Tarantul class corvette


ORP Metalowiec, a Polish Navy Tarantul-I missile corvette in Gdynia
Class overview
Operators:  Soviet Navy
 Russian Navy
 Bulgarian Navy
 Volksmarine
 German Navy
 United States Navy
 Indian Navy
 Polish Navy
 Romanian Naval Forces
 Ukrainian Navy
 Vietnamese People's Navy
 Yemen Navy
General characteristics
Type: Missile corvette
Displacement: 480 tons standard, 540 tons full load
Length: 56.0 m
Beam: 10.5 m
Draught: 2.5 m
Propulsion: 2 shaft COGAG turbines at 11000 hp each, plus 2 cruising engines at 4000 hp each (there were diesel and turbine versions of the cruising engines),
Speed: 42 knots (78 km/h)
Range: 1650 at 14 knots (26 km/h), operational autonomy for 10 days
Complement: 50
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • Radar: Spin trough, Bass Tilt, Peel pair,Pop group
Armament:
  • 4 x P-15 Termit/SS-N-2 Styx or 4 x P-270 Moskit/SS-N-22 Sunburn or 8 x Kh-35 Uran/SS-N-25 Switchblade anti-ship missiles.
  • 1 SA-N-5 SAM (1x4) MANPAD air defence missiles
  • 1 x 76 mm AK-176 dual purpose main gun
  • 2 x AK-630 30 mm gun or 1 x CADS-N-1 Kashtan CIWS (Close-in weapon system) for air defence