Poti-class corvette


The Poti class was the NATO reporting name for a group of anti-submarine warfare corvettes built for the Soviet Navy. The Soviet designation was Project 204 small anti-submarine ships. These ships were the first Soviet warships powered by gas turbine engines; two propellers were mounted in tunnels to give a very shallow draught. A twin gun mounting provided self-defence.

Ships

A total of 66 ships were built between 1960 and 1968. In the Soviet Union the Poti-class corvettes were decommissioned by the late 1980s; some Bulgarian ships served into the 21st century.
Builders were:
Hull numberNameSoviet nameLaunchedTransferredFate
44
'		Khrabri - Храбрый MPK-?1960s1968Decommissioned in 2005, sold for scrapping
45
'		Strogi - Строгий MPK-?1960s1975Decommissioned in 1994, sold for scrapping in Turkey 1997.
46
Bezstrashni - Бесстрашный MPK-?1960s1975Gas turbines removed in 1994. Decommissioned in 2005, sold for scrapping
41Letjashhi - Летящий MPK-?1960s1982Decommissioned in 2005, sold for scrapping
42Bditelni - Бдительный MPK-?1960s1982Decommissioned in 2005, sold for scrapping
43Naporisti - Напористый MPK-14819621983Decommissioned in 1994, sank during towing to Turkey in 1997

Note: The former Soviet numbers of most of the individual ships are not known, but it is known that MPK-59, MPK-77 and MPK-109 were among the ships given to Bulgaria.
Hull numberNameSoviet nameLaunchedTransferredFate
31noneMPK-?19671970Decommissioned after 1992
32noneMPK-?19671970Decommissioned after 1992
33noneMPK-?19671970Decommissioned after 1992

Note: The former Soviet numbers of the individual ships are not known, but it is known that MPK-106 and MPK-125 were among the ships given to Romania. The Romanian ships carried the older RBU-2500 ASW rocket launchers and two torpedo tubes versus the newer RBU-6000 and four torpedoes on the Bulgarian ships.