of Marine Engineering" Rubin "(St. Petersburg)
After the events of 2014, Crimea again attracted the attention of not only Russians, but, perhaps, the whole world. And the point here is not only in the political scandal between the two states - Russia and Ukraine. And not in the speed with which Russia carried out Crimean operation. And the fact that after the return of the Crimea, the Black Sea found a second life.
It is no secret that during the years of Ukraine's ownership of the Crimean shores, the development of Crimea was greatly slowed down, and very few financial resources were allocated from the treasury for the maintenance of the peninsula. This also affected the naval bases of the Crimean peninsula. In the article we will try to describe as fully as possible what prospects Russia has for the development of the Black Sea Fleet on the Crimean Peninsula.
Balaklava bay. A bit of history
From history it is known that the field of how the Crimea came under the possession of Russia, it was in the Balaklava Bay that the ships of the Black Sea Fleet of Russia were stationed. Since 1776, the Balaklava Greek infantry battalion has been located in this place. The basis of this battalion was made up of emigrants, participants in the anti-Ottoman uprising on the islands of the Aegean Sea. It should be noted that the Queen Catherine the Great herself noted her favor of the brave Hellenes.
From 1853 to 1856, during the Crimean War, Balaklava and the bay were captured by British troops. They turned Balaklava Bay into military base and, in fact, assaults were already made from there, and there was military support during the siege of Sevastopol.
When the fleet was divided between Ukraine and Russia, as of August 1994, the Black Sea Fleet in Crimea included the 153rd and 155th brigades of the 14th division.
At the same time, the 475th division had 14 large and 9 medium submarines and a submarine floating base.
But it must be said that the Zaporozhye submarine (project 641), transferred to Ukraine during the division of the fleet, turned out to be unsuitable for this base in terms of technical parameters.
And after the division of the fleets, she was sent to the docks for repairs, which the Ukrainian Navy is still trying to carry out.
After the Russian military sailors finally left the waters of Ukraine in 1995, the Balaklava base was abandoned. And its actual "owners" were hunters for non-ferrous and ferrous metals, since the base had huge stocks of equipment and machine tools.
And after a short period of time, when the Russian Black Sea Fleet left the territorial waters of Ukraine, the Balaklava base was a heartbreaking sight.
Also, an underground plant for the restoration and repair of submarines of the Black Sea Fleet became the object of excursions around the city and the bay. The top-secret base was actively used by the Soviet Union during the Cold War and as a nuclear weapons depot.
The Ukrainian authorities did not find a better use of the secret base, except for conducting tours of tourists around the military underwater base.
How the Black Sea Fleet was divided
An agreement on the procedure and conditions for the presence of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in the territorial waters and ports of Ukraine was signed in Kyiv on May 28, 1997, following the results of an intergovernmental agreement. The conditions for the division of the Black Sea Fleet and mutual settlements associated with such a division were also stipulated. These documents have been ratified State Duma and the Ukrainian parliament in 1999.
The signed agreement made it possible to separate the Russian Black Sea Fleet and the Ukrainian Navy. It was decided to leave the main base and headquarters in Sevastopol. And property disagreements should have been taken into account by an agreement on the division of property. At the same time, Russia got 87.7%, and Ukraine - 12.3% of all ships.
All this period of agreement legal status The Black Sea Fleet and its future fate, of course, had a negative impact on its combat capability. Many from 1991 to 1997. what was happening was perceived as that the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Navy was slowly but surely dying.
Black Sea Fleet in numbers
Comparison of the strength over this period could not strengthen the morale of the personnel.
So let's compare the numbers.
1. Black Sea Fleet for 1991:
Personnel - 100 thousand people.
Number of ships - 835 of all existing classes:
- submarines - 28;
- missile cruisers - 6;
- anti-submarine cruisers - 2;
- BOD II rank, destroyers and patrol ships II rank - 20;
- TFR - 40 units;
- small and ships - 30;
- minesweepers - 70;
- landing ships - 50;
- naval aviation - more than four hundred units.
2. The Black Sea Fleet of Russia for 1997:
- The number of personnel - 25 thousand people. (including 2 thousand people in attack aircraft and marines).
- The number of ships and vessels - 33.
- There are 106 aircraft in the fleet (of which 22 are combat).
- Armored vehicles - 132.
- Command posts - 16 (was 80).
- Communication objects - 11 (out of 39).
- Objects of radio engineering service - 11 (was 40).
- Rear facilities - 9 (out of 50).
- Ship repair facilities - 3 (out of 7).
Under the 1997 section, the Ukrainian Navy was:
- Warships - 30.
