{
  "id": "karakurt",
  "name": "Karakurt (Project 22800)",
  "aliases": [
    "Project 22800"
  ],
  "domain": "naval",
  "country": "RUS",
  "category": "Missile corvette",
  "status": "in-service",
  "fielded": 2018,
  "operators": [
    "RUS"
  ],
  "prolif_count": 1,
  "summary": "The Karakurt Class (Project 22800 Class) Russian Corvette is a new class of Russian corvettes (small missile ships in Russian classification) that have been entering service with the Russian Navy since 2018.",
  "specs": [
    {
      "k": "crew",
      "v": 70,
      "src": [
        "weg-karakurt"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "length_m",
      "v": 67,
      "src": [
        "weg-karakurt"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "beam_m",
      "v": 11,
      "src": [
        "weg-karakurt"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Draft",
      "section": "dims",
      "v": "4.0 m",
      "src": [
        "weg-karakurt"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "displacement_t",
      "v": [
        800,
        860
      ],
      "src": [
        "weg-karakurt"
      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "label": "Displacement (full load)"
    },
    {
      "k": "propulsion",
      "v": "3 x Zvezda M507D1",
      "src": [
        "weg-karakurt"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Engine power",
      "section": "mobility",
      "v": "30,000 hp (22.37 MW)",
      "src": [
        "weg-karakurt"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "range_km",
      "v": 4630,
      "src": [
        "weg-karakurt"
      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "note": "2,500 n miles (4,630.0 km) at 13 kt (24.1 km/h)"
    },
    {
      "k": "speed_kt",
      "v": 30,
      "src": [
        "weg-karakurt"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Air/Search Radar",
      "section": "firecontrol",
      "v": "1 x Pozitiv-MK (Mytishchi, Sovetsk) or Mineral-M1/2 (Band Stand); (from Odintsovo); I-band active and D/E/F/G/H-passive.",
      "src": [
        "weg-karakurt"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Fire Control Radar",
      "section": "firecontrol",
      "v": "1 x MR-123 Vympel/Bagira (Bass Tilt); I-band.",
      "src": [
        "weg-karakurt"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Physical Countermeasures",
      "section": "protection",
      "v": "PK-10 DLS; 4 KT-216 10-barrel 120 mm fixed launchers; IR flares and chaff.",
      "src": [
        "weg-karakurt"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Electronic Countermeasures",
      "section": "protection",
      "v": "MP-405-1 suite with 2 Bell Shroud and 2 Bell Squat; intercept and jammers.",
      "src": [
        "weg-karakurt"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "NBC Water Washdown System",
      "section": "protection",
      "v": "Yes",
      "src": [
        "weg-karakurt"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Missile Weapon System",
      "section": "armament",
      "v": "2 × 4 UKSK VLS cells for Kalibr or Oniks anti-ship cruise missiles",
      "src": [
        "weg-karakurt"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Gun Weapon System",
      "section": "armament",
      "v": "1 × 76.2 mm 59-caliber AK-176MA or 100 mm A-190 automatic dual-purpose guns; 1 × Pantsir-M CIWS with Hermes-K missiles or 1 × 3M89 Palash/ Palma CIWS with Sosna-R missiles (4+4 SAM in total 8 plus under reload units) or 2 × AK-630M-2 CIWS.; 2 x 12.7x108 mm Kord machine gun",
      "src": [
        "weg-karakurt"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "hulls",
      "v": 17,
      "src": [
        "weg-karakurt"
      ],
      "conf": "low",
      "note": "Hulls listed in the source card"
    }
  ],
  "payloads": [],
  "variants": [
    {
      "name": "Mytishchi (ex-Uragan)",
      "text": "Commissioned: 2018 Status: Active",
      "src": [
        "weg-karakurt"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Sovetsk (ex-Taifun)",
      "text": "Commissioned: Status: Active",
      "src": [
        "weg-karakurt"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Kozelsk (ex-Shtorm)",
      "text": "Commissioned: 2022 Status: Active",
      "src": [
        "weg-karakurt"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Odintsovo (ex-Shkval)",
      "text": "Commissioned: 2020 Status: Active",
      "src": [
        "weg-karakurt"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Tsiklon",
      "text": "Commissioned: INA Status: Sea Trials",
      "src": [
        "weg-karakurt"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Askold (ex-Musson)",
      "text": "Commissioned: INA Status: Sea Trials",
      "src": [
        "weg-karakurt"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Burya",
      "text": "Commissioned: INA Status: Sea Trials",
      "src": [
        "weg-karakurt"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Cyklon",
      "text": "Commissioned: INA Status: Sea Trials",
      "src": [
        "weg-karakurt"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "art": "destroyer",
  "image": {
    "file": "karakurt.jpg",
    "thumb": "karakurt-thumb.jpg",
    "credit": "Пресс-служба Президента России",
    "license": "CC BY 4.0",
    "url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%D0%90%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4_%D0%B8_%D0%A6%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BD.jpg",
    "title": "File:Аскольд и Циклон.jpg"
  },
  "verified": null,
  "changelog": [
    {
      "date": "2026-10-05",
      "change": "Entry created from the Worldwide Equipment Guide (ODIN)"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-10-06",
      "change": "Added photo (CC BY 4.0)"
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://www.defensepedia.com/systems/karakurt.html",
  "sources": {
    "weg-karakurt": {
      "title": "Karakurt Class (Project 22800 Class) Russian Corvette",
      "publisher": "U.S. Army TRADOC G-2 Worldwide Equipment Guide (ODIN)",
      "url": "https://odin.t2com.army.mil/WEG/Asset/Karakurt_Class_Project_22800_Class_Russian_Corvette",
      "published": "2026-03-20",
      "tier": 1,
      "checked": "2026-10-10"
    }
  }
}