The Bora (former MRK-27) is a Bora-class corvette in the Soviet Navy and later the Russian Navy.
Bora in 2008
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History | |
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Name | MRK-27 |
Builder | A.M. Gorky Shipyard, Zelenodolsk |
Yard number | 208/501 |
Launched | 1987 |
Commissioned | 30 December 1989 |
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Namesake | Bora |
Identification | See Pennant numbers |
Status | Active |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Bora-class corvette |
Displacement | 1,050 tonnes (1,033 long tons) |
Length | 66 m (216 ft 6 in) |
Beam | 17 m (55 ft 9 in) |
Draught | 3 m (9 ft 10 in) |
Installed power | 4 × 200 kW diesel-driven generators |
Propulsion |
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Speed |
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Range |
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Endurance | 10 days |
Complement |
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Sensors and processing systems |
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Electronic warfare & decoys |
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Armament |
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Notes | Combat ready in rough weather up to Sea State 5 |
Construction and career
editMRK-27 was launched in 1987 at the A.M. Gorky Shipyard, Zelenodolsk and commissioned on 30 December 1989.[1]
On 19 March 1992, he was renamed Bora.
In 1997, she was put into the Black Sea Fleet.
Pennant numbers
editDate | Pennant number[2] |
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1993 | 606 |
1995 | 890 |
1999 | 575 |
2000 | 615 |
Citations
edit- ^ "Air Cushion Missile Ship - Project 1239". russianships.info. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
- ^ "Small Missile Ships - Project 1234". russianships.info. Retrieved 20 September 2021.