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Pauk-class corvette

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Bulgarian Navy Pauk-class corvette Bodri
Class overview
NamePauk class
BuildersVostochnaya Verf
Operators
Preceded byPoti class
General characteristics
TypeAnti-submarine corvette
Displacement500 long tons (508 t) standard, 580 long tons (589 t) full load
Length57 m (187 ft)
Beam9.4 m (30 ft 10 in)
Draught2.4 m (7 ft 10 in)
Propulsion2 shaft M504 diesels, 20,000 shp (14,914 kW)
Speed28–34 knots (51.9 km/h/32.2 mph – 63 km/h/39.1 mph)
Range1,650 nautical miles (3,056 km; 1,899 mi) at 14 kn (25.9 km/h; 16.1 mph)
Complement40
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Radar: Spin Trough, Bass Tilt, Air surface search
  • Sonar: Medium frequency hull mounted and Bronza dipping sonar
Electronic warfare
& decoys
  • Vympel-R2 Electronic Warfare suite
  • Half Hat-B
  • PK-16 Decoy Launchers
Armament
  • 1 SA-N-5 SAM (1x4)
  • 1 × 76mm AK-176 gun
  • 1 × 30mm AK-630 gun
  • 2 × RBU-1200 anti submarine rocket launchers
  • 4 × 406 mm (16 in) anti submarine torpedo tubes; some ships have 2 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes

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.

Ships

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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]

Export

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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. 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 currently the only ship of the class that is still in service as of 2024 .[2]

Two ships transferred, U207 Uzhhorod (now decommissioned) and U208 Khmelnytskyi (taken over Russia).

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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Small Anti-Submarine Ships - Project 12412".
  2. ^ "INS Ajay Decommissioned".
  3. ^ "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.
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