Poti-class corvette

The Poti class was the NATO reporting name for a group of anti submarine corvettes built for the Soviet Navy. The Soviet designation was Project 204 small anti-submarine ships. These ships were the first soviet warships powered by gas turbine engines; two propellers were mounted in tunnels to give a very shallow draught. A twin 57mm gun mounting provided self-defence.

Ships


A total of 66 ships were built between 1960 and 1968. In the Soviet Union the Poti class corvettes were decommissioned by the late 1980s; some Bulgarian ships served into the 21st century. Builders were:


 * Kerch yard 24 ships
 * Zelenodolsk yard : 31 ships
 * Khabarovsk yard: 11 ships

Exports

 * Bulgarian Navy: 6 ships transferred 1968-1983

Note: The former Soviet numbers of most of the individual ships are not known, but it is known that MPK-59, MPK-77 and MPK-109 were among the ships given to Bulgaria.


 * Romanian Navy: 3 ships 1970

Note: The former Soviet numbers of the individual ships are not known, but it is known that MPK-106 and MPK-125 were among the ships given to Romania. The Romanian ships carried the older RBU-2500 ASW rocket launchers and two 533 mm torpedo tubes versus the newer RBU-6000 and four 406 mm torpedoes on the Bulgarian ships.