Written by D-Mitch
This is the third post of infographics of various
coast guard vessels from around the world. These infographics aim to
highlight the most important equipment of the vessels; I do not analyze
the systems in depth as I do for the warships instead I provide some
basic information mainly from wikipedia (if else I provide the source) about the ships, their history and their capabilities.
1. Krivak III (pr. 11351, NATO codename Nerey) class frigates of the Russian Coast Guard
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| Varovsky Krivak III class frigate. Photo: Владимир Кононов |
The Project 1135 Burevestnik (Storm Petrel) class were a series of frigates built for the Soviet Navy. These ships are commonly known by their NATO reporting name of Krivak and are divided into Krivak I, Krivak II (both navy), and Krivak III (coast guard) classes. These ships were designed as a successor to the Riga class. The design started in the late 1950s and matured as an anti-submarine ship in the 1960s. A total of 40 ships were built, 32 ships for the Soviet Navy (Russian Navy) and nine (9) modified ships of Nerey (Krivak III) subclass for the KGB Maritime Border Guard. Of the nine Nerey class vessels, eight (8) served in the FSB Coast Guard and two (2) units were transferred to Ukraine prior to completion (the Hetman Bayda Vishnevetskiy never completed) of which one, the Hetman Sagaydachny, is till today the flagship of the Ukrainian Navy.
