''Steregushchiy'' (russian: Стерегущий, , Watchful) is the

lead ship The lead ship, name ship, or class leader is the first of a series or class of ships all constructed according to the same general design. The term is applicable to naval ships and large civilian vessels. Large ships are very complex and may ...

of the latest class of corvettes of the Russian Navy, the . The ship was built by the

Severnaya Verf Severnaya Verf (russian: Северная верфь, , Northern Shipyard) is a major shipyard on in Saint Petersburg, Russia, producing naval and civilian ships. It was founded as a branch of the Putilov Plant in the late 1800s. Under the Sov ...

shipyard in

St. Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

and was laid down in December 2001, launched in May 2006 and joined the Russian Navy on 14 November 2007. In total, the Russian Navy have publicly announced that they expect to buy at least 20 of these ships, for all four major fleets.

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Russian warfare on Steregushchiy
Steregushchiy-class corvettes Naval ships of Russia 2006 ships Ships built at Severnaya Verf {{USSR-mil-ship-stub