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MRK-5 1979

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
МРК-5 [MRK-5]		41	Primorskiy SYd, Leningrad		1973	30.12.1977	stricken 1990

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	348
Displacement normal, t	432
Length, m	49.8 hull 56.6 max
Breadth, m	10.2 deck 23.5 foils
Draught, m	2.34 hull 8.00 foils
No of shafts	2 twin propellers / 2 water jets
Machinery	2 M10 gas turbines (on propellers) / 2 DRA-211 diesels (on water jets)
Power, h. p.	36000 / 2000
Max speed, kts	61
Fuel, t	diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	1500(8.5)
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
Electronic equipment	Dubrava-1240, 4R-33, MR-123 Vympel, Lotsiya radars
Complement	34

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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.