| The Grisha class antisubmarine ship is designed to to find and destroy
high-speed enemy submarines and warships escort convoys in the near sea zone.
The first series of Grishas was built from 1968-74, but successive improvements
to the design led to four discrete versions, three for the navy and one sub-class
for the KGB coastal patrols. Classified by the Russians as small anti-submarine
ships, the Grishas pack a heavy anti-submarine armament into a relatively small
hull. Combined with a respectable anti-aircraft armament, this makes the Grishas
much more effective than the profusion of older escort vessels that were retired
in the late 1980s. Large ASW corvette MPK-43 laid down 01 August 1972 at
the Shipyard named after A.M. Gorky, Zelenodolsk (yard No.712), launched 02 June
1973, commissioned 28 December 1974. 05 April 1983 renamed to Odesskiy
komsomolets, from 15.02.1992 - MPK-43. MPK-43 was excluded from the lists
of the Black Sea Fleet on 01 August 1997 and transferred to Ukraine. Renamed
to Kherson (hull number U210). 11 June 1999 decomissioned and scrapped in 2000. | Specifications |
| Displacement (tons): | | Standard: | 835 |
| Full load: | 990 |
| Dimensions (m): | | Length: | 71,07 |
| Beam: | 10,15 |
| Draft: | 3,54 | | Speed
(knots): | 32 | | Range: | 4000
nmi (10 knots), 2700 nmi (14 knots), 950 nmi (27 knots) | | Autonomy
(days): | 7 | | Propulsion: | 1x18000
hp M-8 gas turbine, 2x10000 hp M-507A diesels, 3 fixed pitch propellers, 1x500
kW ASDG-500 diesel generator, 1x300 kW DGN-300 diesel generator, 1x200 kW DG-200
diesel generator | | Armament: | 1x2
ZIF-122 4K33 Osa-M SAM system launcher (20 9M33 missiles) - 4R-33 fire control
system
1x2 57 mm AK-725 (1100 rounds) - MR-103 Bars fire control system
1x6
30 mm AK-630 (2000 rounds)
2x2 533 mm DTA-53-1124 torpedo tubes (4 TEST-71,
TEST-71M, SET-65, SET-53, SET-53M, 53-65K torpedoes) - Drakon fire control system
2x12 RBU-6000 Smerch-2 (96 RGB-60) - Burya fire control system
12 BB-1 or
BPS depth charges
18 mines | | Electronics: |
MR-302 Rubka air/surface search radar, Bizan-4B reconnaissance radar , Donnavigation
radar , Nickel IFF, ARP-50R radio direction finder, MG-322T Amgun sonar, MG-339T
Shelonsonar, MG-26 Khosta underwater communication system, KMG-12 Kassandrasonar,
MGS-407K sonar, MI-110K and MI-110R anti-submarine search station |
| Complement: | 83 (9 officers) |
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