Pauk-class corvette

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.

Bulgarian Navy Pauk-class corvette Bodri
Class overview
Name	Pauk class
Builders	Vostochnaya Verf
Operators	Soviet Navy Russian Navy  Russian Coast Guard Indian Navy Bulgarian Navy Cuban Revolutionary Navy Ukrainian Sea Guard
Preceded by	Poti class
General characteristics
Type	Anti-submarine corvette
Displacement	500 long tons (508 t) standard, 580 long tons (589 t) full load
Length	57 m (187 ft)
Beam	9.4 m (30 ft 10 in)
Draught	2.4 m (7 ft 10 in)
Propulsion	2 shaft M504 diesels, 20,000 shp (14,914 kW)
Speed	28–34 knots (51.9 km/h/32.2 mph – 63 km/h/39.1 mph)
Range	1,650 nautical miles (3,056 km; 1,899 mi) at 14 kn (25.9 km/h; 16.1 mph)
Complement	40
Sensors and 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

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/

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 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 .

Ukraine

Ukrainian Navy

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; 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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References

• 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