STRELOK (MHC)(960) class

 1 STRELOK-class MINE HUNTER (MHC)(Russian NATYA-II class)

 Name            Pendant     Commissioned      Status

 STRELOK         960         1982              Active

Modified NATYA-I class design. Built as trials ship for a new minehunting system deployed from the deckhouse on the fantail.

Active with the Black Sea Fleet since July 1985. Based at Novorossiysk. With no regular mine countermeasures systems fitted, this boat is now good for service only as a patrol ship.

Sudostroitel'noye Obeyedineniye "Almaz" (Sredniy Neva), Kolpino, Russia

 Displacement        750 tons standard
                     873 tons full load
 Dimensions:
      length         200 ft 1 in (61.0 m) overall
      beam            33 ft 5 in (10.2 m)
      draft           11 ft 3 in ( 3.5 m) maximum
 Propulsion:         2 M-503B-3E diesels; 5,000 total bhp;
                       2 controllable pitch propellers
 Performance:
      speed          17.6 knots
      range          1,800 nm at 16 kts.; 5,200 nm at 10 kts.
 Manning:            67 total (5 Off. + 59 Enl.)
 Combat Systems:
      missiles       2 Fasta-4M (SA-N-8**) SAM launchers [16 Strela-3
                       or Igla-M/Gremlin missiles carried]
      guns           2 twin 30-mm/65 cal. (AK-230M) AA
      radars         1 Don-2** navigation
      sonars         1 MG-89 Serna hull-mounted high-frequency system

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