Two Project 21631 Buyan-M Corvettes to enter Russian Navy service in Caspian Sea

: Posted On Tuesday, 14 January 2014 09:46

Naval Forces News - Russia

Two Project 21631 Buyan-M Corvettes to enter Russian Navy service in Caspian Sea

A pair of new missile corvettes have completed acceptance trials and will enter service in Russia’s Caspian Flotilla in the first quarter of this year, the Southern Military District said Monday. The two ships, the Grad Sviyazhsk and Uglich, are the first in the new Buyan-M class and are equipped with anti-ship and anti-aircraft missiles.

Grad Sviyazhsk missile corvette before systems fitting out

The Project 21631 (Buyan-M) corvette has a displacement of 949 tons and maximum speed of 25 knots. It is armed with Kalibr (SS-N-27) anti-ship missiles, 100-mm and 30-mm guns, as well as Igla-1M air defense missiles.

In addition, the Caspian Flotilla will also take delivery of a Grachonok-class high-speed patrol boat, several Serna-class landing craft, and three tugboats in the near future, the strategic command’s press service said in March 2013.

Project 21631 (Buyan-M) corvette

The Serna-class landing craft can carry either one tank or two infantry fighting vehicles (or armored personnel carriers), or a 92-man landing party.

The Caspian Flotilla already has several Serna-class vessels, the navy confirmed earlier, without giving a specific figure.