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{{Short description|Class of Soviet patrol corvettes}}
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| Ship caption = Bulgarian Navy Pauk-class corvette ''Bodri''
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| Name = ''Pauk'' class
| Builders = [[Vostochnaya Verf]]
| Operators = *{{navy|Soviet Union}}
*{{navy|Russia}}
*[[File:Russian Border Guard.svg|22x20px|border]]&nbsp;[[Russian Coast Guard]]
*{{navy|India}}
*{{navy|Bulgaria}}
*{{navy|Cuba}}
*[[File:Sea Guard Ensign of Ukraine.svg|25px]] [[Ukrainian Sea Guard]]
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| Ship type = Anti-submarine [[corvette]]
| Ship displacement = {{convert|500|LT|t|0}} standard, {{convert|580|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} full load
| Ship length = {{convert|57|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| Ship beam = {{convert|9.4|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}
| Ship draught = {{convert|2.4|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}
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| Ship propulsion = 2 shaft M504 diesels, {{convert|20000|shp|kW|0|lk=in|abbr=on}}
| Ship speed = 28–34 [[knot (unit)|knots]] (51.9 km/h/32.2 mph – 63 km/h/39.1 mph)
| Ship range = {{convert|1650|nmi|km mi|0|lk=in}} at {{convert|14|kn|km/h mph|1|lk=in|abbr=on}}
| Ship complement = 40
| Ship sensors = * Radar: Spin Trough, Bass Tilt, Air surface search
*Sonar: Medium frequency hull mounted and Bronza dipping sonar
| Ship EW = *Vympel-R2 Electronic Warfare suite
*Half Hat-B
*PK-16 Decoy Launchers
| Ship 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 × {{convert|406|mm|in|0|abbr=on}} anti submarine torpedo tubes; some ships have 2 × {{convert|533|mm|in|0|abbr=on}} torpedo tubes
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The '''Pauk class''' is the [[NATO reporting name]] for a [[Ship class|class]] of small patrol [[corvette]]s 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 {{sclass2|Tarantul|corvette|4}} 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==

===[[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/ Vessel photo]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://russianships.info/eng/warships/project_12412.htm |title = Small Anti-Submarine Ships - Project 12412}}</ref>

===Export===

====[[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 {{sclass|Abhay|corvette|4}}. A plan to license-produce more units in India was abandoned in favor of the indigenous {{sclass|Kamorta|corvette|4}}. Ships named:
* INS ''Abhay'' (Fearless)
* INS ''Ajay'' (Unconquerable)
* INS ''Akshay'' (Indestructible)
* INS ''Agray'' (Aggressive)

''Abhay'' is the currently the only ship of the class still in service as of 2024 .<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/IN_WNC/status/1570624919255519234 |title=X post}}</ref>

====[[Ukraine]]====
=====[[Ukrainian Navy]]=====
Two ships transferred, U207 ''Uzhhorod'' (now decommissioned) and U208 ''Khmelnytskyi'' (taken over by 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;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://forum.milua.org/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=7075&start=60 |title=Воєнно-історичний форум Military Ukraine • Перегляд теми - Морська охорона ДПСУ |website=forum.milua.org |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160929000804/http://forum.milua.org/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=7075&start=60 |archive-date=29 September 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> their fate is unknown.

==See also==
* [[List of ships of the Soviet Navy]]
* [[List of ships of Russia by project number]]

== Gallery ==
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File:Bulgarian Navy corvette Bodri.jpg
File:Reshitelni2006.jpg
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==References==
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* {{cite book |editor-last= Gardiner|editor-first= Robert |title= Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995|year= 1995|publisher= Conway Maritime|location= London|isbn= 0-85177-605-1|oclc= 34284130}} Also published as {{cite book |last= Gardiner|first= Robert|author2=Chumbley, Stephen |author3=Budzbon, Przemysław|title= Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995|year= 1995|publisher= [[United States Naval Institute|Naval Institute Press]]|location= [[Annapolis]], [[Maryland|MD]]|isbn= 1-55750-132-7|oclc= 34267261}}
* {{cite web |url=http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/row/rus/1241_2.htm|title=P Project 1241.2 Molniya-2 Pauk class|access-date=2008-01-27 |date=2000-09-07|publisher=[[Federation of American Scientists]]}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|MPK-140 class small ASW ship}}
* {{in lang|en}} [http://russianships.info/eng/warships/project_12412.htm All Pauk Class Corvettes - Complete Ship List]

{{Soviet and Russian ships after 1945}}
[[Category:Pauk-class corvettes| ]]
[[Category:Corvette classes]]
[[Category:Corvettes of the Soviet Navy]]
[[Category:Corvettes of the Russian Navy]]
[[Category:Corvettes of the Indian Navy]]
[[Category:Corvettes of the Bulgarian Navy]]
[[Category:Corvettes of the Cuban Navy]]
[[Category:Corvettes of the Vietnam People's Navy]]