Pauk-class corvette
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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 Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". 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
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 Vessel photo[1]
Export
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 Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".. A plan to license-produce more units in India was abandoned in favor of the indigenous Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".. 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 .[2]
Ukraine
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;[3] their fate is unknown.
See also
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- Pauk-class corvettes
- Corvette classes
- Corvettes of the Soviet Navy
- Corvettes of the Russian Navy
- Corvettes of the Indian Navy
- Corvettes of the Bulgarian Navy
- Corvettes of the Cuban Navy
- Corvettes of the Vietnam People's Navy