Nanuchka-class corvette

The Nanuchka class was the NATO reporting name for a series of corvettes or small missile ships built for the Soviet Navy and export customers between 1969 and 1981. The Soviet designation was Project 1234 Ovod (Gadfly) Small Missile Ship. These ships were designed around the P-120 Malakhit anti ship missile. Export versions used the P-15 Termit Styx missile. Reportedly, it was the Mirazh, a Project 1234 corvette, that sank a Georgian vessel during an attempted attack on Russian ships near Abkhazia's coast on August 10, 2008.

Soviet Navy

 * Nanuchka I (Project 1234) - 17 boats - retired in the 1990s, except Musson which was sunk in error by an SSM during an exercise in 1987 (27 fatalities)
 * Nanuchka III (Project 1234.1) - 18 boats - about 11 still in service with the Russian Navy
 * Nanuchka IV (project 1234.2) - 1 boat Nakat - in Russian Navy service. Trial vessel for P-800 Oniks ASHM

Export customers

 * Algeria - 3 ships delivered 1980-81 in service
 * India - 3 ships known as the Durg class, 1 ship in service
 * Libya - 4 ships delivered 1981-83, Ain Zaquit sunk by US aircraft 24 March 1986. Replaced by a new ship from the USSR.
 * Free Libyan Army - 1 ship captured in 2011 from the Libyan Navy

Ship list
Fleets: Baltic Fleet, Northern Fleet, Black Sea Fleet, Pacific Fleet