Russia to Build Five more Admiral Gorshkov-Class Frigates for Russian Navy

 

According to information published by Tass on November 16, 2022, Severnaya Verf Shipyard will lay another five frigates of project 22350 (Admiral Gorshkov class), CEO Igor Orlov told.

Severnaya Verf continues the series of 14 ships and is building the Derzky corvette of project 20386, The shipyard has six frigates of project 22350 at various construction and test stages. Two frigates have been handed over to the Navy.

The Admiral Gorshkov class, Russian designation Project 22350 for the original and upgraded version armed with 16 and 32 VLS cells respectively, is the newest class of frigates being built by the Severnaya Verf in Saint Petersburg for the Russian Navy with a cost of $250 million.

Project 22350 frigates are typical ships of long-ships design, with a solid superstructure made using composite construction materials based on polyvinyl chloride and carbon fibers (composite materials ensure reduction of the ship's secondary radar field by absorbing and scattering radio waves).

The physical fields of the frigate are minimized. Thanks to the original superstructure architecture and the use of composite construction materials ("stealth"), the effective scattering surface of the ship is reduced, which in turn reduces its radar and optical signature.

The stern is transom-type. The shape of the hull and the sharp bow should provide the project ships good seaworthiness. The double bottom extends throughout most of the hull (from the forward ammunition bays all the way to the engine room and aft catwalk).

New stabilizers with non-retractable rudders are to be installed on the ship which will allow reducing the space occupied by the control mechanisms of the rock stabilizers.

Seaworthiness of the ship must provide usage of armament and equipment without limitations with the anti-sway stabilizer at the sea wave up to 4-5 balls. All guided missile ammunition is supposed to be stored in vertical launchers with structural protection

In the forward section of the hull in front of the superstructure, there are two eight-cell modules of the Universal Ship Launcher System 3S14 (UKSK), designed for storing and launching 3M55 Oniks or PJ-10 BrahMos anti-ship cruise missiles, or Kalibr-NK anti-ship, anti-submarine and strategic missiles. The system can also use the promising hypersonic Zirkon 3M22 cruise missiles.