Russian frigate Marshal Shaposhnikov
{{Short description|Russian naval vessel}}
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{{Infobox ship image | Ship image = File:RFNMarshalShaposhnikov.jpg | Ship caption = Marshal Shaposhnikov (BPK 543) at sea }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = | Ship country = Soviet Union → Russia | Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|Soviet Union|naval}} → {{shipboxflag|Russia|navy}} | Ship name = Marshal Shaposhnikov | Ship namesake = Boris Shaposhnikov | Ship ordered = | Ship awarded = | Ship builder = Yantar Shipyard, Kaliningrad | Ship laid down = May 25, 1983 | Ship launched = December 27, 1984 | Ship christened = | Ship acquired = | Ship commissioned = December 30, 1985 | Ship recommissioned = April 27, 2021 | Ship decommissioned = | Ship in service = | Ship out of service = | Ship renamed = | Ship reclassified = June 2020, as a frigate | Ship refit = 2017 | Ship captured = | Ship struck = | Ship reinstated = | Ship fate = | Ship identification = BPK 543 / FR 543 | Ship status = In active service, returned to service in 2021 after refit{{Cite web |url=https://tass.com/defense/1283581 |title=Upgraded frigate enters service with Russian Pacific Fleet's constant alert forces |date=27 April 2021 |website=TASS}} | Ship homeport = | Ship motto = | Ship nickname = | Ship honours = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship class = {{sclass|Udaloy|destroyer}} (Reclassified to Frigate) | Ship displacement = *{{convert|6200|t|LT|0|abbr=on}} standard
| Ship length = {{convert|163|m|abbr=on}} | Ship beam = {{convert|19.3|m|abbr=on}} | Ship draught = {{convert|7.8|m|abbr=on}} | Ship propulsion = 2 shaft COGAG, 4 gas turbines, {{convert|120,000|hp|kW|order=flip|abbr=on}} | Ship speed = {{convert|35|kn|lk=in}} | Ship range = {{convert|10500|nmi|km|lk=in}} at {{convert|14|kn|lk=in}} | Ship complement = 300 | Ship time to activate = | Ship sensors = * "Fregat-M" Air / Surface Search Radar
| Ship EW = *TK-25-2 EW system
| Ship armament = *16 UKSK VLS cells for Kalibr, Oniks, Zircon and Otvet{{Cite web|url=https://tass.com/defense/1386213|title = Cutting-edge anti-submarine missile system accepted for service in Russian Navy}} missiles
| Ship armour = | Ship aircraft facilities = Helicopter deck and hangar | Ship aircraft = 2 x Ka-27 'Helix' series helicopters | Ship notes = }} |
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Marshal Shaposhnikov ({{langx|ru|Маршал Ша́пошников|italic=yes}}) is a modernized {{sclass|Udaloy|destroyer}} (Reclassified as Frigate) of the Russian Navy commissioned in 1985. The vessel serves in the Russian Pacific Fleet. Her namesake is Marshal Boris Shaposhnikov.
Operational history
On 6 April 2003, Marshal Shaposhnikov left port, along with Admiral Panteleyev and the navy tanker Vladimir Kolechitskiy, to start a deployment to the Indian Ocean, where exercises with the Indian Navy were planned for May 2003.{{cite magazine |first=Richard |last=Scott |title=Russia deploys naval squadron to Indian Ocean |magazine=Jane's Defence Weekly |date=16 April 2003 |page=6}} A number of Black Sea Fleet ships, plus, possibly, cruise missile submarines, joined the deployment.
