Project 1135M

Krivak II class

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Ships:

Rezvyy - Yantar, Kaliningrad - serial no. 159 - laid down 10.12.73 - launched 30.5.75 - completed 30.12.75; accepted into the Northern Fleet 19.2.76 (10th Brigade); 20.12 to 31.12.76 sailed from the Baltic to Severomorsk; 6.78 to 8.78 operated in the White Sea, taking part in test firings of the D-9R SLBM system, from the submarine "K-441"; 1981 took part in the "Zapad-81" exercise; 10.81 to 5.82 fitted with active stabilizers at Yantar, Kaliningrad; 6.82 to 1.83 operations in the South Atlantic, with visits to Pointe Noire, Congo (7.9-11.9.82) and Havana, Cuba (2.12 to 10.12.82) - here visited by Cuban defence minister Raul Castro; 31.3 to 8.4.84 took part in "Atlantika-84"; 4.84 to 12.84 operations in the Mediterranean; 2.86 to 6.86 operations in the Mediterranean, together with BPK "Marshal Vasilevskiy", "Admiral Makarov", "Smyshlenyy" and EM "Otlichnyy"; 1987 operations in the southwestern Atlantic; 6.12.89 to 6.8.92 repair/modernization at SRZ-35 at Rosta; 14.5 to 18.5.93 visited Tromso, Norway; 7.95 took part in "Kumzha-2" exercise - long-range ASW operations; 1.6.01 decommisioned, disarmed, and moored at SRZ, Abram-Mys, Murmansk; 16.5.03 sank there, was raised and scrapped

Rezkiy - Yantar, Kaliningrad - serial no. 160 - laid down 28.7.74 - launched 17.2.76 - completed 30.9.76; accepted into the Baltic Fleet 1.11.76 (128th Brigade); accepted into the Pacific Fleet 2.2.77 (173rd Brigade); 11.76 to 2.77 sailed from the Baltic, around Africa, to Vladivostok, with operations in the southwestern Atlantic and Indian Ocean along the way; 6.77 to 9.77 operations in the Indian Ocean, with a visit to Bombay, India (16.12 to 21.12.77); 5.78 to 9.78 operations in the Sea of Okhotsk, Sea of Japan, and the Indian Ocean with SKR "Razumnyy" - prolonged tracking of USS Fox (CG-33) and a visit to Aden, South Yemen (15.8 to 24.8.78); 1979 operations in the Indian Ocean; 22.3 to 24.3.80 prolonged tracking of US submarine (initially discovered by K-314) over the Soviet ASW barrier, together with SKR "Retivyy", SKR "Razumnyy" and submarines "B-33" and "B-112"; 25.8 to 22.9.81 sailed from the Aleutians, and down the west coast of the United States, to test and measure the US response to the taks force - together with BPK "Petropavlovsk", SKR "Retivyy", submarine "K-201" and the tanker "Irkut"; 1984 operations in the South China Sea and Indian Ocean, with visits to Massaua, Ethiopia (16.2 to 20.2.84) and Port Luis, Mauritius (22.5 to 26.5.84); 1986 operations in the South China Sea; 17.5 to 21.5.87 prolonged tracking of USS Arkansas (CGN-41), which twice violated the Soviet waters, in the Sea of Okhotsk; decommisioned 4.8.95, disarmed by late 1995; 7.9.96 sold to a South Korean firm for scrap

Razitelnyy - Yantar, Kaliningrad - serial no. 161 - laid down 11.2.75 - launched 1.7.76 - completed 31.12.76; accepted into the Black Sea Fleet 5.2.77 (11th Brigade); 22.1 to 30.6.78 operations in the Mediterranean; 22.11.78 to 14.3.79 operations in the Indian Ocean (through the Suez canal); 24.2 to 14.9.81 operations in the Mediterranean, including a visit to Tripoli, Libya; 28.8.82 to 28.2.83 operations in the Mediterranean, including escorting Soviet transports to Syria (6.82 to 10.82), together with SKR "Bezukoriznenny" and "Bezzavetnyy"; 22.7.84 to 23.3.85 operations in the southwestern Atlantic, Caribbean Sea and the Mediterranean, including a visit to Havana, Cuba (28.12.84 to 2.1.85) together with EM "Otlichnyy" and SKR "Zadornyy", and participating in the joint Soviet/Cuban exercise "Monkada"; 24.4 to 28.4.89 visited Constanza, Romania; 11.89 to 12.89 operations in the Mediterranean; 16.3 to 22.6.90 operations in the Mediterranean; 1.8.97 taken over by Ukraine, and officially decommisioned in the Russian Navy 8.9.97; renamed "Sevastopol", and included in the Ukrainian Navy; mid-1998 began repair at SRZ Sevastopol, but the dismantled equipment were stolen, and the repair was never completed; 12.05 excluded from the Ukrainian Navy, and in spring of 2006, sold to Turkey, and used as a target hulk

