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
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
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]
Ukraine
Two ships transferred, U207 Uzhhorod (now decommissioned) and U208 Khmelnytskyi (taken over 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
Gallery
References
- ^ "Small Anti-Submarine Ships - Project 12412".
- ^ "INS Ajay Decommissioned".
- ^ "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.
- Gardiner, Robert, ed. (1995). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995. London: Conway Maritime. ISBN 0-85177-605-1. OCLC 34284130. Also published as Gardiner, Robert; Chumbley, Stephen; Budzbon, Przemysław (1995). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-132-7. OCLC 34267261.
- "P Project 1241.2 Molniya-2 Pauk class". Federation of American Scientists. 7 September 2000. Retrieved 27 January 2008.
External links
- (in English) All Pauk Class Corvettes - Complete Ship List
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