Project 1241 Molniya

Project 1241

NATO: Tarantul / Pauk

Project 12411T Molniya 1

Type PGG
Soviet designation RK
NATO reporting name Tarantul II
Country USSR
Displacement (t) 436
Length (m) 56.1
Beam (m) 10.2
Draft (m) 2.3
Height (m) 10.2
Max speed (kn) 42.0
Endurance (days) 10

Sensors

Radar (5)

Name NATO name Air search Surface search Fire control
Don — Yes —
Monolit-T — — —
MR-405 — Yes —
Rumb — — —
Vympel-R2 — — —

Launchers (7)

Name Tubes
2 x P-15M Termit 2
2 x P-15M Termit 2
2 x PK-16 decoy RL 2
30mm AK-630M (aft) —
30mm AK-630M (aft) —
4 x MTU-4US Strela-3M SAM system launcher 4
76mm AK-176 (aft) 1

Individual hulls (13)

Name Short name Country Start date End date Remark
R-101 R-101 USSR 1985-09-30 (Commissioned) 1995-05-31 (Tsentavr satellite comm)
  • Twice Red Banner Baltic Fleet: 1985-09-30 – 1988-01-01
  • Red Banner Northern Fleet: 1988-01-01 – 1992-09-01
  • Black Sea Fleet: 1992-09-01 – 1995-05-31 (Caspian Flotilla)
  • Black Sea Fleet: 1995-06-01 – — (Tsentavr satellite comm)
R-129 R-129 USSR 1985-12-28 (Commissioned) 2023-01-01 (Decommissioned)
R-255 R-255 USSR 1980-12-30 (Commissioned) 2002-04-10 (Decommissioned)
R-256 R-256 USSR 1982-05-14 (Commissioned) —
R-257 R-257 USSR 1986-10-31 (Commissioned) 2022-01-01 (Decommissioned)
  • Black Sea Fleet: 1986-10-31 – 1992-01-01
  • Twice Red Banner Baltic Fleet: 1992-01-01 – 2022-01-01 (Decommissioned)
R-42 R-42 USSR 1983-03-30 (Commissioned) 2001-05-03 (Decommissioned)
R-45 R-45 USSR 1983-12-26 (Commissioned) 1995-08-04 (Decommissioned)
R-5 R-5 USSR 1979-01-30 (Commissioned) 2002-04-10 (Decommissioned)
  • Twice Red Banner Baltic Fleet: 1979-01-30 – 1992-09-09
  • Black Sea Fleet: 1992-09-09 – 2002-04-10 (Decommissioned)
R-54 R-54 USSR 1983-12-30 (Commissioned) 1997-08-01 (Export to Ukraine as Pridneprovye U155)
R-6 R-6 USSR 1983-12-30 (Commissioned) 2002-04-10 (Decommissioned)
R-63 R-63 USSR 1985-06-10 (Commissioned) 1997-08-01 (Export to Ukraine as Kremenchug U156)
R-69 R-69 USSR 1984-09-30 (Commissioned) 1995-08-04 (Decommissioned)
R-79 R-79 USSR 1984-12-19 (Commissioned) 2021-01-01 (Decommissioned)