Steregushchiy (Russian: Стерегущий, lit. 'Watchful') is the lead ship of the latest class of corvettes of the Russian Navy, the Steregushchy class. The ship was built by the Severnaya Verf shipyard in St. Petersburg and was laid down in December 2001, launched in May 2006 and joined the Russian Navy on 14 November 2007.

Russian corvette Steregushchiy
History
Russia
Name	Steregushchiy
Builder	Severnaya Verf
Laid down	21 December 2001
Launched	16 May 2006
Commissioned	14 November 2007
Status	In service
General characteristics
Class and type	Steregushchy-class corvette
Displacement	2,100 tons
Length	104.5 m (343 ft)
Beam	11.1 m (36 ft)
Draught	3.7 m (12 ft)
Propulsion	2 shaft CODAD, 4 16D49 diesels 24.000hp (17.9 MW), power supply AC 380/220 V, 50 Hz, 4x630 kW diesel genset
Speed	27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Range	4,000 nmi (7,400 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph), 15 days endurance
Complement	100
Sensors and processing systems	Air search radar: Furke-E 3D, E/F band
Electronic warfare & decoys	TK-25E-5 ECM, 4 x PK-10 decoy launchers
Armament	1 × Arsenal A-190 100mm 1 × Kashtan CIWS 2 × AK-630М CIWS 8 × 3M24 Uran missiles 2 × 4 330mm torpedo tubes (for Paket-NK anti-sub/anti-torpedo torpedoes) 2 × 14.5 mm MTPU pedestal machine guns
Aircraft carried	Helipad for Ka-27 Helicopter

As of early 2023, the ship was reported as likely to undergo a major refit at the Kronshtadt shipyard which would incorporate Kalibr-NK cruise missiles and Redut air defense missiles. The corvette was also to receive a new power plant system during her modernization.^[1]

In total, the Russian Navy have publicly announced that they expect to buy at least 20 of these ships, for all four major fleets.^[2]