Karakurt-E I first laid eyes on the Karakurt design some five years ago and immediately began to consider its potential from a modeller’s perspective. I noted how many countries with exposed coastal regions, and not just those surround the Baltic Sea, are moving towards smaller, faster, more versatile and well-armed naval units of patrol boat/corvette proportions. Why this is so is due to cost, a lengthy construction period and, also, the number of personnel required for each vessel.
The design of this class, given the designation Project 22800 Karakurt (Karakurt translating into English as spider), is attributed to the Almaz Central Marine Design Bureau), with a total of 18 of these vessels having been constructed at various shipyards around the Russian Federation.
Akin to the vessel’s designation of missile corvette,…