The Pauk class is the

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for a

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of small patrol

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s built for the Soviet Navy and export customers between 1977 and 1989. The Russian designation is Project 1241.2 Molniya-2. These ships are designed for coastal patrol and inshore anti-submarine warfare. The design is the patrol version of the which is designated ''Project 1241.1'', but is slightly longer and has diesel engines. The ships are fitted with a dipping sonar which is also used in Soviet helicopters.

Ships

Soviet Navy / Russian Navy

29 ships were built for the Soviets, of which one (''Sokol'') remain in service with the

Russian Coast Guard The Coast Guard of the Border Service of the FSB (russian: Береговая охрана Пограничной службы ФСБ России, Beregovaya okhrana Pogranichnoy sluzhby FSB Rossii), previously known as the Maritime Units of the ...

as of 2022. Kuban was scrapped in Crimea in March 2021 https://fleetphoto.ru/vessel/43073/

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Bulgarian Navy The Bulgarian Navy ( bg, Военноморски сили на Република България, Voennomorski sili na Republika Balgariya, lit=Naval Forces of the Republic of Bulgaria) is the navy of the Republic of Bulgaria and forms part of ...

Two ships transferred in 1989/90 - ''Bodri'' (Brisk) and ''Reshitelni'' (Decisive)

Cuban Navy The Cuban Revolutionary Navy ( es, Marina de Guerra Revolucionaria) is the navy of Cuba. History The Constitutional Navy of Cuba was the navy of Cuba that existed prior to 1959. During World War II, it sank the German submarine ''U-176'' on 15 ...

One ship in service.

Indian Navy The Indian Navy is the maritime branch of the Indian Armed Forces. The President of India is the Supreme Commander of the Indian Navy. The Chief of Naval Staff, a four-star admiral, commands the navy. As a blue-water navy, it operates sig ...

Four ships transferred in the late 1980s and are known as the . A plan to license-produce more units in India was abandoned in favor of the indigenous . Ships named: *INS ''Abhay'' (Fearless) *INS ''Ajay'' (Unconquerable) *INS ''Akshay'' (Indestructible) *INS ''Agray'' (Aggressive) ''Abhay'' is the last ship of the class in service as of 2022.

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

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Ukrainian Navy The Military Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine ( uk, Військо́во-морські́ си́ли Збро́йних сил Украї́ни, ВМС ЗСУ) is the maritime forces of Ukraine and one of the five branches of the Arme ...

= Two ships transferred, U207 ''Uzhhorod'' (now decommissioned) and U208 ''Khmelnytskyi'' (taken over Russia).

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Ukrainian Sea Guard The Ukrainian Sea Guard ( uk, Морська охорона, Morska okhorona; full name uk, Морська охорона Державної прикордонної служби України, , Sea Guard of the State Border Guard Service of ...

= Three ships are in service with the Ukrainian Sea Guard. * BG-50 Hryhoriy Kuropyatnykov - in active service * BG-51 Poltava * BG-52 Hryhoriy Hnatenko Both Poltava and Hryhoriy Hnatenko were ready to be decommissioned and were left in Balaklava after the Russian annexation of Crimea; their fate is unknown

Gallery

File:Bulgarian Navy corvette Bodri.jpg File:Reshitelni2006.jpg

References

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External links

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All Pauk Class Corvettes - Complete Ship List
{{Soviet and Russian ships after 1945 Corvette classes Corvettes of the Soviet Navy Corvettes of the Russian Navy Corvettes of the Indian Navy Corvettes of the Bulgarian Navy Corvettes of the Cuban Navy Corvettes of the Vietnam People's Navy