Parchim Class / Project 1331M LOA 236′ TDISP 950 tons (28 built, about 14 still active, mostly in Indonesia) Built in the Former German Democratic Republic (East Germany) for the Soviet Navy. Many were sold to the Indonesian Navy in 1992 and serve as the “Kapitan Patimura” class, and have been upgraded.
Formerly Parchim, now KRI Sutedi Senoputra (378), Indian Navy / GODL-India
Grisha Class / Project 1124 Albatros, several subclasses LOA 235′ TDISP 1,000 tons
Profile US Navy, public domain, from All Hands Magazine Oct. 1987 edition p49.
Grisha V class corvette in Sevastopol 1990. Credit: George Chernilevsky [Public domain]Grisha II class / Project 1124P, originally designed for Soviet KGB border forces. Distinguishable by the additional 57mm turret in the bows.
Grisha III class / Project 1124M
This could also be a Grisha V class as well.Soviet Grisha Class 1983 NARA: 330-CFD-DN-SN-83-06761
Grisha V class / Project 1124 ME / MU
Ternopil U-209 Ukrainian Navy (2006-2014, seized by Russia at Sevastopol)
Nanuchka Class / Project 1234 Ovod, Nanuchka III variant LOA 195′ TDISP 660 tons (15 active, 5 lost, 27 retired)
Nanuchka I class corvette in the Mediterranean, 1986. The later Nanuchka III types had a single AK-176 turret at the stern. NARA: 330-CFD-DN-ST-86-11087
Tarantul Class / Project 1241 LOA 184′ TDISP 540 tons (ca. 25 in service many retired, many sold to export)
Outline of a Polish Tarantul class missiBiuro Prasowe Marynarki Wojennej, CC BY-SA 2.5 , via Wikimedia CommonsTarantul III class escorting US warships USS Reuben James FFG-57 and USS Princeton CG-59 after a goodwill visit, to Vladivostok, 1990 NARA: 330-CFD-DN-ST-91-00740 PH1 SaloisHiddensee, a Tarantul I class, has an interesting history, having been built in the Soviet Union and transferred and commissioned in the East German Navy in 1985 as Rudolf Egelhofer. After German unification, she was renamed Hiddensee. She ended her career in United States Naval service for evaluation purposes as USNS Hiddensee, and in 1997 and is now a museum ship at Battleship Cove, Fall River MA.
Note also FSB Rubin class patrol boat in light livery at top of this capture.
ORP Metalowiec, ca. 2008. Credit: Konflikty.pl, Attribution, via Wikimedia Commons
Matka Class / Project 206MR Missile Boat LOA 127′ TDISP 250 tons. Hydrofoil missile boat based on technology of Turya class torpedo boats, but with two conspicuous SS-N-2 missile tubes near the stern. (12, 1 active with Ukrainian Navy, 1 lost in combat – Georgian Navy – 1 preserved)
Pryluky U-153 (originally Russian Navy P-262) (1980) transferred to Ukrainian Navy on the partition of the Black Sea fleet.
Pryluky U-153, Matka class missile boat at Odessa. Credit: Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
P-50 (706) (1978-2014) Museum boat in Engels, Russia, since 2015
Osa Class / Project 205 MoskitMissile boat (several variants) 127′ TDISP ca. 200 tons (1960 – present) still in service with former USSR navies and in North Korea. Original Osa class have large bin shaped missile tubes for their complement of STYX anti-ship missiles, while Osa II class (such as those in service with Vietnamese Navy) have more cylindrical designs.
Soviet Osa II class underway, 1982 NARA: 330-CFD-DN-ST-82-05659OSA I class missile boat, 1983 NARA: 330-CFD-DN-ST-84-01647 PH2 Beech
OSA II class missile boat, 1984 NARA: 330-CFD-DN-SN-84-10424
Osa 1 class launching a STYX anti-ship missile. Credit: Bergenbier, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Dergach/Bora Class / Project 1239 Hoverborne Missile Corvette (1997 – present) LOA 215′ TDISP 1,050 tons (2 active with Black Sea Fleet) large catamaran design.
