Overview and identity
Sovremenny served with Soviet Navy / Russian Navy as a member of Sovremenny class guided-missile destroyer.
Sovremenny can be distinguished by membership in Sovremenny class guided-missile destroyer and service with Soviet Navy / Russian Navy. Its history belongs to late Cold War, post-Cold War, and twenty-first century and to the broader development of destroyers and torpedo combatants. Destroyers and torpedo combatants were built around speed, responsiveness, and the ability to screen larger ships or attack enemy forces. Their roles expanded over time to include anti-submarine warfare, air defense, surface attack, escort duty, and land attack, which makes configuration and era especially important.
Construction and class context
The sources reviewed do not provide a complete builder and construction chronology for Sovremenny. Construction dates help place the ship within its class program and distinguish the original build from later changes in name, classification, armament, or mission.
Sovremenny class guided-missile destroyer provides the shared design context for this ship. Represents the 17 Soviet/Russian core-series hulls only. The class history explains the common design; this article concentrates on the evidence specific to Sovremenny, including construction, assignments, modifications, transfers, and fate where documented.
Service history
The sources reviewed establish Sovremenny's identity and class membership but do not provide a complete operation-by-operation service history. Names and designations documented during the ship’s career include Sovremenny (Soviet Navy / Russian Navy).
As a member of Sovremenny class guided-missile destroyer, Sovremenny began with the design, machinery, protection, and mission assumptions shared by the class. Those assumptions included surface warfare and air defense. Ship-specific refits, damage repair, transfers, reclassification, and changing assignments could alter that baseline. Class-level information is therefore used as context, not as proof that every feature remained aboard throughout this ship's career.
Technical configuration
The Sovremenny class guided-missile destroyer representative service configuration is presented as a class-level configuration used for context. For Sovremenny, it should be read as shared class context rather than proof of a ship-specific fit on every date.
Later service and disposition
Later service and final fate have not been confirmed in the sources reviewed.
The sources reviewed do not identify Sovremenny as preserved. Its history must therefore be reconstructed through documents, photographs, technical records, and evidence connected to the class and operating navy.
Historical significance
Sovremenny is significant as an individual example of how Sovremenny class guided-missile destroyer moved from a design program into operational service. Its value lies in connecting a specific vessel, its identities, and its known service outcome to the wider history of the class.
The evidence currently available for Sovremenny is strongest on its documented names and designations and its final status. The article separates those ship-specific facts from the shared characteristics of Sovremenny class guided-missile destroyer, so readers can see both what is known about this vessel and where the historical record still needs stronger documentation.
Class relationship
This ship is recorded as a member of Sovremenny class guided-missile destroyer. Shared design history belongs on the class page; this page concentrates on the individual hull where evidence is available.
Sources and further reading
- Project 956 Sovremenny class ship list ↗GlobalSecurity.org · accessed 2026-09-21
- Russian ship project numbers since 1936 ↗GlobalSecurity.org · accessed 2026-09-21