Karakurt vs Skjold

Karakurt

Russian guided-missile corvette, introduced in 2018, has a displacement of 800 tons.
Origin	🇷🇺 Russia
Category	Frigate
Type	Guided-missile corvette
Manufacturer	Pella Shipyard
Year introduced	2018
Number built	13 units
Estimated unit price	$34 million

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Skjold

Norwegian corvette, 60.0 knots max speed, built with a surface effect ship structure.
Origin	🇳🇴 Norway
Category	Corvette
Type	Coastal corvette
Manufacturer	Umoe Mandal
Year introduced	1999
Number built	6 units
Estimated unit price	NA

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Karakurt

Displacement	800 tons ◉
Maximum speed	30.0 knots ◉
Range	2,500 nm ◉
Length	67.0 m ◉
Beam	11.0 m
Crew	50 ◉
Propulsion	CODAD: 3 Zvezda M-507D1 112 c or 16D49 16D500 12V ZE1600KZ turbodiesel engine with 3 diesel generators DGAS-315
Armament	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 2 × AK-630M-2 CIWS and Tor missile system (on first 2 vessels) 2 × 4 UKSK VLS cells for Kalibr or Oniks anti-ship cruise missiles 2 × 12.7x108 mm Kord machine gun

Skjold

Displacement	274 tons ◉
Maximum speed	60.0 knots ◉
Range	800 nm at 40 knots ◉
Length	47.5 m ◉
Beam	13.5 m
Crew	16 ◉
Propulsion	Renk COGAG 2 × Pratt & Whitney ST18M plus 2 × Pratt & Whitney ST40M gas turbines → 12,170 kilowatts
Armament	8 × Kongsberg Naval Strike Missile SSMs 1 × 76mm Otobreda Super Rapid multi-role cannon 2 × 12.7mm Browning M2HB HMGs Portable SIMBAD version Mistral SAMs Protector (RWS) (Sea Protector)

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