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{{Short description|1986 class of Russian frigates}}
{{For|the 1950s destroyer|Neustrashimy class destroyer}}
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| Ship caption = Russian frigate ''Neustrashimy''
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{{Infobox ship class overview
| Name = ''Neustrashimy'' class
| Builders = [[Yantar Shipyard]], [[Kaliningrad]]
| Operators = *{{navy|Soviet Union}}
*{{navy|Russia}}
| Class before = {{sclass2|Krivak|frigate|4}}
| Class after = *{{sclass|Admiral Gorshkov|frigate|4}}
*{{sclass|Admiral Grigorovich|frigate|4}}
| Subclasses = 
| Cost = 
| Built range = 1986–2009
| In service range = 
| In commission range = 
| Total ships building = 
| Total ships planned = 7
| Total ships completed = 2
| Total ships cancelled = 5
| Total ships active = 2
| Total ships laid up = 
| Total ships lost = 
| Total ships retired = 
| Total ships preserved = 
}}
{{Infobox ship characteristics
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| Ship type = [[Guided-missile frigate]]
| Ship displacement = *Standard: 3,800 tons
*Full: 4,400 tons
| Ship length = {{convert|129|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| Ship beam = {{convert|15.6|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| Ship height = 
| Ship draught = {{convert|5.6|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| Ship power = {{convert|110,000|hp|kW|abbr=on}}
| Ship propulsion = 2 shaft [[COGAG]] 2x M70 or D090 cruise and 2x M90 boost [[gas turbines]]
| Ship speed = {{convert|30|kn}}
| Ship range = 
| Ship endurance = 
| Ship complement = 210
| Ship sensors = *Radar: 1 Top Plate, 2 Palm Frond, Cross Sword, 1 Kite Screech
* Sonar: Ox Yoke LF bow mounted sonar and Ox Tail [[Variable Depth Sonar|VDS]]
| Ship EW = 
| Ship armament = *Anti-ship missiles: 2 × 4 [[Kh-35|SS-N-25]] (installed only on the Yaroslav Mudry)
* SAM: 4 × 8 VLS for [[Tor missile system|SA-N-9]]
* ASW: 1 × 12-tube [[RBU-6000]] launcher
* Guns: 1 × 100mm gun
* CIWS: 2 × [[Kashtan CIWS|Kashtan]]
* Torpedoes: 6 × 533mm tubes mounted in the [[superstructure]] for ASW missiles [[RPK-2 Vyuga|SS-N-15]] or [[RPK-6 Vodopad/RPK-7 Veter|SS-N-16]] or [[Type 53 torpedo|Type 53]] ASW/ASuW torpedoes
| Ship armour = 
| Ship armor = 
| Ship aircraft = 1 [[Kamov Ka-27|Ka-27]] Helicopter
| Ship aircraft facilities = Helipad and Hangar
| Ship notes = 
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[[File:ROYAL NAVY FRIGATE ESCORTS RUSSIAN SHIP THROUGH ENGLISH CHANNEL MOD 45164075.jpg|thumb|Russian frigate ''Yaroslav Mudry'' during its voyage through the English Channel, April 2018]]
The '''''Neustrashimy'' class''' ({{langx|ru|Неустрашимый}}, alternate English spelling ''Neustrashimyy''), Soviet designation '''Project 11540 ''Yastreb''''' ([[hawk]]), is a series of large [[frigate]]s built for the [[Soviet Navy]] and currently in service with the [[Russian Navy]]. Seven ships were planned for the Soviet Navy, but the fall of the [[Soviet Union]] disrupted those plans. Two ships were completed, both currently in active service with the Russian [[Baltic Fleet]].

==Design and construction==
The class was designed as a general purpose [[Anti-Submarine Warfare|anti-submarine warfare (ASW)]] frigate to follow on from the {{sclass2|Krivak| frigate|2}}s. 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 program started in 1986 and seven ships were originally planned.<ref name=Conways/> 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. 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.{{cn|date=June 2021}} As of 2010, both ''Neustrashimy'' and ''Yaroslav Mudry'' are operational with the Baltic Fleet.

