Nanuchka class Project 1234.1was a series of corvettes or small missile ships built for the Soviet Navy and export customers between 1969 and 1981. The Soviet designation was Project 1234 Ovod (Gadfly) Small Missile Ship. These ships were designed around the P-120 Malakhit anti ship missile. Export versions used the P-15 Termit Styx missile. Reportedly, it was the Mirazh, a Project 1234 corvette, that sank a Georgian vessel during an attempted attack on Russian ships near Abkhazia's coast on August 10, 2008
Displacement: 560 long tons (569 t) standard, 660 long tons (671 t) full load
Length: 59.3 metres (194.6 ft)
Beam: 12.6 m (41.3 ft)
Draught: 2.4 m (7.9 ft)
Propulsion: 3 shaft Diesels, 30,000 horsepower (22,371 kW)
Speed: 32 knots (59 km/h)
Monday, January 5, 2009
Nanuchka III russian navy corvettes pics
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
0 comments:
Post a Comment