Editing Tarantul-class corvette (section)

{{short description|Class of Soviet missile corvette}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
{{more citations needed|date=January 2013}}
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| sclass = 2
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{{Infobox ship image
| Ship image = ORP Metalowiec in Gdynia.JPG
| Ship caption = ORP ''Metalowiec'', a Polish Navy Tarantul-I missile corvette in [[Gdynia]]
}}
{{Infobox ship class overview
| Name = Tarantul class
| Builders = [[Vympel Shipyard]]
| Operators = *{{navy|Soviet Union}}
*{{navy|Russia}}
*{{navy|Bulgaria}}
*{{navy|East Germany}}
*{{navy|Germany}}
*{{navy|India}}
*{{navy|Poland}}
*{{navy|Romania}}
*{{navy|Ukraine}}
*{{navy|Vietnam}}
*{{navy|Yemen}}
*{{navy|Egypt}} 
*{{navy|United States}}
*{{navy|Turkmenistan}}
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| Subclasses = *{{sclass2|Pauk|corvette|1}}
*{{sclass|Veer|corvette|1}}
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| Total ships completed = ~80 (including {{sclass2|Pauk|corvette|4}})
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| Total ships lost = 1 
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| Total ships preserved = 2 or 3
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{{Infobox ship characteristics
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| Ship type = Missile [[corvette]]
| Ship displacement = {{convert|480|LT|t|0}} standard, {{convert|540|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} full load
| Ship length = {{convert|56.0|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| Ship beam = {{convert|10.5|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| Ship draught = {{convert|2.5|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
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| Ship propulsion = 2 shaft [[COGAG]] turbines at {{cvt|11000|hp|lk=in}} each, plus 2 cruising engines at {{cvt|4000|hp}} each (there were diesel and turbine versions of the cruising engines),
| Ship speed = {{convert|42|kn|lk=in}}
| Ship range = {{cvt|2400|nmi|lk=in}} at {{convert|12|kn}}, operational autonomy for 10 days
| Ship complement = 50
| Ship sensors = * Radar: Spin trough, Bass Tilt, Peel pair, Pop group
| Ship armament = * 4 × [[P-15 Termit]]/SS-N-2 Styx or 4 × [[P-270 Moskit]]/SS-N-22 Sunburn or 16 × [[Kh-35]] Uran/SS-N-25 Switchblade anti-ship missiles.
* 1 [[SA-N-5]] SAM (1x4) [[MANPADS]] air defence missiles
* 1 × 76 mm [[AK-176]] dual purpose main gun
* 2 × [[AK-630]] 30 mm gun or 1 × [[CADS-N-1 Kashtan]] CIWS ([[close-in weapon system]]) for air defence
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The '''Tarantul-class''' corvette, Soviet designation '''Project 1241 ''Molniya''''' ({{langx|ru|Молния||Lightning}}) are a class of [[Russia]]n missile [[corvette]]s (large missile cutters in Soviet classification). 

They have the [[NATO reporting name]] '''Tarantul''' (not to be confused with the {{sclass2|Stenka|patrol boat|3}}, whose official Soviet name is also Project 205P ''Tarantul''). These ships were designed to replace the Project 205M ''Tsunami'' missile cutter (NATO: {{sclass2|Osa|missile boat|3}}).