''Rassvyet'' is a in the
Soviet Navy and later the
Russian Navy.
Specifications
Small missile ships of the Project 1234, according to
NATO
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classification, a Nanuchka-class corvette, are a series of Soviet small missile ships (MRK) of the 3rd rank built at shipyards of the USSR from 1967 to 1992.
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
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,
Algeria
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Libya
Libya (; ar, ليبيا, Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya ( ar, دولة ليبيا, Dawlat Lībiyā), is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Suda ...
and
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
. Libyan ones were destroyed during the NATO military operation in the summer of 2011; Indian ships of this project were withdrawn from the Indian Navy in 1999–2004.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
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. They left a noticeable mark on the history of Soviet shipbuilding and are currently being gradually withdrawn from the combat strength of the Russian fleet.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Navy there were 2 ships of project 1234 and 18 ships of Project 1234.1, then by 2006 all ships of project 1234 were withdrawn from the Navy and only 12 ships of the project remained in Project 1234.1 and 1 ship of Project 1234.7.
Construction and career
''Rassvyet'' was
laid down
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Keel laying is one o ...
on 20 September 1986 at
Almaz Shipyard,
Leningrad
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
.
Launched on 22 August 1988 and
commissioned into the
Pacific Fleet on 28 December 1988.
Pennant numbers
Citations
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Ships built by Almaz Shipbuilding Company
1988 ships
Nanuchka-class corvettes