Pauk-class corvette
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Name | Pauk class |
Builders | Vostochnaya Verf |
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Preceded by | Poti class |
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Type | Anti-submarine corvette |
Displacement | 500 long tons (508 t) standard, 580 long tons (589 t) full load |
Length | 57 m (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 shp (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 which is designated Project 1241.1, 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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45 boats were built for the Soviets, of which two (Kuban and Sokol) remain in service with the Russian Coast Guard as of 2020.[1]
Export[]
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Two ships transferred in 1989/90 - Bodri (Brisk) and Reshitelni (Decisive)
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One ship in service.
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Four ships transferred in the late 1980s and are known as the Abhay class. A plan to license-produce more units in India was abandoned in favor of the indigenous Kamorta class. Ships named INS Abhay (Fearless) INS Ajay (Unconquerable) INS Akshay (Indestructible) INS Agray (Aggressive)
Ukraine[]
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Two ships transferred, U207 Uzhhorod (now decommissioned) and U208 Khmelnytskyi (taken over Russia).
Ukrainian Sea Guard[]
Three ships are in service with the Ukrainian Sea Guard.
- BG-50 Hryhoriy Kuropyatnykov - in active service
- BG-51 Poltava
- BG-52 Hryhoriy Hnatenko
Both Poltava and Hryhoriy Hnatenko were ready to be decommissioned and were left in Balaklava after the Russian annexation of Crimea;[2] their fate is unknown
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References[]
- ^ "Small Anti-Submarine Ships - Project 12412".
- ^ "Archived copy". forum.milua.org. Archived from the original on 29 September 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
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- Gardiner, Robert, ed. (1995). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995. London: Conway Maritime. ISBN 0-85177-605-1. OCLC 34284130. Also published as Gardiner, Robert; Chumbley, Stephen; Budzbon, Przemysław (1995). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-132-7. OCLC 34267261.
- "P Project 1241.2 Molniya-2 Pauk class". Federation of American Scientists. 7 September 2000. Retrieved 27 January 2008.
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- (in English) All Pauk Class Corvettes - Complete Ship List
- Pauk-class corvettes
- Corvette classes
- Corvettes of the Soviet Navy
- Corvettes of the Russian Navy
- Corvettes of the Indian Navy
- Corvettes of the Bulgarian Navy
- Corvettes of the Cuban Navy
- Corvettes of the Vietnam People's Navy