The ships were built by Yantar Yard, [[Kaliningrad]]. Only ''Neustrashimy'' was completed by the time the [[Soviet Union]] collapsed. Two further ships were incomplete. ''Yaroslav Mudry'' (named after the great ruler of the [[Kievan Rus]], [[Yaroslav the Wise]]) and ''Tuman'' ("Fog", named after a [[World War II]] era [[Tuman (Soviet patrol boat)|Soviet patrol boat]] whose crew exhibited great valour in combat with three [[Nazi Germany|German]] [[destroyer]]s). As of 2009, the frigate ''Yaroslav Mudry'' began sea trials and entered service.{{cn|date=June 2021}}

==Service history==

===2008–2009 deployment to Somalia===
In late September 2008, ''Neustrashimy'' left the [[Baltic Fleet]] and was sent to the [[Gulf of Aden]] waters off the [[Somalia|Somali]] coast to fight [[Piracy in Somalia|piracy in the region]]. Russian navy spokesman Captain Igor Dygalo told the [[Associated Press]] that the missile frigate ''Neustrashimy'' had left the Baltic Sea port of [[Baltiysk]] a day before the hijacking to cooperate with other unspecified countries in anti-piracy efforts.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080926/ap_on_re_eu/eu_russia_somalia_piracy_8;_ylt=Ak.EE4EqWwLVfsF.N3F5obpbbBAF |title="Russia Somalia Piracy" |website=Yahoo! News |access-date=September 26, 2008}}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}</ref> As of 27 October, the frigate was operating independently in the vicinity of a group of [[NATO]] warships near the Somali coast. On 11 November, ''Neustrashimy'' [[Action of 11 November 2008|helped capture suspected pirates]] along with [[Royal Marines]] from {{HMS|Cumberland|F85|6}}; the suspected pirates had been attempting to board the merchant vessel {{MV|Powerful}}. On 16 November 2008, the frigate prevented pirates from capturing the Saudi Arabian ship {{MV|Rabih}}.

===Further deployment===
In June 2016 ''Yaroslav Mudry'' was part of a maritime incident between Russian and United States navies in which the ship came in close proximity to {{USS|Gravely}} in the Mediterranean, though both sides claim the other was at fault for the encounter.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/us-officials-russian-warship-intentionally-interfered-navy-operations/story?id=40216484 |title=US Officials Say Russian Warship Intentionally Interfered With Navy Operations |last1=Martinez |first1=Luis |last2=Reevell |first2=Patrick |last3=McLaughlin |first3=Elizabeth |newspaper=ABC News |date=29 June 2016 |access-date=29 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/russia-says-us-warship-in-near-miss-with-russian-vessel-in-mediterranean/ar-AAhIXBR?ocid=ansmsnnews11 |title=Russia, United States blame each other for maritime incident |website=MSN |agency=Reuters |date=28 June 2016 |access-date=29 June 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816230850/https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/russia-says-us-warship-in-near-miss-with-russian-vessel-in-mediterranean/ar-AAhIXBR?ocid=ansmsnnews11 |archive-date=16 August 2016}}</ref> The American destroyer came within {{convert|315|yd|m}} of the Russian vessel.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/28/politics/russian-warship-us-navy/index.html |title=U.S. officials say Russian warship came dangerously close to Navy ship |last=Starr |first=Barbara |date=28 June 2016 |website=CNN |access-date=29 June 2016}}</ref>

In April 2018, ''Yaroslav Mudry'' and [[Uda-class oiler]] ''Lena'' were escorted by the Royal Navy frigate {{HMS|St Albans|F83|6}} as they were passing through the English Channel en route to the [[Mediterranean Sea]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://eng.mil.ru/en/CISM_parachuting/news/more.htm?id=12172299@egNews |title=Baltic Fleet ship squadron passes English Channel within long-range cruise |website=Russian Ministry of Defence |date=21 April 2018 |access-date=14 April 2019}}</ref>

