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Missile corvette
Tarantul-class corvette is a missile corvette. It was built by Vympel Shipyard. Reported operators include Soviet Navy Russian Navy Bulgarian Navy Volksmarine German Navy Indian Navy Polish Navy Romanian Naval Forces Ukrainian Navy Vietnam People's Navy Yemeni Navy Egyptian Navy United States Navy Turkmen Naval Forces.
Technical data
True scale
Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
Points represent sourced observations, including revisions. Revisions on the same effective date are not separate inventory events. Ranges appear in the table and are not plotted as exact points.
| Observation / report period | Value | Source | Claim state |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Sept 2026 | 56 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
Tarantul class
Vympel Shipyard
Soviet Navy Russian Navy Bulgarian Navy Volksmarine German Navy Indian Navy Polish Navy Romanian Naval Forces Ukrainian Navy Vietnam People's Navy Yemeni Navy Egyptian Navy United States Navy Turkmen Naval Forces
Pauk-class corvette Veer -class corvette
~80 (including Pauk class )
1
2 or 3
Missile corvette
480 long tons (488 t) standard, 540 long tons (549 t) full load
56.0 m (183 ft 9 in)
10.5 m (34 ft 5 in)
2.5 m (8 ft 2 in)
2 shaft COGAG turbines at 11,000 hp (8,200 kW) each, plus 2 cruising engines at 4,000 hp (3,000 kW) each (there were diesel and turbine versions of the cruising engines),
42 knots (78 km/h; 48 mph)
2,400 nmi (4,400 km; 2,800 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph), operational autonomy for 10 days
50
Radar: Spin trough, Bass Tilt, Peel pair, Pop group
4 × P-15 Termit /SS-N-2 Styx or 4 × P-270 Moskit /SS-N-22 Sunburn or 16 × Kh-35 Uran/SS-N-25 Switchblade anti-ship missiles or 4 × BrahMos 1 SA-N-5 SAM (1x4) MANPADS air defence missiles 1 × 76 mm AK-176 dual purpose main gun 2 × AK-630 30 mm gun or 1 × CADS-N-1 Kashtan CIWS ( close-in weapon system ) for air defence
Projected from 2025/26
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Reference text from Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tarantul-class corvette equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
BulgariaReported count for Tarantul. Service scope: Bulgarian Navy; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Excludes retired/reserve/on-order rows. Count column(s): in service: 1. Origin: Soviet Union. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.
EgyptNumber column of the Wikipedia list table under "Fast Attack Craft (30)". The list's own wording applies; it is a compiled secondary source, not an official census.
Romania
Russia
Turkmenistan
VietnamReported count for Tarantul-I (Project 1241.RE) / Molniya (Project 1241.8). Service scope: Vietnam People's Navy; does not replace a national total. 2 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Excludes retired/reserve/on-order rows. Count column(s): quantity: 4 / quantity: 8. Origin: Russia. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.
YemenReported count for Tarantul I. Service scope: Yemeni Navy; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): quantity: 2. Origin: Soviet Union. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.
Soviet Navy Russian Navy Bulgarian Navy Volksmarine German Navy Indian Navy Polish Navy Romanian Naval Forces Ukrainian Navy Vietnam People's Navy Yemeni Navy Egyptian Navy United States Navy Turkmen Naval Forces
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