The Project 205 Moskit ( mosquito ) more commonly known by their NATO reporting name Osa , are a class of missile boats developed for the Soviet Navy in the late 1950s. Until 1962 this was classified as a large torpedo boat .
41-424: Moskit (Russian for mosquito) can refer to the following Russian military weapons: P-270 Moskit cruise missile Project 205 Moskit missile boat Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Moskit . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
82-412: A big improvement over the earlier COGOG system both in terms of serviceability (the two cruise diesels being almost something of a Soviet 'classic'), fuel efficiency and, most importantly, service life expectancy compared to the older NK-12Ms. The maximum speed reached 42 knots (78 km/h; 48 mph). The superstructures were redesigned and the angled mast of the previous projects has been replaced by
123-690: A class of Russian missile corvettes (large missile cutters in Soviet classification). They have the NATO reporting name Tarantul (not to be confused with the Stenka-class patrol boat , whose official Soviet name is also Project 205P Tarantul ). These ships were designed to replace the Project 205M Tsunami missile cutter (NATO: Osa-class missile boat ). In the late 1970s, the Soviets realised
164-590: A maximum displacement of 563 tons. They have a range of 1,700 nautical miles (3,100 km; 2,000 mi) with 44 crew members on board. The Indian Navy ordered four further modified 1241.8 Tarantuls, this order was later reduced to two. These last two ships of the Veer class are armed with 16 SS-N-25 'Switchblade' / URAN E missiles, a OTO Melara 76 mm gun instead of the AK-176 , and MR 352 Positiv-E (NATO: Cross Dome) radar. In 2009 Libya ordered three ships, however,
205-467: A narrow, straight lattice. The sensor position remained almost the same as the Project 1241.1. The "Pechera" navigation radar was off the roof of the bridge, with the MR-123 "Vympel" fire control radar installed. Two jamming system (NATO: "Wine Glass") were installed on both sides at the foot of the mast. The reason for this was the installation of four SS-N-22 'Sunburn' supersonic ship-to-ship missiles with
246-565: A range of at least 100 km. The associated radar system is the L-band 'Band Stand' radar, with a 120 km active and 500 km (310 mi) passive range and the capability to track 15 different targets. The missiles can also receive third party guidance through the 'Light Bulb' uplink (from other ships, helicopters or long range patrol aircraft). Cannon armament is retained, as were the PK-16 launchers, although Soviet Navy ships benefited from
287-516: A third boat potentially also preserved as of September 2024. In addition, another ex-German ship of the class, the ex- Rudolf Egelhofer (772) , which served between 1986 and 1991, and was then transferred to the United States as USNS Hiddensee in 1992 for evaluation, serving until 1996, was preserved at Battleship Cove , Massachusetts , United States of America in 1997. However, she fell into disrepair, and due to deteriorating condition,
328-531: A total of five ships sunk, two damaged beyond repair, an oil facility destroyed and Karachi Port held under blockade for no losses. Osas were also used in the Iran–Iraq War , with few losses, especially in a single battle in 1980 when several were destroyed by F-4s with AGM-65s . This battle occurred on 29 November 1980 and the Iraqi Navy incurred some damage. Iraq has lost only five missile boats during
369-420: Is a COGOG system (COmbined Gas Or Gas) consisting of two M70 at 12,000 hp (8,900 kW) high power gas turbines with a combined 24,200 hp (18,000 kW) output for full power and two cruise gas turbines type M75 with a combined output of 5,000 hp (3,700 kW). Top speed is 38 knots (70 km/h; 44 mph). Between 1979 and 1984, 13 ships of the type were built. Another ship, R-55,
410-718: The War of Attrition , Yom Kippur War , and Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 . The Israeli Saar missile-boats sank a Syrian Osa class missile-boat during the Battle of Latakia and three Egyptian Osa class missile-boats in the Battle of Baltim . No Israeli ships were damaged in these battles. In contrast, the Indian Navy Osa missile-boats were very successful against the Pakistani Navy in Operation Trident , with
451-472: The civil war in 2011 put a stop to any acquisitions. Shortly afterwards Turkmenistan acquired three Type 1241.8 vessels, possibly those that had been ordered by Libya but not delivered. The Russian Navy received two upgraded Molniya -class missile boats in early 2019; they were initially built for a foreign customer, but the contract was cancelled, so the Russian Navy acquired them. The boats replaced