- Submarines - 1.
- Combat aircraft - 90.
- Special purpose ships - 6.
- Support vessels - 28 units.
The current state of the Black Sea Fleet
The Black Sea of Russia has always been and remains one of the main factors of stability and security in the southern maritime directions. The combat ships of the Black Sea Fleet are doing everything possible to ensure these tasks on the borders of the Black and Mediterranean Seas.
But the Black Sea Fleet is also able to carry out combat missions in different areas of the World Ocean.
The ships of the Russian Black Sea Fleet successfully perform tasks in the Sea of Japan, interacting with the Baltic Fleet. Vessels from the command of this fleet participated in the transport escort operation for transporting Syrian chemical weapons in the Mediterranean Sea.
On an ongoing basis, Black Sea Fleet support ships successfully carry out tasks to counter piracy.
Increasing the combat level
The return of Crimea to the Russian structure has undoubtedly improved the combat effectiveness of the Black Sea Fleet. The Russian Federation, on a planned basis, received the opportunity to properly develop the Navy on the Crimean Peninsula.
The naval forces will be located in the Crimea integrated system, which includes ground bases. The Black Sea Fleet of Russia acquired the main base for the placement of ships - Sevastopol.
The basic principles for deploying basing systems and fleet infrastructure are self-sufficiency and functionality. It will be necessary to re-equip the bases of surface and submarine ships, coastal troops with everything necessary to ensure full-fledged service and life.
List of ships of the Black Sea Fleet
The directories provide detailed data that can be used to assess what the Russian Black Sea Fleet is today.
List of surface ships of the 30th division:
- Guards
- "Kerch" is a large anti-submarine ship.
- watchdog
- Patrol ship "Okay".
- Patrol ship "Inquisitive".
The composition of the landing ships of the 197th brigade:
Large landing ships:
- "Nikolai Filchenkov".
- "Orsk".
- "Saratov".
- "Azov".
- "Novocherkassk".
- "Caesar Kunikov".
- "Yamal".
The composition of the 68th brigade of guard ships:
Small anti-submarine ships:
- "Alexander".
- "Murometz".
- "Suzdal".
Sea minesweepers:
- "Kovrovets".
- "Ivan Golubets".
- "Turbinist".
- "Vice Admiral Zhukov".
Submarines:
- "Rostov-on-Don" - B237.
- "Novorossiysk" - B261.
- (ex-Zaporozhye) - B435.
- "Alrosa" - B871.
Missile boats of the 41st brigade:
- Bora.
- "Simoom".
- "Calm".
- "Mirage".
The composition of the 295th Sulinsky division:
Missile boats:
- "R-60".
- "R-71".
- "R-109".
- "R-239".
- "Ivanovets".
The composition of the 184th brigade (Novorossiysk):
Anti-submarine ships:
- "Povorino".
- "Eysk".
- "Kasimov".
Minesweepers:
- "Zheleznyakov".
- "Valentin Pikul".
- "Vice Admiral Zakharyin".
- "Mineral water".
- Lieutenant Ilyin.
- "RT-46".
- "RT-278".
- "D-144".
- "D-199".
- "D-106".
It did not take long to look for a site where the headquarters of the Russian Black Sea Fleet would be located. Sevastopol turned out to be the most suitable for this (in the same place where the headquarters of the Ukrainian Navy was located until March 19, 2014).
Prospects for the development of the submarine fleet
After the division of the ships, the Black Sea residents are armed with one submarine - the diesel Alrosa.
To date, Russia has a program for the gradual build-up of the Black Sea Fleet's submarine forces. Russia's submarine Black Sea Fleet will see the return on these efforts as early as 2016.
By this time, six new diesel submarines are expected to be replenished. Such replenishment submarine fleet will radically change the balance of power in the Black Sea.
The Black Sea Fleet will now be able to solve various tasks at underwater depths and will create groupings to achieve combat goals.
Estimated dates for the commissioning of submarines are different. So, for example, already on August 22, 2015, the Andreevsky flag was raised in St. Petersburg on the diesel-electric submarine Novorossiysk. After full-scale tests at the Northern Fleet's sea range, it will undoubtedly be sent to a place of long-term deployment.
The third submarine from the series of ships for the Black Sea Fleet of program 636 - "Stary Oskol" - was launched on August 28, 2015. After a set of sea and state trials, it will take its place in the Black Sea Fleet.
But that's not all. The completion of the hull of the submarine "Krasnodar" continues and the launched "Rostov-on-Don" is being completed.
Two more submarines from the project to strengthen the Black Sea submarine fleet will be laid - "Kolpino" and " Velikiy Novgorod".
