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Russia transfers Karakurt-class missile corvette Amur from Black Sea to Baltic Fleet

The Russian Navy’s newest Project 22800 Karakurt-class missile corvette, the Amur, was photographed at Petrovskaya Harbor in Kronstadt on October 26, 2025, confirming its reassignment from the Black Sea Fleet to the Baltic Fleet. The ship was moved through Russia’s internal waterway network after completing Caspian trials in 2024. Commissioned in August 2024, the Amur now joins a growing group of compact, precision-strike vessels stationed near Saint Petersburg. Read full defense news at this link...

The Karakurt-class corvette's armament includes an eight-cell 3S14 UKSK universal launcher for Kalibr land-attack and anti-ship missiles, a 76 mm AK-176MA gun, and, on later hulls, the Pantsir-M close-in air defense system. (Picture source: Airbase.Ru/Curious)



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