Pauk-class corvette
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.
 Bulgarian Navy Pauk-class corvette Bodri | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Pauk class |
| Builders | Vostochnaya Verf |
| Operators | |
| Preceded by | Poti class |
| General characteristics | |
| 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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Ships
Soviet Navy / Russian Navy
29 ships were built for the Soviets, of which one (Sokol) remain in service with the Russian Coast Guard as of 2022. Kuban was scrapped in Crimea in March 2021 https://fleetphoto.ru/vessel/43073/[1]
Bulgarian Navy
Two ships transferred in 1989/90 - Bodri (Brisk) and Reshitelni (Decisive)
Cuban Navy
One ship in service.
Indian Navy
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)
Abhay is the last ship of the class in service as of 2022.[2]
Ukrainian Navy
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;[3] their fate is unknown
Gallery
References
- "Small Anti-Submarine Ships - Project 12412".
- "INS Ajay Decommissioned".
- "Воєнно-історичний форум Military Ukraine • Перегляд теми - Морська охорона ДПСУ". forum.milua.org. Archived from the original on 29 September 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
- 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.
External links
- (in English) All Pauk Class Corvettes - Complete Ship List