Russian Navy welcomes Project 22800 missile corvette Amur

The Russian Navy has accepted the latest Project 22800 missile corvette (Karakurt-class corvette) Amur at a ceremony held in Kaspiysk.

The ceremony was held during the working visit of the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy Admiral Alexander Moiseyev to the Caspian Flotilla.

The Project 22800 small missile ships carry the Kalibr land attack cruise missile system housed in a vertical launch system, and in the future, the ships will be capable of carrying and launching Zircon hypersonic missiles. The ships are relatively small in size and displacement.

The corvettes have a length of about 67 meters, a width of 11 meters, a draft of 2.8 meters and a full displacement of 860 tons. The ships are powered by two M-507D-1 diesel engines. It can achieve a speed of 35 knots.

Karakurt-class ships are designed by engineers of the Almaz Central Marine Design Bureau.

“They will make their weighty contribution to strengthening combat potential, operating within the Russian Navy’s surface component. I am confident that the crew of the Amur missile corvette will be accomplishing assigned combat missions with honor. I want to thank the entire workforce of the Shipyard and the corporation for their invaluable contribution to strengthening the Russian Navy’s combat might,” the navy chief noted.

Admiral Moiseyev also said that will keep implementing the program of building ships carrying precision weapons for the Russian Navy.

The Project 22800 Karakurt-class guided-missile corvettes are intended to conduct anti-surface and anti-air warfare, as well as coastal surveillance missions in littoral zones.

The lead ship of this class, Mytishchi, was commissioned in 2018. Askold, the second Project 22800 corvette built at Butoma Shipyard, was launched in 2021.