Pr.17 Shivalik class frigate
Another view of the Pr.17 Shivalik class frigate
Pr.15 Delhi class
The manufacturer of Talwar-class frigates, Russian Severnoye Design Bureau (SDB), was established in USSR in 1946 for designing destroyers and patrol ships. In the course of time, the scope of tasks has expanded significantly. The company has developed almost the entire ocean-going surface fleet of the Soviet Union of which many projects became true milestones. The development of a modern ship involves work and intellectual activities of many teams and thousands of specialists in various industries. However, it is the Severnoye Design Bureau that plays the key role as an integrator. Over 75 years of work, 550 ships and vessels were built to SDB designs. The company is credited with the world’s first ships equipped with anti-ship missiles and the first large warships where gas turbines were used as part of the propulsion system. The Bureau developed anti-submarine ships and destroyers featuring ‘exceptional’ seaworthiness, also ships described as ‘aircraft carrier killers’ and heavy nuclear-powered missile cruisers, the pride of the Russian Navy.
Since 1998, SDB has been developing projects using an automated threedimensional numerical modeling system. In 2015, the company enabled to exchange project data via a secured channel between the Bureau and a shipyard. Presently, SDB continues to support construction of Pr.22350 frigates for the Russian Navy. These ships are featuring completely new capabilities. Multipurpose Pr. 22350 frigate is equipped with stateof- the-art integrated systems and weapons, which enable to provide high accuracy managing of a wide task scope. These ships are able to reinforce surface action groups significantly. The leading Pr.22350 frigate named Admiral Gorshkov was delivered to the Russian Navy in 2018, while the second vessel Admiral Kasatonov entered the Navy in 2020. The third frigate Admiral Golovko became the first ship of this programme to be equipped with a propulsion plant of Russian origin. Now six frigates are under construction at the Northern shipyard in St.Petersburg. In 2019, Admiral Gorshkov together with Russian Northern Fleet ships and support vessels made a round-the-world voyage, that achievement was marked in the Russian Armed Forces’ Book of Records. In 2020 the frigate successfully fired a new Zircon hypersonic cruise missile. SDB has also established Pr. 22160 offshore patrol vessels being under construction for the Russian Navy at Zelenodolsk Shipyard. This is the first Russian ship designed using a modular weapon concept. Part of the armament is to be mounted at the construction stage and is not changed throughout the entire service life. The remaining reserved areas and spaces can be used to accommodate additional weapons during repairs or upgrades. In addition, there are special places for accommodating various removable modules, which can be replaced during operation, depending on missions at hand. To date, three ships of this series have already joined the Russian Navy, and three more are in various stages of construction.
Pr.16А Brahmaputra class frigate
Pr.11356
SDB is also proud to present its Pr.22460 Rubin-class border guard ships that have been under construction since 2007. Thirteen ships have already been commissioned by the Border Guard Service of the Russian Federation and another one is undergoing trials. The armament of the border ships consists of one 30 mm sixbarreled AK-306 automatic gun and two 12.7 mm Kord machine guns. Rubin-class ships can be operated both in equatorial waters and in thin and broken ice, while the design of its steel hull ensures that the mission will be completed even after a collision with an intruder vessel. Defence cooperation with the Indian Navy and Indian industry is particularly noteworthy for SDB. The work started from Pr.61ME frigate. For the first time in the history of Russian shipbuilding, ships of such displacement and characteristics were designed and built for a foreign customer. Five ships of that series were delivered to India. While cooperating with the Indian Navy, SDB also has worked as a system integrator. Following the request of the Indian Government, the company experts together with the representatives of the Navy defined weaponry and technical equipment to be installed on the ships designed in India. Consequently, Pr.15, Pr.15A, Pr.16, Pr.16 A, Pr.25 and Pr.25A ships were built with indigenous and Russian weaponry installed at the customer’s shipyard. Pr. 17 Shivalik-class were also created with technical assistance of SDB. The design bureau has been also proud to develop Pr.11356 frigates for the Indian Navy. Severnoye Design Bureau is in constant search for new technical solutions for implementing them in its products. The company offers its experience to India and looks forward to further beneficial and fruitful cooperation.
Admiral Gorshkov-class frigate
Project 22160 patrol ship