Russian corvette MPK-216

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NameMPK-216
Builder Peene-Werft, Wolgast
Yard number379
Laid down22 June 1986
Launched25 June 1987
Commissioned30 September 1988
Decommissioned22 June 2005
Identification See Pennant numbers
Fate Scrapped
General characteristics
Class and type Parchim-class corvette
Displacement
Length72 m (236 ft 3 in)
Beam9.40 m (30 ft 10 in)
Draught4.60 m (15 ft 1 in)
Installed power14,250 hp (10,630 kW)
Propulsion3 shaft M504 diesel engines
Speed24.7 knots (45.7 km/h)
Range2,100 nmi (3,900 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement80
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Positive-E, Spin Trough
  • Bass Tilt Hull Mounted Medium Frequency Sonar
Armament
  • 1 × twin 57 mm gun AK-725
  • 1 × twin 30 mm gun AK-230
  • 2 × SA-N-5 MANPAD positions
  • 2 × RBU-6000 anti submarine depth charge rocket launchers
  • 4 × 400 mm torpedo tubes
  • 12 × depth charges

The MPK-216 was a Parchim-class corvette in the Soviet Navy and later Russian Navy.

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Specifications

Developed in the GDR by specialists from the Zelenodolsk shipyard, Captain 2nd Rank O.K. Korobkov was appointed the main observer from the Navy on the project. For the GDR Navy, 16 ships were built (in Germany, Project 133.1, Parchim), the head MPK entered service in 1981. In 1992, all ships of the Project 133.1 were sold to Indonesia. For the USSR Navy, they were built according to the 1331M Project, after the collapse of the USSR, all ships were transferred to the Russian Navy. The modernized version was distinguished by updated artillery, hydroacoustic and radio-technical weapons. [1]

Project 133.1 was developed on the basis of the IPC Project 1124 Albatross in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) with the help of specialists from the Zelenodolsk shipyard for the Navy of the National People's Army of the GDR and the Warsaw Pact countries, as well as for export sales. [2]

Project 1331M was designed in the German Democratic Republic with the technical assistance of the Zelenodolsk Design Bureau for the USSR Navy, this project is a development of Project 133.1 and differs from it in the composition of weapons and navigation equipment. [2]

Construction and career

MPK-216 was laid down on 22 June 1986 at Peene-Werft, Wolgast. Launched on 25 June 1987 and commissioned on 30 September 1988 into the Baltic Fleet. [3]

The ship was decommissioned on 22 June 2005 and was later scrapped.

Pennant numbers

DatePennant number [3]
198807
2000258

Citations

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995
  2. 1 2 Saunders, Stephen (2009). Jane's Fighting Ships 2009-2010. Jane's Information Group. ISBN   978-0710628886.
  3. 1 2 "Small Anti-Submarine Ships - Project 1331M". russianships.info. Retrieved 19 September 2021.

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