''Yaroslav Mudry'' was again seen passing the English Channel on 1 November 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://navaltoday.com/2018/11/01/hms-tyne-escorts-russian-frigate-months-after-returning-to-service/ |title=HMS Tyne escorts Russian frigate months after returning to service |website=Navaltoday.com |date=1 November 2018 |access-date=14 April 2019}}</ref>

On 1 October 2019, ''Yaroslav Mudry'', tanker ''Yelnya'', and tug ''Viktor Konetsky'' embarked on the INDRA-2019 exercise. On 21 October, the frigate under the command of [[Commander|Captain 2nd rank]] Mikhail Navolotsky paid a visit to the Cypriot port of Limassol<ref>{{cite web |url=https://structure.mil.ru/structure/okruga/north/news/more.htm?id=12257879@egNews |title=Сторожевой корабль «Ярослав Мудрый» Балтийского флота совершил деловой заход в кипрский порт Лимассол |trans-title=Baltic Fleet patrol ship "Yaroslav Mudry" made a call at the Cypriot port of Limassol |website=Russian Ministry of Defence |language=ru |date=21 October 2019 |access-date=22 February 2021}}</ref> and, in early December, patrolled the Gulf of Aden.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://structure.mil.ru/structure/forces/navy/news/more.htm?id=12264613@egNews |title=Корабль Балтийского флота сопровождает в Аденском заливе караван гражданских судов |trans-title=A Baltic Fleet ship accompanies a convoy of civilian ships in the Gulf of Aden |website=Russian Ministry of Defence |language=ru |date=2 December 2019 |access-date=22 February 2021}}</ref> On 10 December, the ships arrived to Mormugao, India and have been participating in the exercises till 19 December.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://syria.mil.ru/news/more.htm?id=12266878@egNews |title=Сторожевой корабль Балтийского флота «Ярослав Мудрый» открыт для посещения жителям и гостям г.Панаджи |trans-title=Baltic Fleet patrol ship "Yaroslav Mudry" is open for visiting residents and guests of Panadzhi |website=Russian Ministry of Defence |language=ru |date=14 December 2019 |access-date=22 February 2021 |archive-date=January 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122143327/https://syria.mil.ru/news/more.htm?id=12266878@egNews |url-status=dead }}</ref> On 27 December, the ships arrived at the Iranian [[Chabahar Port|port of Chakhbehar]] and participated in joint naval exercise.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://function.mil.ru/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12268635@egNews |title=Отряд боевых кораблей Балтийского флота совершил заход в иранский порт Чахбехар |trans-title=A detachment of Baltic Fleet warships made a call at the Iranian port of Chahbehar |website=Russian Ministry of Defence |language=ru |date=27 December 2019 |access-date=22 February 2021}}</ref> Between 4-7 January 2020, the ship detachment visited the Omani port of Salalah and afterwards started patrolling the Gulf of Aden again.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://function.mil.ru/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12270116@egNews |title=Сторожевой корабль Балтийского флота «Ярослав Мудрый» несет антипиратскую вахту в Аденском заливе |trans-title=Baltic Fleet patrol ship "Yaroslav Mudry" is on anti-piracy watch in the Gulf of Aden |website=Russian Ministry of Defence |language=ru |date=9 January 2020 |access-date=22 February 2021}}</ref> Between 10-18 February, ''Yaroslav Mudry'' paid another visit to Salalah, Oman<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ria.ru/20200210/1564496560.html |title=Находящийся на антипиратской вахте корабль Балтфлота зашел в Оман |trans-title=Baltic Fleet ship on anti-piracy watch entered Oman |website=RIA Novosti |language=ru |date=10 February 2020 |access-date=22 February 2021}}</ref> and between 4-6 March Colombo, Sri Lanka.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.korabel.ru/news/comments/storozhevoy_korabl_yaroslav_mudryy_pokinul_shri-lanku.html |title=Сторожевой корабль "Ярослав Мудрый" покинул Шри-Ланку |trans-title=Patrol ship "Yaroslav Mudry" left Sri Lanka |website=korabel.ru |language=ru |date=6 March 2020 |access-date=22 February 2021}}</ref> On 4 May 2020, the ships returned to Baltiysk.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://function.mil.ru/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12290219@egNews |title=Отряд кораблей Балтийского флота вернулся из дальнего похода |trans-title=A detachment of Baltic Fleet ships returns from a long voyage |website=Russian Ministry of Defence |language=ru |date=4 May 2020 |access-date=22 February 2021}}</ref>