Grozyashchyy - Yantar, Kaliningrad - serial no. 162 - laid down 4.5.75 - launched 7.2.77 - completed 30.9.77; accepted into the Pacific Fleet 29.11.77 (173rd Brigade); mid-1978 sailed from the Baltic to Sevastopol; 24.2 to 3.7.79 together with TAVKR "Minsk", BPK "Tashkent" and "Petropavlovsk", SKR "Letuchiy" and BDK "Ivan Rogov", sailed from Sevastopol, around Africa, to Vladivostok - operations in the Indian Ocean during transit, and visits to Luanda, Angola (30.3 to 3.4.79), Maputo, Mozambique (14.4 to 20.4.79), Port Luis, Mauritius (26.4 to 28.4.79) and Aden, South Yemen (26.5 to 2.6.79); 1980 operations in the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean; 1981 operations in the Indian Ocean; 4.83 to 9.83 operations in the Indian Ocean, together with BPK "Sposobnyy" and tanker "Pecenga" - including a visit to Colombo, Sri Lanka (9.6 to 13.6.83); 1992 operations in the Indian Ocean; 18.8.92 began repairs/modernizations at SRZ Dalzavod, Vladivostok, but work stopped due to lack of funding; decommisioned 13.2.95; disarmed late 1997; 1997 sold to a US firm for scrap

Neukrotimyy - Yantar, Kaliningrad - serial no. 163 - laid down 22.1.76 - launched 7.9.77 - completed 30.12.77; accepted into the Baltic Fleet 17.2.78 (128th Brigade); 5.6 to 10.6.78 visited Rostock, East Germany; 24.7 to 8.10.79 operations in the North Atlantic, Caribbean Sea and the Mediterranean; 1981 operations in the Barents Sea; 1.2 to 6.8.82 operations in the southeastern Atlantic, including visits to Luanda, Angola (12.6 to 18.6.82) and Lagos, Nigeria (25.6 to 2.7.82); 1983 operations in the Mediterranean; 1984 operations in the Central Atlantic; 26.5 to 30.5.85 visited Gdynia, Poland; 7.6 to 11.6.85 visited Warnemünde, East Germany; 8.9 to 10.12.85 operations in the Mediterranean; 2.11.87 renamed "Komsomolets Litvy"; 1988 operations in the North Sea; 9.10.88 to 20.8.89 operations in the southwestern Atlantic; 27.3.90 renamed "Neukrotimyy"; 5.6 to 8.6.90 visited Kiel, West Germany; 21.6 to 23.6.90 visited Szcezcin, Poland; 2.9 to 6.9.91 visited Amsterdam, Holland; 1992 to 1995 repair and modernization at Yantar Yard, Kaliningrad - delayed due to fire 17.2.94, which destroyed the gas turbines; 23.4 to 25.4.97 visited Rotterdam, Holland; July 2005 hit a training mine, which resulted in a breach of the hull - repaired at KMOLZ, Kronshtadt; decommisioned 12.2008, and moored

Gromkiy - Yantar, Kaliningrad - serial no. 164 - laid down 23.6.76 - launched 11.4.78 - completed 30.9.78; accepted into the Northern Fleet 23.11.78 (10th Brigade); 2.11 to 23.11.78 sailed from the Baltic to Severomorsk; 10.79 to 4.80 operations in the Mediterranean; 31.8.81 to 7.3.82 operations in the North Sea and North Atlantic, together with SKR "Zadornyy"; 2.82 to 3.82 operations in the North Sea and Norwegian Sea; 3.5.86 to 28.3.87 operations in the southeastern Atlantic, with temporary basing at Luanda, Angola; 5.88 to 12.88 operations in the Mediterranean, including prolonged tracking of USS Enterprise (CVN-65) task force, and visits to Latakiya, Syria (22.8 to 29.8.88) and Tartus, Syria (9.11 to 21.11.88) - 20.6 to 22.11.88 operated together with TAVKR "Baku"; 5.3 to 14.12.90 operations in the southeastern Atlantic; 26.8 to 30.8.91 memorial escort from Kola to Arkhangelsk "Dervish-91" in memory of the World War II arctic convoys; 6.4.93 began repair and modernization at SRZ-10 Polyarny, but never completed due to lack of funding; 16.3.98 decommisioned, and scrapped at Murmansk in late 1998

