Editing Tarantul-class corvette (section)

==Surviving Ships==

Two Tarantul-class corvettes are preserved globally, with a third boat potentially also preserved as of September 2024.

* '''Hans Beimler (575)''' is preserved in [[Peenemünde]], [[Germany]]. The ship was one of five corvettes of this class built for the [[Volksmarine]], and served between 1986 and 1991. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/WarshipPorn/comments/1civqsv/hans_beimler_tarantulclass_old_eastgerman_warship/|title=Hans Beimler (Tarantul-class), old east-german warship in Peenemünde|date=1 May 2024|access-date=2 October 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tripadvisor.in/Attraction_Review-g1069728-d13961473-Reviews-Museumsschiff_Hans_Beimler-Peenemunde_Usedom_Island_Mecklenburg_West_Pomerania.html|title=Museum ship Hans Beimler|access-date=2 October 2024}}</ref>

* '''INS Nishank (K43)''' is preserved at the [[National Maritime Heritage Complex]], [[Lothal]], [[India]]. Nishank was built as part of the [[Veer-class corvette|Veer-class]] for the Indian Navy, a modified variant of the Tarantul design, and served between 1987 and 2022. She was subsequently transferred for preservation in 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bidassist.com/maharashtra-tenders/indian-navy/detail-5defe4c8-e41c-4367-b388-e573e0818159|title=Transfer Of Nishank To Lothal And Conversion To Museum|date=31 March 2023|access-date=2 October 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=9MVOkeK1YhE|title=INS NISHANK assembly at NMHC Lothal site|date=16 September 2023|access-date=2 October 2024}}</ref>

* '''Tambovsky Komsomolets''' (formerly '''R-47''') has been preserved at [[Patriot Park]] in [[Kronstadt]], [[Russia]]. She served between 1987 and 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://russianships.info/eng/warfareboats/project_12411.htm|title=Missile Boat - Project 12411|date=1 January 2024|access-date=2 October 2024}}</ref> She was moored next to the destroyer [[Russian destroyer Bespokoyny (1990)|Bespokoyny]] (herself a museum), and was seen at the museum as late as May 2022. However, as of August, she is no longer moored at the position.

In addition, another ex-German ship of the class, the ex-'''Rudolf Egelhofer (772)''', which served between 1986 and 1991, and was then transferred to the United States as '''[[USNS Hiddensee]]''' in 1992 for evaluation, serving until 1996, was preserved at [[Battleship Cove]], [[Massachusetts]], [[United States of America]] in 1997. However, she fell into disrepair, and due to deteriorating condition, the ship was scrapped in October 2023.