POTI class

Between 1960 and 1968, construction of the Poti class corvettes took place. The Soviet designation for these vessels was “small ASW ships Project 204“. They were small ships but equipped with a powerful powerplant and an armament quite remarkable for its size. They had gas turbines installed, and they were the first Soviet Navy ships to carry them. With this powerplant they obtained a maximum speed of 38 knots, and they became the fastest ASW ships within the Red Fleet. Altogether, almost 70 ships were built in three Soviet Shipyards, of which six were transferred to the Bulgarian Navy in the period 1968-1983 and three more were also transferred to the Romanian Navy in 1970. Currently there are no units of this class in service in any Navy.

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Country of origin

Soviet Union

Builder

Khabarovsk, Kerch and Zelenodolsk Shipyards

Type

Corvette

Entered service

1960

Complement

55

Displacement, (full load)

555 tonnes

Dimensions (length x beam x draught)

58.64 x 8.13 x 3.09 meters

Machinery

2 x D.2B gas turbines, 15,000 hp each + 2 x M.504A diesel engines, 4,750 hp each -CODAG combination

Power, (total)

30,000 hp + 9,500 hp

Shafts - Screws

2 shafts – 2 screws

Speed

38 knots (70 km/h)

Range

2500 n. miles (4,625 km) at 14 knots – 1500 n. miles (2,775 km) at 18 knots

Guns/CIWS

1 x 57mm AK-725 twin gun or 1 x 57mm ZIF-31B twin gun

Torpedoes

2 to 4 x 400mm OTA.40.204 torpedo tubes (with SET.40 torpedoes) or 2 x 533mm torpedo tubes

ASW armament

2 x RBU-6000 twelve barreled rocket launcher with 96 rockets or 2 x RBU-2500 sixteen barreled rocket launcher with 128 rockets

Production

66