Admiral Essen

Admiral Essen

Frigate Admiral Essen

Ship data flag  Russia class Admiral Grigorovich class Keel laying July 2011 Launch November 7, 2014 Commissioning June 7, 2016 Whereabouts in service

Ship dimensions and crew length 124.8 m ( Lüa ) displacement 4000  t

Armament 2 × 4 VLS cells UKSK (3R14) for Cal or P-800 Jachont 2 × 12 VLS cells for 9M317M anti-aircraft missiles 1 × 1 100 mm L / 59 gun A190-1 1 × depth charge launcher RBU-6000 2 × 2 533 mm torpedo tubes (DTA-53)

The Admiral Essen ( Russian Адмирал Эссен ) is a frigate of the Admiral Grigorowitsch class of the Russian Navy in the "Project 11356M" version. It is named after the Imperial Russian Admiral Nikolai Ottowitsch von Essen and is part of the Black Sea Fleet .

The ship is the second of Project 11356 and has a displacement of about 4000 tons. The Admiral Essen reaches a speed of 30  knots and can stay at sea for 30 days without interruption. The armament consists of Cal -Marschflugkörpern, a 100 mm artillery system, the self-defense missile system 9S90M Esch , aircraft artillery and a water bomb thrower .

Mission history

Together with the submarine Krasnodar of the project 636 the frigate attacked on May 31, 2017 anti-government forces with Cal - cruise missiles at. A total of four cruise missiles were fired.

At the end of June 2017, the Admiral Essen attacked again from the Mediterranean together with the Admiral Grigorowitsch and the submarine Krasnodar of the project 636 positions in Syria with calibrate cruise missiles, according to Russian information those of the terrorist militia IS in the Syrian province of Hama . A total of six cruise missiles were fired.

At the beginning of March 2018, the warship began its first voyage in 2018. After completing a maneuver, it set course for the Mediterranean.

At the end of August the frigate was relocated to the eastern Mediterranean again. There she is part of the operational unit of the Russian naval fleet in the Mediterranean .

Web links

Commons : Admiral Essen  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Russia Lays Down New Frigate for Black Sea Fleet , Sputnik International, July 13, 2013.
2. ↑ В Калининграде спустили на воду сторожевой корабль для ВМФ России , Аргументы и Факты, November 7, 2014.
3. ↑ Russian Navy gets new Admiral Essen frigate built for Black Sea fleet , TASS, June 7, 2016.
4. ↑ Calibr Cruise Missile-Equipped Russian Frigate Sets Sail for the Mediterranean
5. ↑ ^{a b} Cal missiles aboard: Russian frigate is heading to the Mediterranean , Sputnik Germany, March 13, 2018th
6. ↑ ^{a b} Russian submarine, frigates hit ISIS from Mediterranean, again. In: navaltoday.com. June 23, 2017, accessed on November 13, 2018 (English): "... have fired six calibrate cruise missiles at Islamic State positions in Syria, Russian media reported the ministry of defense as saying." 
7. ↑ ^{a b} Conrad Waters: Seaforth World Naval Review: 2018 . Pen & Sword Books, 2017, ISBN 978-1-5267-2011-5 ( books.google.de - snippet, reading sample).
8. ↑ With calibration rockets: Frigate “Admiral Essen” rushes from Crimea to Syria , Sputnik Germany, July 9, 2017
9. ↑ Russia bolsters navy presence in Mediterranean off Syria , RT World News, August 29, 2018.