Russian corvette Soobrazitelny

For other ships with the same name, see Russian ship Soobrazitelny.

Soobrazitelny anchored in Saint Petersburg, July 2018
History
Russia
Name	Soobrazitelny
Builder	Severnaya Verf
Laid down	20 May 2003
Launched	31 March 2010
Commissioned	14 October 2011
Honours and awards	Guards designation, 1 March 2012
Status	In service
General characteristics
Class and type	Steregushchy-class corvette
Displacement	2,100 tons full load
Length	104.5 m (343 ft)
Beam	11.1 m (36 ft)
Draught	3.7 m (12 ft)
Propulsion	2 shaft CODAD, 4 16D49 diesels 24,000hp (17.9 MW), power supply AC 380/220 V, 50 Hz, 4x630 kW diesel genset
Speed	27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Range	4,000 nmi (7,400 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Endurance	15 days
Complement	100
Sensors and processing systems	Air search radar: Furke-E 3D, E/F band Monument targeting radar
Electronic warfare & decoys	TK-25E-5 ECM, 4 x PK-10 decoy launchers
Armament	1 × Arsenal A-190 100mm 2 × MTPU pedestal 14.5mm machine gun 12 Cell Redut VLS [1] 9M96E/M SAM 9M100 SAM quadpacked configuration 8 × 3M24 Uran missiles 2 × AK-630М CIWS 2 × 4 330mm torpedo tubes (for Paket-NK anti-sub/anti-torpedo torpedoes)
Aircraft carried	Helipad for Ka-27 Helicopter

Soobrazitelny (Russian: Сообразительный, lit. 'Smart/Astute') is the second ship of the Steregushchy-class corvette (officially known as Project 20380) built for the Russian Navy in the early 21st century.

Description

The ship is the first of the class to be fitted with the Redut system intended to increase its anti-aircraft capabilities with respect to the Kashtan CIWS previously used.^{[citation needed]}

Construction and service

Soobrazitelny was laid down at the Severnaya Verf shipyard in Saint Petersburg on 20 May 2003.^[2] She was launched in late March 2010^{[citation needed]} and was shown to the public for the first time at the fifth International Maritime Defence Show (IMDS-2011) in St. Petersburg.^{[citation needed]} The corvette began state testing in July 2011^[3] and joined the Baltic Fleet on 14 October of that year, when her acceptance certificate was signed.^[4][5] Soobrazitelny was designated Guards on 1 March 2012 and received a battle flag inherited from her predecessors with the same name on 29 July of that year.^[6][7]

In April 2017, Soobrazitelny and her sister Boyky were escorted through the English Channel by HMS Sutherland.^[8]

Soobrazitelny and Stoikiy entered the Mediterranean in October 2022.^[9] Between 18–21 October, they visited Algeria.^[10] In late November, both corvettes were absent from Tartus, likely shadowing French aircraft carrier, deployed to the East Mediterranean.^[11] On 5 December, they were in Tartus.^[12] In April 2023, the corvette, accompanied by Stoikiy and the frigate Admiral Grigorovich, was reported to have left the Mediterranean, transitting via the Atlantic to the Baltic.^[13] She was reported back in the Atlantic in June.^[14] The ship sighted southbound Storebælt 2 January 2024

The ship was one of the main characters shown in the RT channel documentary series "The Baltic Fleet".

References

1. "Третье поколение "Сообразительных". Зачем России корветы" (in Russian). ria.ru. 31 March 2010. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
2. "Многоцелевой корвет "Сообразительный" заложили на судоверфи Санкт-Петербурга" [Multipurpose corvette Soobrazitelny laid down at Saint Petersburg shipyard]. Channel One Russia (in Russian). 20 May 2003. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
3. Press Service of OAO Shipbuilding Yard Severnaya Verf (29 July 2011). "Корвет "Сообразительный" отправится на государственные испытания" [Corvette Soobrazitelny to begin state testing]. FlotProm (in Russian). Retrieved 29 September 2019.
4. "Военно-морской флот России пополнился современной боевой единицей" [Russian Navy replenished with modern combat unit]. Fontanka.ru (in Russian). 14 October 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
5. "Corvette Soobrazitelny Joined Russian Navy". rusnavy.com. 17 October 2011. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
6. Press Service of the Western Military District (28 July 2012). "Корвету "Сообразительный" Балтийского флота присвоят почетное звание "гвардейский"" [Baltic Fleet corvette Soobrazitelny to be awarded Guards title] (in Russian). Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
7. Pesotskaya, Svetlana (30 July 2012). "Корвет Балтийского флота "Сообразительный" стал гвардейским" [Baltic Fleet corvette Soobrazitelny becomes Guards]. Rossiyskaya Gazeta (in Russian). Retrieved 29 September 2019.
8. "HMS Sutherland escorts two Russian warships past UK coastline". Royal Navy. 15 April 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
9. "Russian forces in the Mediterranean - Wk42/2022".
10. "Корветы Балтфлота в ходе дальнего похода совершили деловой заход в Алжир". 21 October 2022.
11. "Russian forces in the Mediterranean - Wk47/2022".
12. "Russian forces in the Mediterranean - Wk49/2022".
13. @NavyLookout (28 April 2023). "@HMSDefender has been shadowing 3 Russian warships on their way to the Baltic - returning home after 18 months on operations in the Mediterranean" (Tweet). Retrieved 28 April 2023 – via Twitter.
14. Candlin, Alex (9 June 2023). "Royal Navy and Royal Air Force deployed to shadow Russian warships". Forces.net.