Nanuchka class corvette

Project 1234 Ovod (NATO code Nanuchka-I) class corvette
Class overview
Operators:	Soviet Navy  Russian Navy  Algerian National Navy  Indian Navy  Libyan Navy Libyan People's Army
General characteristics
Type:	Missile corvette
Displacement:	560 long tons (569 t) standard, 660 long tons (671 t) full load
Length:	59.3 m (194.6 ft)
Beam:	12.6 m (41.3 ft)
Draught:	2.4 m (7.9 ft)
Draft:	2.7 m
Propulsion:	3 shaft Diesels, 30,000 hp (22,371 kW)
Speed:	32 knots (59 km/h)
Range:	2,500 nautical miles (4,630 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h); 900 nmi (1,667 km) at 30 kn (56 km/h)
Complement:	60
Sensors and processing systems:	Radar: Band Stand fire control Bass Tilt Peel Pair surface search Pop group
Armament:	6 SS-N-9 SSM (2x3) or 4 x SS-N-2 (export ships) 1 SA-N-4 SAM (1x2) - 20 missiles Twin 57mm AK-257 gun (I) or 1 x 76mm AK-176 gun (III) 1 x 30mm AK-630 gun (III)

The Nanuchka class was the NATO reporting name for a series of corvettes or small missile ships built for the Soviet Navy and export customers between 1969 and 1981. The Soviet designation was Project 1234 Ovod (Gadfly) Small Missile Ship.

These ships were designed around the P-120 Malakhit ("Siren") anti ship missile. Export versions used the P-15 Termit ("Styx") missile. Unlike smaller missile boats, both carry SA-N-4 ("Gecko") 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. The latter also has a rotary 30mm AK-630 point-defence gun to bolster its protection against missile attack.

Reportedly the Mirazh, a Nanuchka III corvette, sank a Georgian vessel during an attempted attack on Russian ships off Abkhazia on 10 August 2008.

Fleets: Baltic Fleet, Northern Fleet, Black Sea Fleet, Pacific Fleet

Export Nanuchka II class corvette moored in Leningrad (i.e., Saint Petersburg). Photo was taken in July 1983

Libyan Nanuchka II burns after being hit 25 March 1986

A port beam view of a Soviet Nanuchka I .