On 6 May 2010, Russian Naval Infantry deployed from Marshal Shaposhnikov rescued the hijacked tanker {{MV|Moscow University}}. The entire crew escaped unharmed.{{cite web |url=http://ca.reuters.com/article/topNews/idCATRE6450SU20100506 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100510012701/http://ca.reuters.com/article/topNews/idCATRE6450SU20100506 |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 May 2010 |title=Russian warship frees hijacked tanker, no one hurt |first=Amie |last=Ferris-Rotman |date=6 May 2010 |website=Reuters |accessdate=6 May 2010}} Moscow University had been hijacked by Somali pirates on 5 May 2010 off Socotra Island.{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8661816.stm |title=Pirates attack Russian oil tanker off Somalia coast |website=BBC News Online |date=5 May 2010 |accessdate=5 May 2010}} The commandos from Marshal Shaposhnikov detained 10 pirates and killed one during the release of the tanker.{{cite web |url=http://rawstory.com/news/afp/Russian_destroyer_frees_tanker_capt_05062010.html |title=Russian destroyer frees tanker, captures pirates |website=The Raw Story |accessdate=6 May 2010}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}
In November 2014, Marshal Shaposhnikov was part of a four-ship deployment to international waters off Australia.{{cite news |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/in-depth/troubled-waters-as-russians-send-warships/story-fnpebfcn-1227121141676 |title=Troubled waters as Russians send warships |last1=Nicholson |first1=Brendan |last2=Martin |first2=Sarah |last3=Markson |first3=Sharri |author3-link=Sharri Markson |date=13 November 2014 |work=The Australian Business Review |accessdate=13 November 2014}} The deployment was believed to be linked to the 2014 G-20 Brisbane summit and growing tensions between the two nations.
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In 2017 the ship received upgrades to its weapon systems and sensors. The upgrade included 16x 3S14 VLS cells for either Kalibr, Oniks or Zircon cruise missiles and two 3S24 quadruple launchers for 3M24 anti-ship missiles.{{cite web |url=http://navaltoday.com/2017/01/20/russia-to-modernize-udaloy-class-asw-destroyers/ |title=Russia to modernize Udaloy-class ASW destroyers |date=20 January 2017 |website=Naval Today}}
On 16 February 2018, the ship caught fire at Vladivostok. All 106 crew were evacuated.{{cite web |url=https://www.fleetmon.com/maritime-news/2018/21493/russian-navy-destroyer-fire-vladivostok-video/ |title=Russian Navy destroyer fire, Vladivostok, VIDEO |first=Mikhail |last=Voytenko |date=16 February 2018 |website=FleetMon |accessdate=16 February 2018}}
On 10 July 2020 the Marshal Shaposhnikov, being reclassified as a frigate, started sea trials after receiving upgrades.{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCf1hXs8Vfg |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/tCf1hXs8Vfg |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|title=Фрегат "Маршал Шапошников" вышел в Японское море для ходовых испытаний |trans-title=The frigate "Marshal Shaposhnikov" enters the Sea of Japan for sea trials |date=9 July 2020 |author=Zvezda TV |website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.mk.ru/politics/2020/07/11/v-seti-ocenili-novoe-vooruzhenie-fregata-marshal-shaposhnikov.html |title=В Сети оценили новое вооружение фрегата "Маршал Шапошников" |trans-title=The new armament of the frigate "Marshal Shaposhnikov" |date=11 July 2020 |language=ru |newspaper=Moskovskij Komsomolets}}
