![]() On 16 November 2008, the frigate prevented pirates from capturing the Saudi Arabian ship MV Rabih. On 11 November, Neustrashimy helped capture suspected pirates along with Royal Marines from HMS Cumberland the suspected pirates had been attempting to board the merchant vessel MV Powerful. As of 27 October, the frigate was operating independently in the vicinity of a group of NATO warships near the Somali coast. Russian navy spokesman Captain Igor Dygalo told the Associated Press that the missile frigate Neustrashimy had left the Baltic Sea port of Baltiisk a day before the hijacking to cooperate with other unspecified countries in anti-piracy efforts. In late September 2008, Neustrashimy left the Baltic Fleet and was sent to the Gulf of Aden waters off the Somali coast to fight piracy in the region. Service history 2008–2009 deployment to Somalia As of 2009, the frigate Yaroslav Mudry began sea trials and entered service. Yaroslav Mudry (named after the great ruler of the Kievan Rus, Yaroslav the Wise) and Tuman ("Fog", named after a World War II era Soviet patrol boat whose crew exhibited great valour in combat with three German destroyers). Only Neustrashimy was completed by the time the Soviet Union collapsed. The ships were built by Yantar Yard, Kaliningrad. As of 2010, both Neustrashimy and Yaroslav Mudry are operational with the Baltic Fleet. On 24 February 2009 the second ship in the class, Yaroslav Mudry, left the Yantar shipyard in Russia's Kaliningrad for its first sea trials. After the collapse of the Soviet Union the project was frozen and only one ship, Neustrashimy ( Неустрашимый - "Dauntless"), was in active service with the Russian Baltic Fleet by the mid-1990s. The program started in 1986 and seven ships were originally planned. The ship is equipped with a newly designed Zvezda-1 integrated sonar system (with NATO reporting name Ox Tail) as its primary ASW sensor. The class was designed as a general purpose anti-submarine warfare (ASW) frigate to follow on from the Krivak-class frigates. Two ships were completed, both currently in active service with the Russian Baltic Fleet. Seven ships were planned for the Soviet Navy, but the fall of the Soviet Union disrupted those plans. The Neustrashimy class ( Russian: Неустрашимый, alternate English spelling Neustrashimyy), Soviet designation Project 11540 Yastreb ( hawk), is a series of large frigates built for the Soviet Navy and currently in service with the Russian Navy. ![]() Russian frigate Yaroslav Mudry during its voyage through the English Channel, April 2018 ![]() Torpedoes: 6 × 533mm tubes mounted in the superstructure for ASW missiles SS-N-15 or SS-N-16 or Type 53 ASW/ASuW torpedoes.Anti-ship missiles: 2 × 4 SS-N-25 (installed only on the Yaroslav Mudry).Sonar: Ox Yoke LF bow monted sonar and Ox Tail VDS.Radar: 1 Top Plate, 2 Palm Frond, Cross Sword, 1 Kite Screech.2 shaft COGAG 2x M70 or D090 cruise and 2x M90 boost gas turbines ![]()
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