MRK-5 small missile hydrofoil (project 1240) (1977)
MRK-5 1980
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| ÌÐÊ-5 [MRK-5] | 41 | Primorskiy SYd, Leningrad | 1973 | 30.12.1977 | stricken 1990 |
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Displacement standard, t |
348 |
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Displacement normal, t |
432 |
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Length, m |
49.8 hull 56.6 max |
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Breadth, m |
10.2 deck 23.5 foils |
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Draught, m |
2.34 hull 8.00 foils |
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No of shafts |
2 twin propellers / 2 water jets |
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Machinery |
2 M10 gas turbines (on propellers) / 2 DRA-211 diesels (on water jets) |
|
Power, h. p. |
36000 / 2000 |
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Max speed, kts |
61 |
|
Fuel, t |
diesel oil |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
1500(8.5) |
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Armament |
2 x 2 P-120 Malakhit SSM (4 4K85), 1 x 2 Osa-M SAM (20 9M33), 1 x 6 - 30/54 AK-630M |
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Sensors |
Dubrava-1240, 4R-33, MR-123 Vympel, Lotsiya radars |
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Complement |
34 |
Project history: Unlike earlier Soviet hydrofoils, this one had fully-submerged foils. They required advanced control systems, but should have confered very superior rough-water performance. In principle, MRK-5 would be comparable to the US Pegasus (PHM), although actual performance may have been very different. Propulsion was by propellers in pods on the after foils. Although displacement was less than half that of a Project 1234, Project 1240 had 4 Malakhit missiles and Osa SAM for self-defence.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
MRK-5 1979
© Ivan Gogin, 2016