The Pauk class is the NATO reporting name for a class of small patrol corvettes built for the Soviet Navy and export customers between 1977 and 1989. The Russian designation is Project 1241.2 Molniya-2. These ships are designed for coastal patrol and inshore anti-submarine warfare. The design is the patrol version of the which is designated Project 1241.1, but is slightly longer and has diesel engines. The ships are fitted with a dipping sonar which is also used in Soviet helicopters.

The class saw moderate export success, with four ships sold to India as the , two ships sold to Bulgaria, and one ship to Cuba. A further five ships were transferred to Ukraine after the fall of the USSR. There were plans for India to build more ships locally under license, but this was dropped in favour of the indigenous .

Ships in class by country

Soviet Union / Russia

Name Builder Launched Commissioned Decommissioned Status MPK-140 Yaroslavl Shipyard 5 February 1979 31 December 1979 31 July 1996 Decommissioned MPK-12 / PSKR-800 / Berkut Vladivostok Shipyard 6 December 1979 28 November 1980 2000 Decommissioned MPK-144 Yaroslavl Shipyard 12 January 1980 4 November 1980 10 April 2002 Decommissioned MPK-60 / Komsomolec Bashkirii Yaroslavl Shipyard 10 June 1980 31 December 1980 10 April 2002 Decommissioned PSKR-801 / Berkut Vladivostok Shipyard 6 March 1981 30 September 1981 2001 Decommissioned PSKR-802 / Marten / Yaroslavl Yaroslavl Shipyard 16 April 1981 20 September 1981 28 December 2008 Decommissioned MPK-76 Yaroslavl Shipyard 8 June 1981 29 December 1981 10 April 2002 Decommissioned PSKR-804 / Tolyatti Yaroslavl Shipyard 18 February 1982 30 August 1982 2002 Decommissioned PSKR-803 / Condor Vladivostok Shipyard 6 May 1982 22 December 1982 2001 Decommissioned MPK-93 Yaroslavl Shipyard 6 July 1982 25 December 1982 2012 Transferred to Ukrainian Navy as Uzhhorod in 1997; Decommissioned; Captured by Russia in 2014; Fate unknown PSKR-806 / Kaliningrad Yaroslavl Shipyard 18 February 1983 10 September 1983 2002 Decommissioned PSKR-805 / Korshun Vladivostok Shipyard 3 May 1983 28 October 1983 2007 Decommissioned MPK-146 Yaroslavl Shipyard 12 June 1983 24 December 1983 Transferred to Bulgaria in 1989; In active service as Reshitelni PSKR-813 / Grigory Kuropyatnikov Yaroslavl Shipyard 18 January 1984 30 September 1984 Transferred to Ukraine in 1992; In active service with the Ukrainian Sea Guard PSKR-808 / Grif Yaroslavl Shipyard 24 May 1984 25 December 1984 28 December 2008 Decommissioned PSKR-807 / Kobchik Vladivostok Shipyard 19 June 1984 30 September 1984 2007 Decommissioned MPK-116 Yaroslavl Shipyard 26 January 1985 9 September 1985 2014 Transferred to Ukraine in 1997 as Khmelnytskyi; Captured by Russia in 2014; Scrapped in 2023 MPK-124 Yaroslavl Shipyard 17 June 1985 18 December 1985 Transferred to Bulgaria in 1990; In active service as Bodri PSKR-809 / Krechet Vladivostok Shipyard 29 June 1985 30 September 1985 7 October 2008 Decommissioned PSKR-810 / Nikolai Kapulnov Yaroslavl Shipyard 8 January 1986 30 September 1086 2009 Decommissioned PSKR-812 / Sokol Vladivostok Shipyard 24 May 1986 30 September 1986 Active with the Russian Coast Guard's Pacific Fleet PSKR-811 / Orlan Yaroslavl Shipyard 14 June 1986 6 December 1986 20 February 2009 Decommissioned PSKR-813 Yaroslavl Shipyard 18 September 1986 30 June 1987 2010 Transferred to Ukrainian Sea Guard as Poltava in 1992; Decommissioned; Captured by Russia in 2014; Ultimate fate unknown PSRK-814 / Sarych Yaroslavl Shipyard 24 January 1987 28 September 1987 20 February 2009 Decommissioned PSKR-816 / Yastreb Vladivostok Shipyard 29 April 1987 31 August 1987 2014 Decommissioned PSKR-815 Yaroslavl Shipyard 30 May 1987 29 December 1987 2014 Transferred to Ukrainian Sea Guard as Grigoriy Gnatenko in 1992; Decommissioned; Captured by Russia in 2014; Used as target and scuttled in 2015-16 PSKR-815 (Plant No. 519) / Sobol / Cheboksary Yaroslavl Shipyard 5 December 1987 10 September 1988 2017 Preserved as a museum ship, Cheboksary, Russia MPK-211 / Abhay Yaroslavl Shipyard 20 April 1988 10 March 1989 6 October 2025 Built for India as Abhay; Decommissioned PSKR-818 / Nakhodka Vladivostok Shipyard 31 May 1988 31 October 1988 2011 Decommissioned PSKR-817 / Jaguar / Minsk Yaroslavl Shipyard 8 July 1988 28 December 1988 2018 Decommissioned MPK-3 Yaroslavl Shipyard 21 December 1988 1990 Built for Cuba as 321; In active service MPK-218 / Ajay Yaroslavl Shipyard 1989 24 January 1990 19 September 2022 Built for India as Ajay; Decommissioned MPK-206 / Akshay Yaroslavl Shipyard 9 January 1990 10 December 1990 3 June 2022 Built for India as Akshay; Decommissioned MPK-208 / Agray Yaroslavl Shipyard 20 July 1990 30 January 1991 27 January 2017 Built for India as Agray; Decommissioned MPK-291 / Novorrossiysk Yaroslavl Shipyard 23 April 1991 27 November 1991 2020 Decommissioned MPK-292 / Kuban Yaroslavl Shipyard 23 April 1991 27 November 1991 ? Listed as still in service with Russian Coast Guard in the Black Sea as of 2025

Foreign operators Name Hull Number Commissioned Decommissioned Status Reshitelni 13 September 1989 In active service Bodri 14 December 1990 In active service 321 May 1990 In active service Abhay P33 10 March 1989 6 October 2025 Decommissioned Ajay P34 24 January 1990 19 September 2022 Decommissioned Akshay P35 10 December 1990 3 June 2022 Decommissioned Agray P36 30 January 1991 27 January 2017 Converted to trials ship in 2004 after RBU-1200 misfire; Decommissioned Uzhhorod U207 1997 2012 Decommissioned; Captured by Russia in 2014; Fate unknown Khmelnytski U208 1997 2014 Decommissioned; Captured by Russia in 2014; Scrapped in 2023 Grigory Kuropyatnikov BG-50 1992 In active service Poltava BG-51 1992 2010 Decommissioned; Captured by Russia in 2014; Ultimate fate unknown Grygoriy Gnatenko BG-52 1992 2014 Decommissioned; Captured by Russia in 2014; Used as target and scuttled in 2015-16

See also List of ships of the Soviet Navy List of ships of Russia by project number

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External links

All Pauk Class Corvettes - Complete Ship List