The Project 1135 Burevestnik (Storm Petrel,Krivak) class were a series of frigates built for the Soviet Navy. These ship are commonly known by their NATO reporting name of Krivak and are divided into Krivak-I, Krivak-II (both navy), and Krivak-III (coast guard) classes.
These ships were designed as a successor to the Riga class. The design started in the late 1950s and matured as an anti-submarine ship in the 1960s. A total of 40 ships were built, 32 ships for the Soviet Navy (Russian Navy) and 8 modified ships of Nerey (Krivak III) subclass for the KGB Maritime Border Guard. Currently 7 of Nerey subclass are in FSB Coast Guard and one is part of Ukrainian Navy.
The ship's unique features—the bow missile box, the stack and the angled mast, earned it a rap-like nickname among U. S. sailors that comes from their foreign ship silhouette identification training — "Hot dog pack, Smokestack, Guns in Back — Krivak."
How many ships that remain in active duty today is uncertain. According to some sources Russia has four units in service and the Ukrainian Navy one. Russian press listed three units operational in February 2008, one with the Baltic Fleet and two with the Black Sea Fleet (BSF).
The Indian Navy ordered six frigates of upgraded Project 11356 as the Talwar Class. Three ships were delivered in 2003-2004. Three more are under construction and will be delivered in 2011-2012.
| General characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Displacement: | 3,300 tons standard, 3,575 tons full load |
| Length: | 405.3 ft (123.5 m) |
| Beam: | 46.3 ft (14.1 m) |
| Draught: | 15.1 ft (4.6 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 shaft; COGAG; 2x M-8k gas-turbines, 40,000 shp; 2x M-62 gas-turbines (cruise), 14,950 shp |
| Speed: | 32 knots (59 km/h) |
| Range: | 4,995 nmi (9,251 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h) |
| Complement: | 200 |
| Sensors and processing systems: | Radar: 1 MR-755 Fregat-M/Half Plate air/surf search Sonar: Zvezda-2 suite with MGK-345 Bronza/Ox Yoke bow mounted LF, Ox Tail LF VDS Fire control: Purga ASW combat system, 2 Drakon/Eye Bowl SSM targeting, 2 MPZ-301 Baza/Pop Group |
| Electronic warfare and decoys: | Start suite with Bell Shroud intercept, Bell Squat jammer, 4 PK-16 decoy RL, 8 PK-10 decoy RL, 2 towed decoys |
| Armament: | • 1× 4 URK-5(SS-N-14 'Silex') SSM/ASW missiles • 2× Osa-MA SAM systems SA-N-4'Gecko' SAM (40 missiles) • 4× 76 mm guns (2×2) (Burevestnik M had 2×1 100 mm guns) • 2×RBU-6000 Anti-Submarine rockets • 2×4 533 mm torpedo tubes |
| Aircraft carried: | Ka-27 on Krivak III only |
