Pauk-class corvette

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Bulgarian Navy Pauk-class corvette Bodri
Class overview
Name	Pauk class
Builders	Vostochnaya Verf
Operators	Soviet Navy  Russian Navy  Russian Coast Guard  Indian Navy  Bulgarian Navy  Cuban Revolutionary Navy Ukrainian Sea Guard
Preceded by	Poti class
General characteristics
Type	Anti-submarine corvette
Displacement	500 long tons (508 t) standard, 580 long tons (589 t) full load
Length	57 m (187 ft)
Beam	9.4 m (30 ft 10 in)
Draught	2.4 m (7 ft 10 in)
Propulsion	2 shaft M504 diesels, 20,000 shp (14,914 kW)
Speed	28–34 knots (51.9 km/h/32.2 mph – 63 km/h/39.1 mph)
Range	1,650 nautical miles (3,056 km; 1,899 mi) at 14 kn (25.9 km/h; 16.1 mph)
Complement	40
Sensors and processing systems	Radar: Spin Trough, Bass Tilt, Air surface search Sonar: Medium frequency hull mounted and Bronza dipping sonar
Electronic warfare & decoys	Vympel-R2 Electronic Warfare suite Half Hat-B PK-16 Decoy Launchers
Armament	1 SA-N-5 SAM (1x4) 1 × 76mm AK-176 gun 1 × 30mm AK-630 gun 2 × RBU-1200 anti submarine rocket launchers 4 × 406 mm (16 in) anti submarine torpedo tubes; some ships have 2 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes

The Pauk class is the NATO reporting name for a class of small patrol corvettes 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 Tarantul class 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.