From 2014 ''Neustrashimy'' was in overhaul with the deadline for the completion of her refit having passed on several occasions, partly due to the problem of acquiring parts for her Ukrainian-made engines. However, the ship completed her refit in December 2021 and is scheduled to return to the fleet in April 2022.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/naval-news/naval-news-archive/2022/april/11589-russian-neustrashimyy-patrol-ship-to-re-join-baltic-fleet-in-april.html | title=Russian Neustrashimyy patrol ship to re-join Baltic Fleet in April | date=April 6, 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/defence-news/2021/february/9657-yantar-shipyard-has-to-complete-overhaul-of-russian-navy-neustrashimy-yastreb-class-frigate.html |title = Yantar Shipyard has to complete overhaul of Russian Navy Neustrashimy Yastreb-class frigate| date=February 7, 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://tass.com/defense/1382239 |title = Russian guard ship to rejoin Baltic Fleet in February after repairs - Military & Defense - TASS}}</ref> Post-refit sea trials were underway as of February 2022.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://seawaves.com/?p=19252 | title=Neustrashimy on Sea Trials After Long Refit – SeaWaves Magazine | access-date=February 18, 2022 | archive-date=February 18, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220218212153/https://seawaves.com/?p=19252 | url-status=dead }}</ref> In July, ''Neustrashimy'' was reported to have fired the [[Tor missile system|SA-N-9 air defence missile]] during its tests at sea.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/naval-news/naval-news-archive/2022/july/11960-russian-frigate-neustrashimyy-fires-kinzhal-missile-during-sea-trials-in-baltic-sea.html | title=Russian frigate Neustrashimyy fires Kinzhal missile during sea trials in Baltic Sea | date=July 22, 2022 }}</ref>

===Project 11541 "Korsar"===
[[United Shipbuilding Corporation]] developed the escort ship Korsar based on the ''Neustrahimmy'' class. The Project 11541 Korsar escort ship is designed to search for, track, and engage surface, underwater, and air targets, as well as to perform escort and patrol tasks. The ship can carry out a wide range of missions, operating autonomously and within a tactical task force in sea and oceanic areas. The customer can choose as armament between 4 [[Kh-35]] launchers with 16 missiles, 2 [[P-800 Oniks]] launchers with 8 missiles, 8 [[3M-54 Kalibr]] VLS cells or 2 [[P-270 Moskit]] launchers with 8 missiles.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aoosk.ru/en/products/11541-korsar/|title=Project 11541 "Korsar"|access-date=August 17, 2021|archive-date=February 23, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240223035551/https://aoosk.ru/en/products/11541-korsar/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://roe.ru/eng/catalog/naval-systems/surface-ships-ships-and-boats/korsar/|title=11541 escort ship Korsar &#124; Catalog Rosoboronexport}}</ref>

