Pauk-class corvette

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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 Russian Coast Guard
{{navy|India}}
{{navy|Bulgaria}}
{{navy|Cuba}}
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 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 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 {{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]{{Cite web|url=http://russianships.info/eng/warships/project_12412.htm |title = Small Anti-Submarine Ships - Project 12412}}

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==[[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 .{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/IN_WNC/status/1570624919255519234 |title=X post}}

==[[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;{{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}} their fate is unknown.

Gallery

File:Bulgarian Navy corvette Bodri.jpg

File:Reshitelni2006.jpg

References

{{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= Naval Institute Press|location= Annapolis, 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}}