Poti Class Corvette

 
MPK (Maly Protivolodochny Korabl)*
Project 204E (later versions)

*Small Anti-Submarine Ship

Manufacturer:

Kamysh-Burun, Khabarovsk, and Zelenodolsk yards

Role:

Anti-Submarine Warfare Ship

Year Adopted:

1961-1967

Operational Status:

Russia: Uncertain at Present

Other Nations: 3 transferred to Bulgaria and 3 transferred to Romania.  We do not know the operational status of these ships at this time.

Armament
     Early Type:
  
  

     Later Type:

 
1x Twin 57mm/70 caliber Anti-Aircraft Gun
2x RBU-2500 ASW Rocket Launchers
2x 406mm (16 inch) torpedo tubes

1x Twin 57mm/80 caliber Anti-Aircraft Gun
2x RBU-6000 ASW Rocket Launchers
4x 406mm (16 inch) torpedo tubes

Sensor Suite:

1x 'Don-2' or 'Spin Trough' navigational radar
1x 'Muff Cob' fire control radar*
1x 'Strut Curve' air search radar
1x 'High Pole-B' IFF system
2x 'Watch Dog' ECM systems
1x Herkules high frequency hull mounted sonar
1x High frequency dipping sonar**

*Some early ships were built without this radar which was retrofitted later.
**Installed in the 1970's and is identical to the dipping sonar on the Ka-25 'Hormone' helicopter.

Engine:

CODAG arrangement, with two M503A diesel engines and 2x gas turbines delivering a maximum of 48,000 hp to two propeller shafts.

Crew:

80 Officers and Sailors

Length:

194 feet, 10 inches
(59.4 meters)

Draught:

6 feet, 7 inches
(2.0 meters)

Beam:

25 feet, 11 inches
(7.9 meters)

Maximum Speed:

38 knots

500 Nautical miles (800 km) at 37 knots
2,600 Nautical Miles (4,160 km) at 16 knots
4,500 Nautical miles (7,200 km) at 10 knots

Aircraft:

None