Yaroslav Mudry

Yaroslav Mudry is a Project 11540 Frigate, second ship of the series designed for protection of combat ships from undersea and surface attacks; search, detection and tracking submarines; attacking enemy ships; covering landing operations etc.

REGISTRATION

Baltic Fleet

CONSTRUCTION, NAME

The ship was laid down in 1988 at Yantar shipyard in Kaliningrad under Project 11540 and launched in 1990. The construction was tied up in 1994 due to underfinancing. In 2002 the works were resumed along with upgrade program. The ship was delivered to the Navy on July 24, 2009.

MILESTONES

Since December 7, 2011 till February 14, 2012 the ship was on long-range cruise to the Mediterranean Sea maintaining presence of Russian Navy in key regions worldwide.

Since July 10 through September 28, 2012, the ship was deployed to the North Atlantic, the North and the Mediterranean seas within the Russian Navy's interfleet task force.

PERFORMANCE

Propulsion: two-shaft COGAG2, 2 cruising gas turbines (20,000 shp in total) and 2 boost gas turbines (37,000 shp in total)
Power: 57,000 hp (total)
Speed: 30 knots; cruising: 18 knots
Endurance: 30 days
Crew: currently 27 officers, 31 warrants and 155 enlisted

DIMENSIONS

Displacement: 4,500 tonnes
Length: 129.8 meters
Beam: 15.6 meters
Draft: 8.35 meters

ARMAMENT

6 x 533-mm torpedo tubes
2 Vodopad-NK ASW rocket torpedo systems
RBU-6000 ASW rocket launchers
4 Kinzhal SAM systems
2 Kortik SAM/gun systems
100-mm gun mount AK-100 with MR-145 Lev guiding radar
Ka-27 ASW helicopter