Mirka-class frigate

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Mirka I class, project 35 frigate
Class overview
Name	Mirka class (project 35 /35M)
Operators	Soviet Navy
Preceded by	Petya class
Succeeded by	Koni class
Built	1964-1966
Completed	18
Retired	18
General characteristics
Type	Frigate
Displacement	950 tons (standard) 1,150 tons (full load)
Length	81.8 m (268 ft 4 in)
Beam	9.2 m (30 ft 2 in)
Draught	2.9 m (9 ft 6 in)
Propulsion	2 shaft CODAG 2 gas turbines - 30,000 hp (22,000 kW) 2 diesels - 12,000 hp (8,900 kW)
Speed	34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph)
Range	4,800 nautical miles (8,900 km; 5,500 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) 500 nautical miles (930 km; 580 mi) at 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement	98
Sensors and processing systems	Radar Don-2 Slim Net Hawk Screech Sonar - Herkules hull mounted & dipping sonar
Armament	4 76 mm (3 in) guns (2x2) 4 RBU-6000 anti-submarine rocket launchers (2 in some ships) 5 406 mm (16 in) anti-submarine torpedo tubes

The Mirka class was the NATO reporting name for a class of light frigates built for the Soviet Navy in the mid to late 1960s. The Soviet designation was Storozhevoi Korabl (escort ship) Project 35 (Mirka I) and Project 35-M (Mirka II).