Russian frigate Admiral Essen

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Admiral Essen in 2016
History
Russia
NameAdmiral Essen
NamesakeNikolai Essen
BuilderYantar Shipyard
Laid down8 July 2011[3][4]
Launched7 November 2014[1]
Commissioned7 June 2016[2]
Identification751
StatusActive
General characteristics
Class and type Admiral Grigorovich-class frigate
Displacement
  • Standard: 3,620 tons
  • Full: 4,035 tons[citation needed]
Length124.8 m (409 ft)
Beam15.2 m (50 ft)
Draught4.2 m (14 ft)
Propulsion
  • 2 shaft COGAG;
  • 2 cruise gas turbines 8,450 shp (6,300 kW);
  • 2 boost gas turbines 22,000 shp (16,000 kW) ;
  • Total: 60,900 shp (45,400 kW)
Speed30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range4,850 nmi (8,980 km; 5,580 mi) at 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Endurance30 days
Complement200
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Air search radar: Fregat M2M
  • Surface search radar: 3Ts-25 Garpun-B, MR-212/201-1, Nucleus-2 6000A
  • Fire control radar: JSC 5P-10 Puma FCS, 3R14N-11356 FCS, MR-90 Orekh SAM FCS
Electronic warfare
& decoys
  • EW Suite: TK-25-5;
  • Countermeasures:
  • 4 × KT-216
Armament
  • 1 × 100 mm A-190 Arsenal naval gun
  • 8 (2 × 4) UKSK VLS cells for Kalibr, Oniks or Zircon anti-ship/cruise missiles[5]
  • 24 (2 × 12) 3S90M VLS cells for 9M317M surface-to-air-missiles
  • 2 × AK-630 CIWS
  • 8 × Igla-S or Verba
  • 2 × double 533 mm torpedo tubes
  • 1 × RBU-6000 rocket launcher
Aircraft carried1 × Ka-27 series helicopter
Aviation facilitiesHelipad and hangar for one helicopter

Admiral Essen is a frigate of the Admiral Grigorovich class of the Russian Navy. It is based with the Black Sea Fleet at Sevastopol.

Service[]

In May and September 2017, in the course of the Russian military campaign in Syria, Admiral Essen hit targets in Syria by launching Kalibr cruise missiles.[6]

On 25 August 2018, the Black Sea Fleet said Admiral Essen, along with similar frigate Admiral Grigorovich, were making a "planned passage from Sevastopol to the Mediterranean Sea" to join the Russian Navy's Mediterranean task force.[7]

References[]

  1. ^ "Admiral Essen frigate to be handed to Russian Navy by end of 2015". ITAR TASS. 7 November 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
  2. ^ Novichkov, Nikolai (9 June 2016). "Russian Navy receives Admiral Essen frigate". Janes.com. Archived from the original on 10 April 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  3. ^ "На заводе «Янтарь» началось строительство корабля для ВМФ России (фото)" [Construction of a ship for the Russian Navy has begun at the Yantar shipyard (photo)]. Kaliningrad.ru (in Russian). 8 July 2011. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  4. ^ ""Адмирал номер два": фоторепортаж" ["Admiral number two": photo report]. Newkaliningrad.ru. 8 July 2011. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  5. ^ "Российская ракета "Циркон" достигла восьми скоростей звука" [Russian Zircon rocket reaches eight times the speed of sound]. Rossiyskaya Gazeta (in Russian). 15 April 2017.
  6. ^ "Атака с моря: фрегат ВМФ ударил "Калибрами" по боевикам в Сирии" [Attack from the sea: a naval frigate hit militants in Syria with "Kalibers"]. RIA Novosti (in Russian). 5 September 2017.
  7. ^ "Black Sea Fleet missile frigates to join Russia's Mediterranean task force". TASS. 25 August 2018.
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