 Bulgarian Navy Pauk class corvette Bodri |
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| Class overview | |
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| Operators: |  Soviet Navy Russian Navy Indian Navy Bulgarian Navy Cuban Navy Vietnamese People's Navy Ukrainian Navy |
| Preceded by: | Poti class corvette |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Anti-submarine corvette |
| Displacement: | 500 long tons (508 t) standard, 580 long tons (589 t) full load |
| Length: | 57 metres (187 ft) |
| Beam: | 9.4 m (30 ft 10 in) |
| Draught: | 2.4 m (7 ft 10 in) |
| Propulsion: | 2 shaft M504 diesels, 20,000 shaft horsepower (14,914 kW) |
| Speed: | 28–34 knots (51.9 km/h/32.2 mph – 63 km/h/39.1 mph) |
| Range: | 1,650 nautical miles (3,056 km; 1,899 mi) at 14 kn (25.9 km/h; 16.1 mph) |
| Complement: | 40 |
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The Pauk class is the NATO reporting name for a class of small patrol corvettes built for the Soviet Navy and export customers between 1977 and 1989. The Russian designation is Project 1241.2 Molniya-2. These ships are designed for coastal patrol and inshore anti-submarine warfare. The design is the patrol version of the Tarantul class corvette which is designated Project 1241.1 by the Russians, but is slightly longer and has diesel engines. The Ships are fitted with a dipping sonar which is also used in Soviet helicopters.
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Ships
45 boats were built for the Soviets, of which 18 remain in Russian Navy service (including those operated by the Maritime border guard). Four ships are operated by the Ukrainian Navy or Ukrainian Coast Guard (sources vary)
Export
Two ships transferred in 1989/90 - Bodri (Brisk) and Reshitelni (Decisive)
One ship in service.
Four ships transferred in the late 1980s and are known as the Abhay class. It was planned to build more in India under licence but this plan was cancelled.
At least three ships in service; nine others on order
Two ships transferred, the U207 Uzghorod (now decommissioned) and the U208 Khmelnytskyi (in service).
References
- Gardiner, Robert (ed.). Conway's all the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995. London: Conway Maritime. ISBN 0851776051. OCLC 34284130. Also published as Gardiner, Robert; Chumbley, Stephen; Budzbon, Przemysław. Conway's all the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1557501327. OCLC 34267261.
- "P Project 1241.2 Molniya-2 Pauk class". Federation of American Scientists. 2000-09-07. http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/row/rus/1241_2.htm. Retrieved 2008-01-27.
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