Mirazh in Sevastopol, 2007
History
Russia
Name
  • Mirazh
  • (Мираж)
NamesakeMirazh
BuilderAlmaz Shipyard, Leningrad
Yard number77
Laid down30 August 1983
Launched19 August 1986
Commissioned30 December 1986
Decommissioned23 October 2020
IdentificationSee Pennant numbers
StatusDecommissioned
General characteristics
Class and typeNanuchka III-class corvette
Displacement
  • 560 long tons (569 t) standard
  • 660 long tons (671 t) full load
Length59.3 m (194 ft 7 in)
Beam12.6 m (41 ft 4 in)
Draft2.7 m (8 ft 10 in)
Propulsion
Speed32 knots (59 km/h)
Range
  • 2,500 nautical miles (4,630 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
  • 900 nmi (1,667 km) at 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement60
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Radar:
    • Band Stand fire control
    • Bass Tilt
    • Peel Pair surface search
    • Pop group
Armament
  • 2 × triple P-120 (SS-N-9 'Siren')
  • 16 × Kh-35 (SS-N-25 'Switchblade') anti-ship cruise missiles
  • 1 × 76mm AK-176 gun
  • 1 × 30mm AK-630 gun
  • 20 × 4K33 (SA-N-4 'Gecko') surface-to-air missiles

Mirazh was a Nanuchka-class corvette in the Soviet Navy and later the Russian Navy.

Specifications

Small missile ships of the Project 1234 according to NATO classification a Nanuchka-class corvette is a series of Soviet small missile ships (MRK) of the third rank built at shipyards of the USSR from 1967 to 1992.[1]

The type consists of three series of subprojects:

  • Project 1234, NATO code Nanuchka I
  • Project 1234E, NATO code Nanuchka II
  • Project 1234.1, NATO code Nanuchka III
  • Project 1234.7, NATO code Nanuchka IV

By the name of the project code, the ships received the nickname gadflies in the navy. IRAs of Project 1234 were supplied to the Navy of four countries of the world: the USSR, Algeria, Libya and India. Libyan ones were destroyed during the NATO military operation in the summer of 2011; Indian ships of this project were withdrawn from the Indian Navy in 1999-2004.

The ships of the project were actively operated in all four fleets of the Soviet Navy and during the 1970-1980s carried out combat services in the World Ocean. They left a noticeable mark on the history of Soviet shipbuilding and are currently being gradually withdrawn from the combat strength of the Russian fleet.[1] So, if at the beginning of 2001 in the Russian Navy there were 2 ships of project 1234 and 18 ships of Project 1234.1,[2] then by 2006 all ships of project 1234 were withdrawn from the Navy and only 12 ships of the project remained in Project 1234.1 and 1 ship of Project 1234.7.[3][4]

Construction and career

Mirazh was laid down on 30 August 1983 at Almaz Shipyard, Leningrad. Launched on 19 August 1986 and commissioned into the Black Sea Fleet on 30 December 1986.[5]

Battle off the coast of Abkazia

During the Russo-Georgian War, on 10 August 2008, Mirazh engaged in combat against several Georgian missile boats. During the fight, Mirazh turned the battle into a Russian victory when she sank a Georgian naval vessel with her missiles. Initially, it was disputed which ship she sank, but most agree it to be the Georgian missile boat Tbilisi.[6]

In October 2020, Mirazh (the last in the Black Sea Fleet of this class) was decommissioned.

Pennant numbers

Date Pennant number[5]
1986 616
1986 603
1988 613
1990 617

Citations

  1. 1 2 Kostrichenko, V. V.; Kuzmichev, V. E. Пистолет у виска империализма. p. 2.
  2. ↑ Yu.V., Apalkov (2004). Корабли ВМФ СССР. Справочник. Галея Принт. p. 11. ISBN 5-8172-0087-2.
  3. ↑ "Атрина". www.webcitation.org. Archived from the original on 5 October 2008. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  4. ↑ "Сайт «АТРИНА» • Малый ракетный корабль пр.12347; Nanuchka-IV class". 13 March 2012. Archived from the original on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  5. 1 2 "Small Missile Ships - Project 1234". russianships.info. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  6. ↑ Shachtman, Noah. "Inside the Battle for the Black Sea". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
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