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#1732787161201492-1121: The Moskit with eight Kh-35U anti-ship missiles and MANPADS launcher with the Pantsir-M gun/missile system. They also had a modern radar phased antenna array. One boat was expected to operate in the Black Sea and the other in the Caspian Sea. [REDACTED] Bulgarian Navy [REDACTED] Egyptian Navy [REDACTED] Indian Navy [REDACTED] Nicaraguan Navy [REDACTED] Romanian Naval Forces [REDACTED] Russian Navy [REDACTED] Turkmen Naval Forces [REDACTED] Vietnam People's Navy [REDACTED] Yemeni Navy [REDACTED] Polish Navy [REDACTED] Soviet Navy [REDACTED] United States Navy [REDACTED] Ukrainian Navy [REDACTED] Volksmarine Two Tarantul-class corvettes are preserved globally, with
533-789: The Osas, after replacing the old Komars, remained widely in service up to the turn of the 21st century. About 175 Osa I and 114 Osa II boats were built for the Soviet Navy, the last were decommissioned in about 1990 in the main Soviet fleet. Amongst the post-Soviet countries, one boat is in service with the Azerbaijan Navy and two are in service with the Latvian Navy . Tarantul class corvette The Tarantul-class corvette, Soviet designation Project 1241 Molniya ( Russian : Молния , lit. 'Lightning') are
574-434: The Project 183R, giving greater endurance. The missiles were controlled by a MR-331 Rangout (NATO: "Top Bow") radar and a Nikhrom-RRM (NATO: "Square Tie") ESM / IFF that even allowed targeting over the horizon, if the target's radar was turned on. With all these improvements, these ships were considerably more effective. They had one of the first, if not the first close-in weapon systems (CIWS). The survivability rating
615-542: The Soviet Navy and for export to allied countries. Osa means wasp in Russian, but it is not an official name. The boats were designated as "large missile cutters " in the Soviet Navy. While the earlier Komar class were cheap and efficient boats (and the first to sink a warship with guided missiles, destroying the Israeli Navy's Eilat ), their endurance, sea keeping, and habitability were modest at best, and
656-750: The Tarantul family of ships. The two projects has been modified and rearmed with modern missile systems like the Uran-E and are more capable ships than the Tarantul types. The ships are built by the Russian Vympel Shipyard. Russia received at least one boat for trials in the 1990s and in 1999 Vietnam ordered two vessels. Vietnam is currently the main user of the Molniya class, with two Russian -made ships and six locally built ships. Vietnam started its own production line of 1241.8 Molniya ships with
697-507: The anti-ship missiles, was installed on the top of the mast. Other equipment included a small navigation radar type "Kivach-2" on the bridge roof (or MR-312 "Pechera-1" on the ships of Poland), and the gun-fire control radar MR-123 Vympel (NATO: "Bass Tilt") at the foot of the mast. Two PK-16 decoy launchers were also installed. The model of the missiles in the KT-138 launch containers were P-20 (NATO: SS-N-2B), basically they were P-15 updated with
738-654: The assistance of Almaz Central Design Bureau in Russia . The first two locally built ships were delivered in July 2014, two more in June 2015, and the last two in October 2017. The Vietnamese warships are armed with a AK-176 76 mm gun, 16 Uran-E anti-ship missiles, four Igla-M air-defence missiles and two AK-630 close-in-weapon systems. The Vietnamese ships are also larger at 56.9 m (186 ft 8 in) in length and
779-485: The associated 'Plank Shave' radar targeting system (45 km; 28 mi range in active mode of surveillance, 75–100 km; 47–62 mi range in passive mode, with an added air surveillance capability). One AK–176 76.2 mm main gun and two AK-630 30 mm six-barreled Gatling guns, the latter CIWS system supported by the 'Bass Tilt' targeting radar. Furthermore, there is a Fasta-N SA-N-5 quadruple MANPADS launcher and two PK-16 decoy launchers. Propulsion
820-507: The class as Tarantul-II, given that they had a better sensor suite/equipment than the ships of the following class Tarantul-I, which was produced exclusively for export. A first version was based on the Pauk-class hull, though with significantly increased weight. Equipped with four SS-N-2 'Styx' anti-ship missiles (either the 40 km; 25 mi range P-15 'Termit' missile or the later P-20 variant with 80 km; 50 mi range) and
