The Karakurt class, Russian designation Project 22800 Karakurt, is a class of small missile ships (corvettes in NATO classification) under construction for the Russian Navy.
The new class is intended to be a more seaworthy, blue water complement to the Buyan-M class corvettes, which had been designed for the littoral zone and are currently serving in Russia's Caspian Flotilla, Baltic Fleet and Black Sea Fleet. The Karakurt-class corvettes are designed to be armed with the Kalibr cruise missiles and the P-800 Oniks anti-ship missiles and have an endurance of 15 days