A Trio Of Parchims
Parchim II Class Anti-submarine Corvettes (Project 1331M) pennant numbers 304 - MPK-192 URENGOI, 308 - MPK-99 ZELENODOLSK, and 311 - MPK-205 KAZANETS ('Citizen of Kazan') are berthed at the Kronstadt military seaport on Kotlin Island, off Saint Petersburg, in the Gulf of Finland.
The Parchim class was designed for defensive and patrol operations in the narrow, shallow seas of the Baltic. They were built at VEB Peenewerft in East Germany, in 1986 and 1987, for the Soviet Navy in payment for Soviet economic and military aid. All units were delivered between 1986 and 1990, and were probably acquired as a subsidy for the East German shipbuilding industry. The Parchim-II in Russian service is a modified version of the former East German Parchim I-class covettes (now in the Indonesian Navy).
A Trio Of Parchims
Parchim II Class Anti-submarine Corvettes (Project 1331M) pennant numbers 304 - MPK-192 URENGOI, 308 - MPK-99 ZELENODOLSK, and 311 - MPK-205 KAZANETS ('Citizen of Kazan') are berthed at the Kronstadt military seaport on Kotlin Island, off Saint Petersburg, in the Gulf of Finland.
The Parchim class was designed for defensive and patrol operations in the narrow, shallow seas of the Baltic. They were built at VEB Peenewerft in East Germany, in 1986 and 1987, for the Soviet Navy in payment for Soviet economic and military aid. All units were delivered between 1986 and 1990, and were probably acquired as a subsidy for the East German shipbuilding industry. The Parchim-II in Russian service is a modified version of the former East German Parchim I-class covettes (now in the Indonesian Navy).