861-493: The construction of first batch of 11 ships, the anti-ship missiles were changed from the P-80 "Moskit" to the more modern model P-270 "Moskit-M", therefore the following 23 boats had a new ID: Project 1241.1MR . The guided missile corvette R-60 was further modernized in 2005, having the two AK-630M CIWS removed, and replaced with "Palash" CIWS . Project 1242.1 and project 1241.8 Molniya ("Lightning") are further developments of
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#1732787161201902-584: The eight years of war. Syrian Osa II's have been used in the Syrian Civil War . Osa IIs were filmed firing their deck guns into the city of Latakia. The shortcomings that the export Osas had were mainly the low efficiency of their missiles against small and ECM -equipped targets, as seen in the Battle of Latakia. In this conflict, Osas and Komars fired first, thanks to the longer range of missiles and favourable radar propagation conditions, but missed
943-422: The forward engine room, the third main engine and two generators in the aft engine room. There was a control compartment between the two engine rooms. The problem related to the weak anti-aircraft weaponry of the earlier Project 183R was partially solved with the use of two AK-230 turrets, in the fore and aft deck. An MR-104 Rys (NATO: "Drum Tilt") fire-control radar was placed in a high platform, and controlled
984-408: The further-improved P-15M missiles. The Project 205's hull proved to be very versatile and were used as the basis for a whole series of Soviet fast attack craft and patrol boats. In addition to the above, the Project 206 family of fast attack craft (NATO: Shershen , Turya , and Matka class) are based on the Project 205 and share a common engine room design. These missile boats saw action during
1025-566: The improved SA-N-8 quadruple MANPADS launcher. At least one ship had an SA-N-11 Kashtan gun and missile CIWS installed instead of the AK-630s. The Tarantul-III, built from 1987 on, received an improved electronic countermeasures suite, consisting of two 'Half Hat' and two 'Foot Ball' jamming systems, coupled to four improved PK-10 decoy launchers. At least 24 of these ships were built for the Soviet Navy before production ended in 1992. Between 1985 and 2001, 34 ships of this class were built. After
1066-479: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Moskit&oldid=933003579 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Project 205 Moskit The Osa class is probably the most numerous class of missile boats ever built, with over 400 vessels constructed between 1960 and 1973 for both
1107-613: The late 1950/early 1960s. Over 400 were made in USSR, and another 120 in China. Some of the improved Project 205U (Osa II) were equipped with the 9K32 Strela-2 (NATO: SA-N-5 "Grail") surface-to-air missiles in MTU-4 quadruple launchers in an attempt to improve air defence. This new model also had improved, more powerful engines, and new cylindrical missile boxes, with the improved P-15U missiles. The later 205M and 205 mod boats had longer tubes for
1148-426: The missile box was vulnerable to damage from waves. Among their other weak points were the wooden hull, the radar set lacking a fire control unit, and an inadequate defensive armament consisting of two manually operated 25 mm guns with only a simple optical sight in a single turret. The Komars' offensive weapons were a pair of P-15 Termit (NATO: SS-N-2 "Styx") missiles, and there was insufficient capacity to hold
1189-401: The more modern longer-ranged P-15Ms. The sensors were not effective enough to use the maximum range of the missiles, and the crew of 17 was not large enough to employ all the systems efficiently. In order to remedy all these shortcomings, it was felt that bigger boats were needed to mount the necessary equipment and to provide more space for a larger crew. The Project 205 boats are bigger than
1230-554: The need for a larger, more seaworthy craft with better gun armament and higher positioned air search radars . In the Tarantul class, both the single 76 mm (3.0 in) main gun and the two 30 mm (1.2 in) Gatling -type guns are used for air defence, together with a comprehensive electronic warfare suite. The boats are built by the Petrovsky yard ( St. Petersburg ), Rybinsk and Ulis yard ( Vladivostok ). A version of these ships for coastal anti-submarine warfare and patrol
