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Koni class frigate
Rostock of the East German Navy.
Koni class is the Nato reporting name for a anti-submarine warfare frigate built by the Soviet Union. They were known in the Soviet Union as Project 1159. 14 were built in Zelenodolsk shipyard between 1975 and 1988. Originally intended to replace the older Riga class frigates, but were chosen as a design for export to various friendly navies. The Koni I sub class were designed for European waters and the Koni II were made for warmer waters. One was retained by the Soviets in the Black Sea for training foreign crews. Only a few of these vessels remain in service today.
The Romanian Tetal class frigates were similar.
[edit] General characteristics
- Displacement: 1,900 tons (full load)
- Length: 95 meters
- Beam: 12 meters
- Draft: 4.2 meters
- Propulsion: 1 CODAG gas turbine and 2 CODAG diesel engines; 35,000 bhp in 3 shafts
- Speed: 27 knots (22 on diesels)
- Range: 1,800 nautical miles
- Armament:
- Complement: 110-130
[edit] Original operators
- Soviet Union - 1 (to Bulgaria in 1990), The Delfin was originally used for training foreign crews in the Black Sea, before being sold to the Bulgarian Navy, currently in service.
- Algeria - 3, in service, being upgraded with new electronics, ASW torpedo tubes and 8 x Kh-35 Uran/SS-N-25 Switchblade anti-ship missilles
- Cuba - 3, derelict or scrapped.
- East Germany - 3, scrapped.
- Libya - 2, status unknown.
- Yugoslavia - 2, sold to Egypt.
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