All 6 submarines of the 636 diesel program are electric, and by 2016 they will be transferred to the Russian Black Sea Fleet. The composition of the crews for these submarines is formed and is being trained in training centers Navy.
carrier-based aviation
Of course, the Black Sea Fleet must have a full-fledged carrier-based aircraft. Now there is an opportunity to increase the pace of renewal of the fleet of naval aviation. It is planned to replace the Su-24 aircraft with the new Su-30 MS.
It is also important not to forget that it is in the Crimea that the unique NITKA complex is located. For many years, carrier-based aircraft of the Northern Fleet in the Crimea have honed their skills at this unique complex.
The pace of repair of the fleet already available to the Black Sea Fleet is also increasing. All this will make it possible to reach the set level and provide the Black Sea Fleet of Russia with aviation. The composition of aircraft ready for combat missions will be within 80% of the required number.
Reconstruction of the basing system
It is supposed to recreate on the Crimean peninsula such a basing system that will meet all the requirements for performing combat missions in the region.
The main base is located in the city of Sevastopol, where the points for the deployment of the Black Sea Fleet will be located.
The main requirement for the deployment of basing systems is their full independence based on the principle of ensuring functionality and self-sufficiency. This port, where the Black Sea Fleet of Russia will be located, the composition of ships, both surface and underwater, will be provided with everything necessary for full-fledged service and life.
So, at factories in the Crimea in as soon as possible such areas of production will be created that would meet modern requirements and technologies. In order to serve the latest ships that enter the Russian Black Sea Fleet, a phased replacement of machine equipment with new ones begins.
Now federal unitary enterprise in Sevastopol literally came to life. Repairs have already been made on two large anti-submarine ships Northern Fleet (they are part of the operational formation of the Navy in the Mediterranean Sea).
Also at the plant, work is underway to repair Alrosa. In addition, it should be noted that the wages of workers were brought up to the all-Russian level.
Now the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol has received a modern repair base.
The same work is being carried out in Novorossiysk under the federal target program, which is calculated until 2020. Within the framework of this program, it is planned to build a place of deployment of the Black Sea Fleet forces in Novorossiysk. Just like Sevastopol, this port, with its rare protective pier, will undoubtedly be another combat location Russian ships and submarines.
Equipment ships for the Black Sea Fleet
To ensure the safety of navigation in the Black Sea region, hydrographers of the Black Sea Fleet have a large range of work to do. It will be necessary to carry out comprehensive studies of coastal waters, which will lead to the adjustment of navigation charts. Hydrographic ships of the Black Sea Fleet check the operation of radio navigation systems with subsequent repairs and modernization.
This whole complex of works will have a significant impact on the safety of navigation in this region, which, in turn, will secure the Russian Black Sea Fleet, the composition of whose ships is constantly replenished.
Thus, in order to comprehensively equip submarines and surface vessels, the Black Sea Fleet will be replenished with six more vessels, which will undoubtedly have a positive effect on defense capability and will allow performing tasks not only in the area of responsibility provided by the Black Sea Fleet, but also beyond its borders.
New Commander-in-Chief of the Navy Vladimir Korolev promised that in the next two years the fleet will include more than fifty ships. What exactly will replenish one of the two main "allies" of Russia?
Admiral Vladimir Korolev became commander-in-chief this month. Since November 2015, he has been acting as his ailing predecessor Viktor Chirkov. Chirkov was never able to fully recover from a difficult operation, and eventually filed a letter of resignation.
Prior to his appointment to the main naval position, Korolev commanded the Black Sea and Northern Fleets, as well as the joint strategic command "North". In his last position, he made a significant contribution to the deployment of the Russian group of troops and the creation of military infrastructure in the Arctic.
Speaking on Monday, April 18, at the ceremony of presenting him with the standard of the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, Admiral Korolev said: “I would like to emphasize that in the three years from 2013 to 2016, we introduced 42 warships into the permanent readiness forces. In the period from 2016 to 2018, we plan to additionally introduce more than 50 ships into the Navy. This will make it possible to strengthen groupings, including interspecies ones, in almost all strategic directions.”
Despite the fact that detailed lists of ships under construction with all related details are classified documentation (or at least information for official use), big picture can be restored with a high degree of certainty from open sources. Let's try to do this.
Aircraft carriers and destroyers
With all the optimistic moments in Russian shipbuilding the creation of full-fledged aircraft carriers, or at least aircraft-carrying cruisers, is a matter not so distant, but in the future. So far, things do not go beyond ideas, plans and layouts, and it will be possible to talk about something substantive no earlier than 2020-2025.
