Russian corvette Iney
{{short description|Nanuchka-class corvette of the Soviet Navy}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}
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{{Infobox ship image | Ship image = File:Iney assisted by RB-262 in Avacha Bay Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy 27 August 2010.jpg | Ship image size = | Ship caption = Iney in 2010 }} {{Infobox ship career | Ship country = Russia | Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|Soviet Union|naval}} {{shipboxflag|Russia|navy}} | Ship name = *Livien'
| Ship builder = Vostochnaya Verf, Vladivostok | Ship laid down = 6 July 1983 | Ship launched = 5 October 1986 | Ship sponsor = | Ship commissioned = 25 December 1987 | Ship yard number = 1005 | Ship namesake = Livien' | Ship renamed = *Iney
}} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = yes | Ship namesake = Iney | Ship decommissioned = | Ship reclassified = | Ship struck = | Ship homeport = | Ship identification =See Pennant numbers | Ship honors = | Ship fate = | Ship status = Status unclear; still active as of early 2022 | Ship badge = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Ship class = {{sclass2|Nanuchka III|corvette}} |Ship displacement = * {{convert|560|LT|t|0}} standard
| Ship length = {{convert|59.3|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship beam = {{convert|12.6|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship draught = | Ship draft = {{convert|2.7|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship propulsion = *Diesel engines, {{convert|30000|hp|kW|0|lk=in|abbr=on}}
| Ship speed = {{convert|32|kn|km/h}} | Ship range = *{{convert|2500|nmi|km|0|lk=in}} at {{convert|12|kn}}
| Ship complement = 60 | Ship sensors = *Radar:
| Ship armament = *2 × triple P-120 (SS-N-9 'Siren')
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Iney is a {{sclass2|Nanuchka|corvette}} in the Soviet Navy and later the Russian Navy.
Specifications
{{Main|Nanuchka-class corvette}}
Small missile ships of the Project 1234 according to NATO classification Nanuchka-class corvette is a series of Soviet small missile ships (MRK) of the 3rd rank built at shipyards of the USSR from 1967 to 1992.{{Cite book|last1=Kostrichenko|first1=V. V.|title=Пистолет у виска империализма|last2=Kuzmichev|first2=V. E.|pages=2}}
The type consists of three series of subprojects:
- Project 1234, NATO code Nanuchka I
- Project 1234E, NATO code Nanuchka II
- Project 1234.1, NATO code Nanuchka III
- Project 1234.7, NATO code Nanuchka IV
By the name of the project code, the ships received the nickname gadflies in the navy. IRAs of Project 1234 were supplied to the Navy of four countries of the world: the USSR, Algeria, Libya and India. Libyan ones were destroyed during the NATO military operation in the summer of 2011; Indian ships of this project were withdrawn from the Indian Navy in 1999–2004.
The ships of the project were actively operated in all four fleets of the Soviet Navy and during the 1970-1980s carried out combat services in the World Ocean. They left a noticeable mark on the history of Soviet shipbuilding and are currently being gradually withdrawn from the combat strength of the Russian fleet. So, if at the beginning of 2001 in the Russian Navy there were 2 ships of project 1234 and 18 ships of Project 1234.1,{{Cite book|last=Yu.V.|first=Apalkov|title=Корабли ВМФ СССР. Справочник|publisher=Галея Принт|year=2004|isbn=5-8172-0087-2|pages=11}} then by 2006 all ships of project 1234 were withdrawn from the Navy and only 12 ships of the project remained in Project 1234.1 and 1 ship of Project 1234.7.{{Cite web|title=Атрина|url=http://www.atrinaflot.narod.ru/3_cutters/01_mrk_1234/1_12341.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081005212732/http://www.atrinaflot.narod.ru/3_cutters/01_mrk_1234/1_12341.htm|archive-date=2008-10-05|url-status=live|access-date=2021-09-20|website=www.webcitation.org}}{{Cite web|date=2012-03-13|title=Сайт «АТРИНА» • Малый ракетный корабль пр.12347; Nanuchka-IV class|url=http://www.atrinaflot.narod.ru/3_cutters/01_mrk_1234/1_12347.htm|access-date=2021-09-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313140521/http://www.atrinaflot.narod.ru/3_cutters/01_mrk_1234/1_12347.htm|archive-date=13 March 2012}}
Construction and career
Iney was laid down on 6 July 1983 at Vostochnaya Verf, Vladivostok. Launched on 5 October 1986 and commissioned into the Pacific Fleet on 25 December 1987.{{Cite web|title=Small Missile Ships - Project 1234|url=http://russianships.info/eng/warships/project_1234.htm|access-date=2021-09-20|website=russianships.info}} On 14 April 1987, she was renamed from his originally planned name of Livien' to Iney.
The status of the vessel was unclear as of early 2022. She was reported as scheduled to decommission in 2021,{{Cite web|url=http://russianships.info/eng/warships/project_1234.htm|title=Small Missile Ships - Project 1234}} but was still active off Japan as of early 2022.{{Cite web|url=https://seawaves.com/?p=19200|title = JMSDF Lists Russian Warships in Nearby Waters – SeaWaves Magazine}}