The Petya class was the NATO reporting name for a class of light
frigates designed in the 1950s and built for the Soviet Navy in the 1960s. They
were the first gas turbine-powered ships in the Soviet navy. The role of these
ships was anti-submarine warfare in shallow waters. The specification was issued
in 1955 and design approved in 1956. A total of 56 ships were built in four shipyards.
Displacement was 910 tons under standard load and 1050 tons under full load. The
ship's profile saw the mass of the superstructure contained forward of midships
with low-profile funnels aft of this. A main mast was set along the aft section
of the superstructure. Power was from a CODAG (COmbined Diesel And Gas) arrangement
which paired 2 Gas turbines of 30000 horsepower with 1 Diesel unit of 6000 horsepower
- providing speeds reaching 33 knots and ranges out to 2000 nautical miles. A
three shaft machinery layout was chosen with the central shaft powered by diesel
engines for economical cruising and the two wing shafts powered by gas turbines
for speed. Gun armament was two twin 76 mm gun turrets which were controlled by
a single radar director. Anti-submarine armament consisted of four RBU-2500 anti-submarine
rocket launchers and a launcher for 400 mm anti-submarine torpedoes. Frigate
PLK-30 laid down 15 June 1960 at the Shipyard No.820, Kaliningrad (yard No.163),
launched 24 June 1961, commissioned 31 December 1962 and was assigned to the Baltic
Fleet. From 19 May 1966 - SKR-30. 23 December 1968 the ship transferred
from Baltic Fleet to the Black Sea Fleet. From 30 May 1978 - reclassified to trials
ship with rename to OS-333. Frigate SKR-30 was excluded from the lists of
the Black Sea Fleet on 28 September 1990 and transferred to the Gossnab. Specifications |
Displacement (tons): | Standard: | 910 |
Full load: | 1050 |
Dimensions (m): | Length: | 81,8 |
Beam: | 9,2 |
Draft: | 2,77 | Speed
(knots): | 33 | Range: | 2000
nmi (14 knots), 1500 nmi (16,5 knots), 800 nmi (18 knots) | Autonomy
(days): | 10 | Propulsion: |
2x15000 hp M-2 gas turbines, 1x6000 hp 47B-16 diesel, 2 fixed pitch propellers,
1 variable pitch propeller, 1x400 kW diesel-generator , 1x200 kW diesel-generator,
1x100 kW diesel-generator | Armament: | 2x2
76 mm AK-726 - Fut-B fire control system 1x5 400 mm PTA-40-159 torpedo tube
(5 SET-40 torpedoes) 4x16 RBU-2500 Smerch (RGB-25) 22 mines |
Electronics: | Fut-N radar,
Bizan-4B reconnaissance radar, Don navigation radar, MG-312 Titan sonar, Vychegda
MG-311 sonar | Complement: | 98
(8 officers) |
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