The project of the Avalanche / Surf universal assault helicopter carriers looks more realistic, exemplary analogues of the long-suffering French Mistrals, which, due to well-known political circumstances, migrated from Russian fleet into Egyptian. This project was introduced last year, production of at least four is planned to begin in 2016-2018.
Another type of large warships that are about to be built are project 23560 nuclear destroyers (code "Leader"). They are planned to be put into operation as many as 12 pieces, but the laying is scheduled for approximately 2109.
Thus, from this category until 2018, we can not expect anything even purely theoretically.
Patrol ships (frigates and corvettes)
Before considering this group, it is necessary to make a small reservation. In the Soviet Navy, ships roughly equal in performance to frigates and corvettes in the global classification were classified as patrol ships(TFR) - with a division into the far and near sea zone. Due to inertia and the presence of a significant number of Soviet-built ships, we have a Soviet classification with a gradual transition to a global one.
So, here we can already expect the arrival of several ships until 2018. Firstly, these are two of the eight ordered (and 15 planned) Project 22350 frigates - the Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Gorshkov and the Admiral of the Fleet Kasatonov. Both have long been launched, the tests of the first are coming to an end, the second is beginning. The third frigate in the series, Admiral Golovko, should be launched this year, but it is not a fact that it will be handed over to the fleet in the next two years.
We are also expecting the commissioning of 2-3 patrol boats of project 11356 Burevestnik (modernization of the Soviet project 11355). The lead ship, the Admiral Grigorovich, has already been in service since last month, the Admiral Essen and Admiral Makarov are being tested, and the Admiral Butakov, also last month, was launched.
In addition, project 20380 corvettes are being built. In addition to the four transferred to the Baltic Fleet, at least one (“Perfect”) should be at the end of this or early next year to enter service in the Pacific Fleet. Perhaps the corvette Gromkiy will have time to join him.
Landing ships and boats
In the near future, both Project 11711 large landing ships, Ivan Gren and Pyotr Morgunov, are to be included in the Navy. The first - by the fall of this year.
In 2017, all five landing hovercraft of the Murena project should come into operation - they already have experience in building for the Navy South Korea. In addition, the second landing boat of project 02510 is to be delivered to the Black Sea Fleet. Interestingly, such boats, among other things, are equipped with reconnaissance drones, also, by the way, of domestic production.
Small warships and boats, patrol ships and minesweepers
This group is the largest. The most interesting here are small missile ships (RTOs) of project 21631 Buyan-M, akin to those that were on duty off the coast of Syria and attacked terrorists with Caliber missiles from the Caspian Sea. Moreover, project 22800 RTOs (code "Karakurt") are already replacing or in addition to them. The total expected number by 2018 is 3-5.
Several more (about 5-6 in addition to the 10 built) anti-sabotage boats of project 21980 "Rook" will fight against saboteurs and help the border guards. 3-4 project 22160 modular-type patrol ships will be engaged in the protection of near and far approaches to the coast, and at least one (lead) base minesweeper of project 12700 "Alexandrite" will be engaged in mine defense.
Submarines
As for the submarine fleet, in addition to the three strategic missile submarines (SSBN) of Project 955 Borey, the Knyaz Vladimir, the first of the upgraded Project 955U Borey-A, is to be commissioned. Perhaps by 2018, "Prince Oleg" will arrive in time. Note that SSBNs are carriers of sea-based nuclear ballistic missiles.
It is also expected to receive a multi-purpose nuclear submarine with cruise missiles "Kazan", which is being built according to the modernized project 08851 "Ash-M".
If we talk about non-nuclear (diesel-electric) submarines, then two Varshavyankas (project 636.3) should be put into operation within two years. Both B-268 "Veliky Novgorod" and B-271 "Kolpino" will go to the Black Sea Fleet. Submarines of this class also participated in the Syrian operation - "Rostov-on-Don" struck from the Mediterranean Sea with cruise missiles "Caliber-PL".
Auxiliary vessels
We will not dwell on auxiliary vessels in detail, especially since there is not so much information on them. Until 2018, 1 rescue tugboat with the function of carrying cargo, 2-4 medium and small tankers, 2-3 experimental ships (intended for testing new weapons and equipment), 4-6 tugboats, from 2 large hydrographic boats, 5 floating cranes and 10-15 boats for rescue and other auxiliary purposes.
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Thus, we counted 30-35 warships and 25-35 auxiliary ships. Even if we take the minimum figures, the final replenishment of the ship's composition will clearly be more than 50. This means that we have no reason to doubt the words of the new commander-in-chief.