Plan of the Dergach / Bora class corvette Bora 615 Credit: Alexpl, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
Komar Class / Project 183R LOA 83′ TDISP 66 tons first missile boat in World.
A Soviet-built Komar fast attack missile boat underway in the Mediterranean, ca. 1986. NARA: 330-CFD-DN-ST-86-11191
Torpedo Boats
Turya Class/ Project 206M Hydrofoil Torpedo Boat. LOA 130′ TDISP 250 tons. About 50 built, Possibly 3 still in service with the Caspian Sea Flotilla, a pair may be in Latvian Navy service, about 10 produced in a simplified export version, the Project 206 ME. Five of these still in service with Vietnamese Navy. Distinctive features are the hydroplanes on either side of the bridge, the angled torpedo tubes, and the (large for the size) twin 57mm gun turret near the stern.
A Cuban Navy Turya Class Hydrofoil Torpedo Boat, flying on its hydroplanes, 1984. NARA: 330-CFD-DN-SN-84-10426Note the comparison of the Turya class hydrofoil torpedo boats and the similarly sized Osa II class missile boat at bottom.Although the resolution is typically bad, this more oblique view shows the hydroplanes projecting from outwards from the side level with the bridge. The large 57mm twin gun just aft of the awning is also a distinctive feature.
Soviet Turya class boat, 1985 NARA: 330-CFD-DN-SN-86-00961
Shershen class / Project 206 Shtorm Torpedo boats LOA 112′ TDISP 170 tons
Shershen class of the East German Navy. Credit: Ebs08, CC BY 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
P-4 / Project 123bis LOA 63′ TDISP 21 tons (late 1940s until late 1970s, served longer as exports)
P-4 / Project 123 monument, Kaliningrad. ca. 2007. Credit: One half 3544, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
River Monitors
Zhelezniakov SB-37 class Monitor (1936-1958) museum ship since 1967) LOA 168′ TDISP 260 tons only wartime survivor of 6 ships.
Zhelezniakov Monitor, ca. 2014, Rybalski Island Sailor’s Monument, Kiev. Credit: Matvey Andreyev, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Project 1124 small monitor /gunboat LOA 83′ TDISP 50 tons.
Project 1125 BK class small monitor/gunboat LOA 74′ TDISP 336 tons. Distinctive feature from larger project 1124 monitors is the single large turret in the bow (no second turret at stern) which is can be either a 76mm or 85mm turret from a T-34 tank.
BK-1 class armoured boat, on display at Kiev, ca. 2011. The bow turret is clearly the T-34/85 variety. Credit: DAVID HOLT, CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
Submarine Chasers and Minesweepers (this may be broken out to its own page)
T-43 Class / Project 254 Minesweeper LOA 190′ TDISP 570 tons (Many exported – 2 ships to Albania) AND Kronshtadt Class / Project 122bis submarine chaser LOA 171′ TDISP ca. 300 tons many exported (4 to Albania)
Albanian Navy M-111, a T-43 class Minesweeper. Gerd 72 Public domain
This remarkable view of Pashaliman, ca 2008, shows both the T-43 Minesweeper (before it sank at its dock), at left, and the Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser at right. [Detail of] Albinfo / CC BY-SA
Albanian Navy Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser, at Pasha Liman, ca. 2007. Possibly same vessel in capture. Credit: Gerd 72 / CC BY
Fugas class/Tral type Minesweeper (Project 53) LOA 202′ TDISP 650. (up to 44 built, many lost in Second World War) Two Soviet Fugas class Tral-type minesweepers, active since 1938, were transferred to North Korea in 1953. One unit may still be active even today.
T-Class patrol combatant, ca. 1993. The unit was built in 1938 for the Russian Navy and transferred to North Korea during the mid-1950s. It appears to have some type of tank turret in the bow position, which could be a T-55 turret or a Chinese 100mm gun. Incredibly, this unit may still be active. NARA: USN 330-CFD-DN-SC-94-01225Although labelled Sariwon, further analysis suggests this is one of the original T-class Soviet minesweepers.
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