Bessmennyy - Yantar, Kaliningrad - serial no. 165 - laid down 11.1.77 - launched 9.8.78 - completed 26.12.78; accepted into the Northern Fleet 9.2.79 (10th Brigade); 5.79 sailed from the Baltic to Severomorsk; 19.5 to 3.12.89 operations in the Mediterranean; 19.12.89 to 25.5.91 repair/modernization at SRZ-35, Rosta (Murmansk); 11.91 to 6.92 operations in the Mediterranean; 4.93 to 8.93 operations in the Mediterranean, including visits to Gibraltar, and Tartus, Syria; 16.3.98 decommisioned, disarmed mid-1998, and moored at Abram-Mys, Murmansk; scrapped 2002-2003

Gordelivyy - Yantar, Kaliningrad - serial no. 166 - laid down 26.7.77 - launched 3.5.79 - completed 20.9.79; accepted into the Pacific Fleet 17.10.79 (173rd Brigade); 4.80 to 12.80 sailed from the Baltic, around Africa, to Vladivostok, with operations in the Indian Ocean enroute; 1981 operations in the South China Sea and Philippines Sea, with temporary nase at Kamran, Vietnam; 1982 operations in the South China Sea and Indian Ocean, with temporary nase at Kamran, Vietnam; 1983 operations in the southeastern Pacific and Indian Ocean; 1985 operations in the southeastern Pacific and Indian Ocean; 27.6 to 30.6.87 took part in exercise with SKR "Razyashchiy" and "Ryanyy" - artillery support and SAM protection for marine landings; 13.10 to 17.10.87 took part in a joint Soviet/North Korean exercise, together with BPK "Vasiliy Chapaev", "Tallin" and "Tashkent", as well as three MPK's (Grisha class) boats - submarine hunting; 4.88 together with submarine "K-436", escort duties for submarine "K-497"; 24.4 to 29.4.88 ASW exercise together with BPK "Marshal Voroshilov" and "Tallin" and SKR "Ryanyy" in the Sea of Okhotsk, off the Kuriles; 6.88 to 9.88 operations in the southeastern Pacific Ocean; 25.10 to 29.10.88 took part in a joint Soviet/North Korean exercise, together with BPK "Tallin", SKR "Ryanyy" and four Tarantul class boats (R-76, R-83, R-229 and R-230); 9.89 took part in a joint Soviet/North Korean exercise, together with BPK "Tallin", EM "Osmotritelnyy" and "Stoykiy", SKR "Poryvistyy" and two Tarantul class boats (R-230 and R-261); 23.9.91 relegated to the reserve, pending repair and modernization at SRZ Dalzavod, Vladivostok - never begun due to lack of funding; decommisioned 5.7.94 and disarmed 10.94; 6.10.94 sold to a South Korean firm for scrap; 27.6.95 towed away from Vladivostok

Ryanyy - Yantar, Kaliningrad - serial no. 167 - laid down 1.3.78 - launched 1.9.79 - completed 31.12.79; accepted into the Pacific Fleet 21.2.80 (173rd Brigade); 8.81 to 6.82 sailed from the Baltic, around Africa, to Vladivostok, with operations in the Indian Ocean enroute, and a visit to Victoria, Seychelles (8.5 to 12.5.82), together with BPK "Vasiliy Chapaev"; 7.82 to 12.82 operations in the Indian Ocean, including a visit to Al Hudaydah, North Yemen (1.8 to 5.8.82); 10.83 took part in an air defence exercise, together with TAVKR "Minsk", BPK "Tashkent" and "Petropavlovsk" and SKR "Revnostnyy"; 4.7 to 8.7.86 visited Wonsan, North Korea, together with TAVKR "Minsk", BPK "Admiral Spiridonov", "Tallin" and the tanker "Argun"; 27.6 to 30.6.87 took part in exercise with SKR "Razyashchiy" and "Gordelivyy" - artillery support and SAM protection for marine landings; 24.4 to 29.4.88 ASW exercise together with BPK "Marshal Voroshilov" and "Tallin" and SKR "Gordelivyy" in the Sea of Okhotsk, off the Kuriles; 7.10 to 10.10.88 took part in a surface ship engagement exercise, together with RKR "Varyag", KR "Admiral Senyavin", BPK "Marshal Voroshilov" and SKR "Gordelivyy"; 25.10 to 29.10.88 took part in a joint Soviet/North Korean exercise, together with BPK "Tallin", SKR "Gordelivyy" and four Tarantul class boats (R-76, R-83, R-229 and R-230); 1.6.89 began repair/modernization at SRZ Dalzavod, Vladivostok - but never completed due to lack of funding; 17.7.97 decommisioned, late 1997 disarmed, and moored at Vladivostok

