Tarantul-class corvette

ORP Metalowiec, a Polish Navy Tarantul-I missile corvette in Gdynia
Class overview
NameTarantul class
BuildersVympel Shipyard
Operators
Subclasses
Completed~80 (including Pauk class)
Lost1
Preserved2 or 3
General characteristics
TypeMissile corvette
Displacement480 long tons (488 t) standard, 540 long tons (549 t) full load
Length56.0 m (183 ft 9 in)
Beam10.5 m (34 ft 5 in)
Draught2.5 m (8 ft 2 in)
Propulsion2 shaft COGAG turbines at 11,000 hp (8,200 kW) each, plus 2 cruising engines at 4,000 hp (3,000 kW) each (there were diesel and turbine versions of the cruising engines),
Speed42 knots (78 km/h; 48 mph)
Range2,400 nmi (4,400 km; 2,800 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph), operational autonomy for 10 days
Complement50
Sensors and
processing systems
Radar: Spin trough, Bass Tilt, Peel pair, Pop group
Armament

The Tarantul-class corvette, Soviet designation Project 1241 Molniya (Russian: Молния, lit.'Lightning') are a class of Russian missile corvettes (large missile cutters in Soviet classification).

They have the NATO reporting name Tarantul (not to be confused with the Stenka-class patrol boat, whose official Soviet name is also Project 205P Tarantul). These ships were designed to replace the Project 205M Tsunami missile cutter (NATO: Osa-class missile boat).