Nanuchka-class corvette
The Nanuchka class, Soviet designation Project 1234 Ovod, are series of corvettes built for the Soviet Navy and export customers between 1969 and 1991.
Variants
These ships were designed around the P-120 Malakhit anti ship missile. Export versions used the P-15 Termit missile. In 2019 the missiles on Smerch were replaced with sixteen Uran/SS-N-25 'Switchblade'. Unlike smaller missile boats, both carry SA-N-4 SAMs for self-defence. The original Nanuchka I carried a twin 57mm AK-257 main gun, replaced by a 76mm AK-176 in the Nanuchka III and an updated AK-176MA was added to Smerch during the refit. The Nanuchka III also has a rotary 30mm AK-630 point-defence gun to bolster its protection against missile attack. Currently Project 12341 ships are receiving BAGIRA Fire Control System turning them into multirole vessels.Operational history
Reportedly the Mirazh, a Nanuchka III corvette, sank a Georgian vessel during an attempted attack on Russian ships off Abkhazia on 10 August 2008.Operators
- Nanuchka I - 17 boats - retired in the 1990s, except Musson which was sunk in error by an SSM during an exercise in 1987.
- Nanuchka III - 18 boats - 12 in service with the Russian Navy.
- Nanuchka IV - 1 boat Nakat - retired in 2012. Trial vessel for P-800 Oniks ASHM.
- 12 boats Nanuchka III in total
- Nanuchka II - 3 ships delivered in 1980-81, still in service.
- Nanuchka II - 3 ships known as the Durg class, last ship decommissioned in 2004.
- Nanuchka II - 4 ships delivered in 1982-85. 3 ships were lost during various incidents. 1 ship Tariq Ibn Ziyad still in service
- Nanuchka II - 1 ship Tariq Ibn Ziyad was captured in 2011 from the Libyan Navy. The ship was returned back to Libyan Navy after civil war.
Ships
Project 1234 (Nanuchka I)
Project 1234E (Nanuchka II)
| Name | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Status | Notes |
| Vijay Durg | Almaz Shipyard, St. Petersburg | 31 May 1974 | 16 April 1976 | 30 September 1976 | Scrapped in 2002 | Transferred to Indian Navy in 1977. |
| Sindhu Durg | Almaz Shipyard, St. Petersburg | 22 January 1975 | 2 October 1976 | 18 February 1977 | Scrapped in 2004 | Transferred to Indian Navy in 1977. |
| Hos Durg | Almaz Shipyard, St. Petersburg | 23 June 1975 | 14 April 1977 | 20 September 1977 | Scrapped in 1999 | Transferred to Indian Navy in 1978. |
| Ras Hamidou | Vympel Shipyard | 10 March 1978 | 31 December 1979 | 4 July 1980 | Active | Transferred to Algerian Navy in 1980. |
| Salah Reis | Vympel Shipyard | 17 August 1978 | 31 July 1980 | 9 February 1981 | Active | Transferred to Algerian Navy in 1981. |
| Reis Ali | Vympel Shipyard | 4 April 1980 | 13 August 1981 | 30 November 1981 | Active | Transferred to Algerian Navy in 1981. |
| Tariq Ibn Ziyad | Vympel Shipyard | 21 April 1979 | 10 January 1981 | 26 May 1981 | Active | Transferred to Libyan Navy in 1982. |
| Ain Al Gazala | Vympel Shipyard | 20 February 1981 | 26 March 1982 | 31 May 1982 | Damaged 25 March 1986, decommissioned | Transferred to Libyan Navy in 1983. |
| Ain Zaara | Vympel Shipyard | 27 May 1981 | 21 July 1982 | 31 May 1983 | Destroyed 20 May 2011 | Transferred to Libyan Navy in 1984. |
| Ain Zaquit | Vympel Shipyard | 25 March 1983 | 31 March 1984 | 10 September 1984 | Sunk on 25 March 1986 | Transferred to Libyan Navy in 1985. |
Project 12341 (Nanuchka III)
Project 12347 (Nanuchka IV)
| Name | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Status | Notes |
| Nakat | Almaz Shipyard, St. Petersburg | 4 November 1982 | 16 April 1987 | 30 September 1987 | Decommissioned in 2012 |