==Ships==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name
! Hull No.
! Builder
! Laid down
! Launched
! Commissioned
! Fleet
! Status
|-
| ''[[Russian frigate Neustrashimy|Neustrashimy]]''
| 712
| rowspan=3 | [[Yantar Shipyard]], [[Kaliningrad]]<ref name=Conways>Gardiner & Chumbly, p. 395</ref>
| 1986<ref name=Conways/>
| May 1988<ref name=Conways/>
| 24 January 1993<ref name=Conways/>
| [[Baltic Fleet]]
| Completed Post-refit sea trials; rejoined the fleet April 2023<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/naval-news/naval-news-archive/2022/april/11589-russian-neustrashimyy-patrol-ship-to-re-join-baltic-fleet-in-april.html | title=Russian Neustrashimyy patrol ship to re-join Baltic Fleet in April | date=April 6, 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://tass.com/defense/1556841 | title=Russian Navy's guard ship wraps up Baltic tests after upgrade }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://flot.com/2023/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9%D0%A4%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%821/ | title=На борту сторожевого корабля "Неустрашимый" прошло занятие с офицерами Балтфлота }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://armstrade.org/includes/periodics/news/2023/0419/094072721/detail.shtml | title=ЦАМТО / / ПСЗ «Янтарь» завершил ремонт и модернизацию СКР «Неустрашимый» }}</ref>
|-
| [[Russian frigate Yaroslav Mudry|''Yaroslav Mudry''<br>(ex-''Nepristupnyi'')]]
| 777 ex (727)
| 1988<ref name=Conways/>
| May 1991<ref name=Conways/>
| 2009<ref>{{cite web |url=http://rusnavy.com/news/navy/index.php?ELEMENT_ID=7158 |title=Russian Navy takes delivery of new frigate |website=Rusnavy.com |date=21 June 2009 |access-date=9 October 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224233511/http://rusnavy.com/news/navy/index.php?ELEMENT_ID=7158 |archive-date=24 February 2012}}</ref>
| Baltic Fleet
| Active
|-
| ''Tuman''
|
| 1990<ref name=Conways/>
|1996
|
|
| Cancelled<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.mail.ru/economics/25479808/?frommail=1 |title=Два корабля ВМФ России разрежут на металлолом в Калининграде |trans-title=Two Russian Navy ships will be scrapped in Kaliningrad |website=[[Mail.ru]] |language=ru |access-date=2017-07-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180412001146/https://news.mail.ru/economics/25479808/?frommail=1 |archive-date=2018-04-12 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|}

===Building===
The work on ''Tuman'' was suspended in late 1993 when about 47% complete due to lack of funding. In 1996, the ship was launched to clear space in slip and was subsequently laid up in 1998  to clear space in dry dock. In April 2016, the director of the Yantar shipyard announced the incomplete hulk was to be scrapped as the high cost of completing the ship to an outdated design was considered inefficient and the space freed up by its disposal could be employed on more cost-effective projects.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://flotprom.ru/2016/%D0%AF%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8C15/ |title="Янтарь" утилизирует два недостроенных корабля ВМФ России |trans-title=Yantar is scrapping two unfinished ships of the Russian Navy |language=ru |website=flotprom.ru |date=18 April 2016 |access-date=10 May 2016 |archive-date=April 19, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160419162723/http://flotprom.ru/2016/%D0%AF%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8C15/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://vpk.name/news/153691_korpusa_nedostroennyih_tumana_i_borodino_budut_utilizirovanyi.html |title=Корпуса недостроенных "Тумана" и "Бородино" будут утилизированы |trans-title=The unfinished "Tuman" and "Borodino" will be disposed of |language=ru |website=vpk.name |date=18 April 2016 |access-date=25 May 2020}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of ships of the Soviet Navy]]
* [[List of ships of Russia by project number]]
* [[List of naval ship classes in service]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

===Sources===
* {{cite book |editor-last=Gardiner |editor-first=Robert |editor-last2=Chumbley |editor-first2=Stephen |editor-last3=Budzbon |editor-first3=Przemysław |date=1995 |title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995 |location=Annapolis, Maryland |publisher=Naval Institute Press |isbn=1-55750-132-7}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category|Neustrashimy class frigate}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20121101214327/http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/row/rus/1154.htm Project 1154 Neustrashimy class] at fas.org
* [http://ship.bsu.by/main.asp?id=100194 11540 Ястреб] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060922133648/http://ship.bsu.by/main.asp?id=100194 |date=September 22, 2006 }} at Belarusian State University Encyclopedia of Ships {{in lang|ru}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20081202180045/http://atrinaflot.narod.ru/2_mainclassships/06_skr_11540/0_11540_1.htm Проект 11540 «Ястреб»] at Atrinaflot.narod.ru {{in lang|ru}}
* [http://russianships.info/eng/warships/project_11540.htm All Neustrashimy Class Frigates - Complete Ship List]

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