Aysberg
History
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Name
  • Aysberg
  • (Айсберг)
NamesakeAysberg
BuilderAlmaz Shipyard, Leningrad
Yard number71
Laid down11 November 1976
Launched20 April 1979
Commissioned30 September 1979
IdentificationSee Pennant numbers
StatusDecommissioned[1]
General characteristics
Class and typeNanuchka III-class corvette
Displacement
  • 560 long tons (569 t) standard
  • 660 long tons (671 t) full load
Length59.3 m (194 ft 7 in)
Beam12.6 m (41 ft 4 in)
Draft2.7 m (8 ft 10 in)
Propulsion
Speed32 knots (59 km/h)
Range
  • 2,500 nautical miles (4,630 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
  • 900 nmi (1,667 km) at 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement60
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Radar:
    • Band Stand fire control
    • Bass Tilt
    • Peel Pair surface search
    • Pop group
Armament
  • 2 × triple P-120 (SS-N-9 'Siren')
  • 16 × Kh-35 (SS-N-25 'Switchblade') anti-ship cruise missiles
  • 1 × 76mm AK-176 gun
  • 1 × 30mm AK-630 gun
  • 20 × 4K33 (SA-N-4 'Gecko') surface-to-air missiles

Aysberg was a Nanuchka-class corvette in the Soviet Navy and later the Russian Navy.

Specifications

Small missile ships of the Project 1234 (NATO classification Nanuchka-class) corvette is a series of Soviet small missile ships (MRK) of the 3rd rank built at shipyards of the USSR from 1967-1992.[2]

The type consists of three series of subprojects:

  • Project 1234, NATO code Nanuchka I
  • Project 1234E, NATO code Nanuchka II
  • Project 1234.1, NATO code Nanuchka III
  • Project 1234.7, NATO code Nanuchka IV

By the name of the project code, the ships received the nickname gadflies in the navy. IRAs of Project 1234 were supplied to the Navy of four countries of the world: the USSR, Algeria, Libya and India. Libyan ones were destroyed during the NATO military operation in the summer of 2011; Indian ships of this project were withdrawn from the Indian Navy in 1999-2004.

The ships of the project were actively operated in all four fleets of the Soviet Navy and during the 1970-1980s carried out combat services in the World Ocean. They left a noticeable mark on the history of Soviet shipbuilding and are currently being gradually withdrawn from the combat strength of the Russian fleet.[2] So, if at the beginning of 2001 in the Russian Navy there were 2 ships of project 1234 and 18 ships of Project 1234.1,[3] then by 2006 all ships of project 1234 were withdrawn from the Navy and only 12 ships of the project remained in Project 1234.1 and 1 ship of Project 1234.7.[4][5]

Construction and career

Aysberg was laid down on 11 November 1976 at Almaz Shipyard, Leningrad. Launched on 20 April 1979 and commissioned into the Northern Fleet on 30 September 1979.[6]

From 20 September 1989 to 14 November 1990, the Shipyard No. 82 at Roslyakovo underwent an average repair.

From 1994 to 2011, after the disbandment of 55 brk (m), it was part of the 108th Pechenga Red Banner Order of Ushakov, 1st degree, of the small missile ship division of the Kola Flotilla of heterogeneous forces of the Northern Fleet based in the Yekaterininskaya harbor (Polyarny).[6]

From 9 January 1998 to December 2011, in the composition of 7 brnk (military unit 90829).

Since 2000, in the composition of 7 brkovr (military unit 90829).

Having celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2019, along with the Rassvet MRK of a later construction, it remained part of the constant readiness forces.[6] The ship was reported to have decommissioned from service with the Northern Fleet in 2022.

Pennant numbers

Date Pennant number[6]
523
511
1988 535

Citations

  1. ↑ "Small Missile Ships - Project 1234". RussianShips.info.
  2. 1 2 Kostrichenko, V. V.; Kuzmichev, V. E. Пистолет у виска империализма. p. 2.
  3. ↑ Yu.V., Apalkov (2004). Корабли ВМФ СССР. Справочник. Галея Принт. p. 11. ISBN 5-8172-0087-2.
  4. ↑ "Атрина". www.webcitation.org. Archived from the original on 5 October 2008. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  5. ↑ "Сайт «АТРИНА» • Малый ракетный корабль пр.12347; Nanuchka-IV class". 13 March 2012. Archived from the original on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Small Missile Ships - Project 1234". russianships.info. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
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