Pauk-class corvette

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Bulgarian Navy Pauk-class corvette Bodri
Class overview
NamePauk class
Builders Vostochnaya Verf
Operators
Preceded by Poti class
Subclasses Abhay class
Planned41
Completed36
Cancelled5
Active6
Retired30
Preserved1
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 &
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.

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The class saw moderate export sucess, with four ships sold to India as the Abhay class, two ships sold to Bulgaria, and one ship to Cuba. A further five ships were transferred to Ukraine after the fall of the USSR. There were plans for India to build more ships locally under license, but this was dropped in favour of the indigenous Kamorta class.

Ships in class by country

Soviet Union / Russia

NameBuilderLaunchedCommissionedDecommissionedStatus
MPK-140Yaroslavl Shipyard5 February 197931 December 197931 July 1996Decommissioned
MPK-12 / PSKR-800 / BerkutVladivostok Shipyard6 December 197928 November 19802000Decommissioned
MPK-144Yaroslavl Shipyard12 January 19804 November 198010 April 2002Decommissioned
MPK-60 / Komsomolec BashkiriiYaroslavl Shipyard10 June 198031 December 198010 April 2002Decommissioned
PSKR-801 / BerkutVladivostok Shipyard6 March 198130 September 19812001Decommissioned
PSKR-802 / Marten / YaroslavlYaroslavl Shipyard16 April 198120 September 198128 December 2008Decommissioned
MPK-76Yaroslavl Shipyard8 June 198129 December 198110 April 2002Decommissioned
PSKR-804 / TolyattiYaroslavl Shipyard18 February 198230 August 19822002Decommissioned
PSKR-803 / CondorVladivostok Shipyard6 May 198222 December 19822001Decommissioned
MPK-93Yaroslavl Shipyard6 July 198225 December 19822012Transferred to Ukrainian Navy as Uzhhorod in 1997; Decommissioned; Captured by Russia in 2014; Fate unknown
PSKR-806 / KaliningradYaroslavl Shipyard18 February 198310 September 19832002Decommissioned
PSKR-805 / KorshunVladivostok Shipyard3 May 198328 October 19832007Decommissioned
MPK-146Yaroslavl Shipyard12 June 198324 December 1983Transferred to Bulgaria in 1989; In active service as Reshitelni
PSKR-813 / Grigory KuropyatnikovYaroslavl Shipyard18 January 198430 September 1984Transferred to Ukraine in 1992; In active service with the Ukrainian Sea Guard
PSKR-808 / GrifYaroslavl Shipyard24 May 198425 December 198428 December 2008Decommissioned
PSKR-807 / KobchikVladivostok Shipyard19 June 198430 September 19842007Decommissioned
MPK-116Yaroslavl Shipyard26 January 19859 September 19852014Transferred to Ukraine in 1997 as Khmelnytskyi; Captured by Russia in 2014; Scrapped in 2023
MPK-124Yaroslavl Shipyard17 June 198518 December 1985Transferred to Bulgaria in 1990; In active service as Bodri
PSKR-809 / KrechetVladivostok Shipyard29 June 198530 September 19857 October 2008Decommissioned
PSKR-810 / Nikolai KapulnovYaroslavl Shipyard8 January 198630 September 10862009Decommissioned
PSKR-812 / SokolVladivostok Shipyard24 May 198630 September 1986Active with the Russian Coast Guard's Pacific Fleet
PSKR-811 / OrlanYaroslavl Shipyard14 June 19866 December 198620 February 2009Decommissioned
PSKR-813Yaroslavl Shipyard18 September 198630 June 19872010Transferred to Ukrainian Sea Guard as Poltava in 1992; Decommissioned; Captured by Russia in 2014; Ultimate fate unknown
PSRK-814 / SarychYaroslavl Shipyard24 January 198728 September 198720 February 2009Decommissioned
PSKR-816 / YastrebVladivostok Shipyard29 April 198731 August 19872014Decommissioned
PSKR-815Yaroslavl Shipyard30 May 198729 December 19872014Transferred to Ukrainian Sea Guard as Grigoriy Gnatenko in 1992; Decommissioned; Captured by Russia in 2014; Used as target and scuttled in 2015-16
PSKR-815 (Plant No. 519) / Sobol / CheboksaryYaroslavl Shipyard5 December 198710 September 19882017Preserved as a museum ship, Cheboksary, Russia
MPK-211 / Abhay Yaroslavl Shipyard20 April 198810 March 1989Built for India as Abhay; In active service
PSKR-818 / NakhodkaVladivostok Shipyard31 May 198831 October 19882011Decommissioned
PSKR-817 / Jaguar / MinskYaroslavl Shipyard8 July 198828 December 19882018Decommissioned
MPK-3Yaroslavl Shipyard21 December 19881990Built for Cuba as 321; In active service
MPK-218 / Ajay Yaroslavl Shipyard198924 January 199019 September 2022Built for India as Ajay; Decommissioned
MPK-206 / Akshay Yaroslavl Shipyard9 January 199010 December 19903 June 2022Built for India as Akshay; Decommissioned
MPK-208 / Agray Yaroslavl Shipyard20 July 199030 January 199127 January 2017Built for India as Agray; Decommissioned
MPK-291 / NovorrossiyskYaroslavl Shipyard23 April 199127 November 19912020Decommissioned
MPK-292 / KubanYaroslavl Shipyard23 April 199127 November 19912020Decommissioned and scrapped

Foreign operators

NameHull NumberCommissionedDecommissionedStatus
Naval Ensign of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgarian Navy
Reshitelni13September 1989In active service
Bodri14December 1990In active service
Naval Jack of Cuba.svg  Cuban Revolutionary Navy
321May 1990In active service
Naval Ensign of India.svg  Indian Navy
Abhay P3310 March 1989In active service
Ajay P3424 January 199019 September 2022Decommissioned
Akshay P3510 December 19903 June 2002Decommissioned
Agray P3630 January 199127 January 2017Converted to trials ship in 2004 after RBU-1200 misfire; Decommissioned
Naval Ensign of Ukraine.svg  Ukrainian Navy
UzhhorodU20719972012Decommissioned; Captured by Russia in 2014; Fate unknown
KhmelnytskiU20819972014Decommissioned; Captured by Russia in 2014; Scrapped in 2023
Sea Guard Ensign of Ukraine (dress).svg  Ukrainian Sea Guard
Grigory KuropyatnikovBG-501992In active service
PoltavaBG-5119922010Decommissioned; Captured by Russia in 2014; Ultimate fate unknown
Grygoriy GnatenkoBG-5219922014Decommissioned; Captured by Russia in 2014; Used as target and scuttled in 2015-16

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