1271-438: The new guidance system but with the original 40 km range. Between 1977 and 1979, 22 ships of this class were produced exclusively for export. Only one of these ships, R-26, was retained by the Soviet Navy for training purposes. India bought five of these ships as Veer -class corvettes , and would later produce eight ships of the same class domestically. Vietnam also bought four Project 1241.RE ships from various sources over
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1312-443: The pioneering Project 183R (NATO: Komar class ) boats, with a mass four times greater, and nearly double the crew. They were still meant to be 'minimal' ships for the planned tasks. The hull was made of steel, with a low and wide superstructure made of lighter AMG alloys, continuous deck, and a high free-board. The edges of the deck were rounded and smooth to ease washing off radioactive contamination in case of nuclear war. The hull
1353-462: The targets due to jamming, and were not capable of escaping due to some engine malfunctions. The lack of medium caliber gun hampered defence against gunboats, even though the USSR had 37, 45 and 57 mm guns capable of being fitted in place of one 30 mm gun, as happened in some other vessels, such as the Poti ASW corvettes. Effective anti-missile systems were never equipped even though there
1394-414: The whole horizon, despite the superstructures that were quite wide but low. Even if placed in the aft, this radar had a good field of view all around. The AK-230 turrets were unmanned, each armed with two 30 mm guns capable of firing 2,000 rpm (400 practical) with a 2,500 m practical range. Use against surface targets was possible, but as with the previous Komar ships, once all missiles were expended it
1435-486: The years. Retaining the main armament and basic hull form of the 1241.RE (NATO: Tarantul-I) class, 1241.1M (NATO: Tarantul-III) received important upgrades. Apart from a modest but useful internal redesign, the Tarantul-III had a new type of propulsion—a CODAG (COmbined Diesel And Gas) system. Two M-70 gas turbines (rated at 12,000 hp each) and two M510 (rated at 4,000 hp each) diesel engines were used, being
1476-462: Was developed as the Pauk-class corvette or Project 1241.2. The Indian Navy paid approximately $ 30 million each to license-produce Tarantul-I in the early 1990s. With over 30 sales on the export market the Tarantul has been a relative success for the Russian shipbuilding industry. The naming convention for NATO reporting name Tarantul was a special case here. NATO called the first version of
1517-446: Was improved to 50%, and the required volley of 12 missiles could be launched by only three ships. Sinking a destroyer was therefore regarded as 'assured' using only six ships (two squadrons of three vessels), making the Project 205 vessels easier to coordinate and even cheaper than would be the required number of Project 183R boats to achieve the same effectiveness. As a result of these improvements, Project 205 boats were without equal in
1558-580: Was no significant size or weight difference between the AK-230 and the AK-630 CIWS. The successor was the Project 1241 Tarantul class corvette , with twice the displacement and a higher cost, but still initially armed with only four P-15s. They finally had a better electronic suite and a 76 mm gun with high rate of fire, along with newer P-270 Moskit and Kh-35 supersonic missiles, AK-630 CIWS, and 'Bass Tilt' radars. Fewer were built however, and so
1599-432: Was planned to escape and not fight. Truly effective anti-surface gun weaponry was not available until the introduction of the Project 12341.1 Molniya (NATO: " Tarantul ") class corvettes, with 76 mm guns. The offensive armament consisted of four P-15 Termit (NATO: SS-N-2 "Styx") missiles, each protected from bad weather conditions inside an enclosing box-shaped launcher. This doubled the available weapons compared to
1640-434: Was quite wide, but the Project 205 boats could still achieve high speeds as they had three Zvezda M503 radial diesel engines capable of a combined 12,000 hp (15,000 hp on Project 205U onward) driving three shafts. The powerful engines allowed a maximum speed of about 40 knots together with reasonable endurance and reliability. There were also three diesel generators. Two main engines and one generator were placed in
1681-441: Was rebuilt after its completion as a test vessel for the 'Kortik' short-range defense system for Project 1241.7. To clarify, by NATO's definition, Project 1241.RE (NATO: Tarantul-I) was an export version of Project 1241.1 (NATO: Tarantul-II). This class of ships could be distinguished by the lack of fire control radar on the roof of the bridge . Instead, the fire control radar, X-band "Garpun-Bal" (NATO: "Plank Shave"), built for