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Bora 2008

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
МРК-27 [MRK-27], 3.1992- Бора [Bora]	615	208 / 501	Zelenodolsk SYd		26.9.1988	30.12.1989	in service (2019)
Самум [Samum] (ex-МРК-17 [MRK-17])	616	502	Zelenodolsk SYd	9/1991	12.10.1992	3/1992	in service (2019)

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	897
Displacement normal, t	1083
Length, m	65.6
Breadth, m	17.2
Draught, m	3.57
No of shafts	2 twin propellers + 2 propellers + 2 air propellers for cushion
Machinery	2 M-10-1 gas turbines + 2 M-511A diesels + 2 M-504A diesels
Power, h. p.	40000 + 20000 + 9500
Max speed, kts	52.7
Fuel, t	diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	2500(12)
Armament	2 x 4 P-100 Moskit SSM (8 3M80), 1 x 2 Osa-MA2 SAM (20 9M33M1/5), 2 x 1 Strela-3 SAM (8 9M36), 1 x 1 - 76/59 AK-176M, 2 x 6 - 30/54 AK-630M
Electronic equipment	34K1 Monolit, MR-352 Pozitiv, 4R-33AM, MR-123-01 Vympel-A, MR-244-1 Ekran-1 radars, Vympel-R2, MP-405-1 ECM suites, 2x PK-16, 4x PK-10 Smely decoy RL
Complement	68

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Project history

Prototypes of successors for Project 1234, but building of these very expensive ships was really stopped after collapse of Soviet Union. Officially Bora was commissioned 12.5.1997, Samum 26.2.2000. Third ship was cancelled before her keel was laid officially. Ships are really catamarans with side skegs (sidewalls), air is pumped to the space between the skegs. Ships can move using gas turbine and cruising diesels with air cushion simultaneously, using only cruising diesels and air cushion, only cruising diesels with no cushion. They can also move using only air cushion propellers keeping 3kts speed. They have high seagoing qualities and have comfortable accommodation for their crews.

Modernizations

2000s, both: - MR-244-1 Ekran-1 radar; + MR-231-1 radar

Naval service

No significant events.