Revnostnyy - Yantar, Kaliningrad - serial no. 168 - laid down 27.6.79 - launched 23.4.80 - completed 27.12.80; accepted into the Pacific Fleet 21.2.81 (173rd Brigade); 9.81 to 5.82 sailrd from the Baltic, around Africa, to Vladivostok, with operations in the Indian Ocean enroute - also a visit to Maputo, Mozambique (13.12. to 17.12.81), together with BPK "Tallin" and SKR "Letuchiy"; 10.83 took part in an air defence exercise, together with TAVKR "Minsk", BPK "Tashkent" and "Petropavlovsk" and SKR "Ryanyy"; 1984 operations in the Indian Ocean; 25.3 to 17.4.85 operational-tactical exercises near Hawaii with TAVKR "Novorossiysk", BPK "Vasiliy Chapaev", "Nikolayev", "Tashkent" and "Tallin", SKR "Poryvistyy" and tankers "Vladimir Kolechitskiy" and "Ilum"; 29.5 to 16.6.85 ASW exercises in Sea of Japan with TAVKR "Novorossiysk" and SKR "Poryvistyy"; 1986 operations in the South China Sea and Indian Ocean; 1998 began repair/modernization at SRZ Dalzavod, Vladivostok; work stopped 30.8.2000 due to lack of funding; 24.7.03 decommisioned

Pytlivyy - Yantar, Kaliningrad - serial no. 169 - laid down 27.6.79 - launched 16.4.81 - completed 30.11.81; 6.82 sailed from the Baltic to Severomorsk, and accepted into the Northern Fleet (130th Brigade); 11.83 to 2.84 sailed from Severomorsk to Sevastopol, and was accepted into the Black Sea Fleet 4.84 (11th Brigade); 1985 operations in the Mediterranean; 1986 operations in the Mediterranean, was at Tripoli harbour conducting radar surveillance, when the US aircraft attacked; 1987 operations in the Mediterranean; 1987 to 1989 took part in URK-5 (SS-N-14B) tests off Feodosiya; 30.5 to 3.6.88 visited Algiers, Algeria; 9.88 took part in the "Osen-88" exercise; 11.89 to 3.90 operations in the Mediterranean, 2.12.89 at La Valetta harbour (Malta), when Soviet leader Gorbachev and US President Bush met; 1991 operations in the Mediterranean - including a visit to Piraeus, Greece (22.1 to 26.1.91); 1993 peacekeeping operations off Poti, Black Sea; 9.7.93 to 10.96 repair/modernization at Yantar, Kaliningrad; 7.96 to 8.96 took part in Navy's 300th Anniversary at St. Petersburg; 10.97 visited Pilos and Piraeus in Greece; 10.02 to 11.02 visited Toulon, France and Latakiya, Syria; 4.03 to 7.03 operations in the Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf - took part in a joint Russian/Indian exercise, and visited Aden, South Yemen and Port Said, Egypt; 8.03 to 9.03 took part in a joint Russian/Italian exercise in the Tyrrhenian Sea, and visited Maddalena, Italy; 1.9 to 30.9.04 operated in the Mediterranean, together with RKR "Moskva", SKR "Svetlivyy", BDK "Azov", tanker "Ivan Bubnov" and tug "SB-36" - ensuring President Putin's visit to Israel, and conducting a joint Russian/Italian exercise; 2006 took part in joint Russian/Italian exercise "IONIEKS-2006", and the NATO anti-terrorist exercise "Active Efforts"; 11.07 began repair at Novorossiysk