In April 2021, she launched Kalibr missiles against a land and a naval target, located respectively at a distance of over 1,000 km{{Cite web |url=http://flot.com/2021/%D2%E8%F5%EE%EE%EA%E5%E0%ED%F1%EA%E8%E9%D4%EB%EE%F227/ |title=Фрегат "Маршал Шапошников" впервые применил крылатую ракету "Калибр" |trans-title=The frigate "Marshal Shaposhnikov" first used the cruise missile "Kaliber" |language=ru |date=6 April 2021 |website=Central Naval Portal}} and 100 km.{{Cite web |url=https://tass.com/defense/1274881 |title=Marshal Shaposhnikov frigate test-fires Kalibr missile in Sea of Japan |date=7 April 2021 |website=TASS}} On the same month, she was reinstated back into the active service as part of the permanent formation of the Russian Navy Pacific Fleet.{{Cite web |date=April 27, 2021 |title=Фрегат "Маршал Шапошников" вошел в состав сил постоянной готовности Тихоокеанского флота - ТАСС |trans-title=The frigate "Marshal Shaposhnikov" became part of the permanent readiness forces of the Pacific Fleet |url=https://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/11250139 |access-date=2023-08-02 |website=TASS}}
She underwent another modernization in fall 2021.{{Cite web|url=https://armstrade.org/includes/periodics/news/2021/1112/101065215/detail.shtml|title=ЦАМТО / / Экипаж фрегата "Маршал Шапошников" провел первое учение по ПВО после обновления ряда корабельных систем}}
On the 21 to 23 June 2022, Marshal Shaposhnikov and the corvette Gremyashchiy visited the port of Manila in the Philippines.{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/RusEmbManila/status/1539871101287022592|title=On June 21–23 a detachment of military vessels of the Pacific Fleet of the Russian Navy visited the port of Manila |date=23 June 2022|website=Twitter}} On 25 June, the ships along with tanker Pechenga arrived to Cam Rahn, Vietnam.{{Cite web|url=https://www.korabel.ru/news/comments/otryad_boevyh_korabley_rossii_pribyl_s_vizitom_vo_vetnam.html|title=Отряд боевых кораблей России прибыл с визитом во Вьетнам |date=25 June 2022|website=Korabel}} On 5 September, the destroyer took part in Vostok-2022 exercise in the Sea of Japan.{{cite web | url=https://ria.ru/20220905/shaposhnikov-1814461061.html | title=Фрегат "Маршал Шапошников" отработал уничтожение подлодки на учениях | date=5 September 2022 }} On 15 September, she took part in the second Russo-Chinese joint naval patrol,{{cite web | url=https://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/15754941 | title=Корабли ВМФ России и ВМС Китая приступили к совместному патрулированию в Тихом океане | date=15 September 2022 }} along with corvettes Sovershenny, Gromky, Aldar Tsydenzhapov and tanker Pechenga.
From the 21 to 27 December 2022, Marshal Shaposhnikov along with Pacific Fleet flagship Russian cruiser Varyag (1983), the Project 20380 corvettes Russian corvette Hero of the Russian Federation Aldar Tsydenzhapov and Russian corvette Sovershennyy carried out joint drills in the East China Sea with the Chinese Navy.{{cite web | url=https://tass.com/defense/1554295 | title=Russian, Chinese warships kick off Joint Sea 2022 naval maneuvers }}
From 4 to 6 March 2024, the ship was part of the DIMDEX 2024 in Doha, Qatar.{{Cite web |last=Ozberk |first=Tayfun |date=2024-03-04 |title=Video: Eight warships from six countries take part in DIMDEX 2024 |url=https://www.navalnews.com/event-news/dimdex-2024/2024/03/eight-warships-from-six-countries-take-part-in-dimdex-2024/ |access-date=2024-03-04 |website=Naval News |language=en-US}}
On 8 August 2024, the ship, along with Russian cruiser Varyag reached the Indian port of Cochin Port for replenishment.{{Cite web |title=Russian Warships Varyag, Marshal Shaposhnikov Dock At Cochin Port {{!}} Putin-Modi Bonhomie |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/international/russian-warships-varyag-marshal-shaposhnikov-dock-at-cochin-port-putin-modi-bonhomie/videoshow/112374899.cms |access-date=2024-08-08 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2024-08-08 |title=Amid Iran-Israel War Fear, Russian Warship Docks In India, Weeks After Indian Navy Ship's Visit |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/international/russian-warships-varyag-marshal-shaposhnikov-dock-at-cochin-port-putin-modi-bonhomie/videoshow/112374899.cms |access-date=2024-08-08 |website=Hindustan Times}}
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