The Russian news agency TASS reports that the Russian Navy’s newest Project 20380 (Stereguschiy class) corvette “Mercury” has entered the final phase of sea trials in the Gulf of Finland.
The Russian Ministry plans to expand the capabilities of project 20380 corvettes. The Izvestia daily said the warships may be armed with unmanned underwater craft to fight mines.
The Russian Ministry of Defence is cancelling the production of Project 20386 stealth corvettes, often referred as Russia’s own Littoral Combat Ship (LCS).
The first Project 20385 Corvette ‘Gremyashchy’ was commissioned with the Russian Navy 29 December 2020, in St. Petersburg, at the Severnaya Verf shipyard.
On May 15, the corvette Merkury was commissioned into the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Navy. This is the first ship of Project 20380 (Steregushchiy class) intended for the Black Sea Fleet.
Russia’s Amur Shipyard in Vladivostok started dock trials on the company’s fourth Project 20380 corvette “Rezkiy” (the 10th overall for the Russian Navy).
The keel of Project 20380 corvette Bravy (NATO reporting name: Steregushchy-class) was laid down by the Amur Shipyard on September 29.
A Baltic Fleet detachment composed of the Project 20380 corvette Stoiky and the tanker Kola has completed a joint Russian-Iranian naval exercise…
Russia’s Seventh Project 20380 corvette (NATO reporting name: Steregushchiy-class) ‘Hero of Russia Aldar Tsydenzhapov’ has officially joined the Pacific Fleet of the Russian Navy on 25 December 2020.
The Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard in St. Petersburg in northwest Russia has floated out a multi-layer superstructure for the Project 20380 corvette Strogy (NATO reporting name: Steregushchy-class), the shipyard’s press office said.
