Country: Bulgaria

Class, [Type]: Koni, [FF].
Builder: Krasny Metallist Zavod, Zelnodol´sk, Russia.
Launch date: 21 April 1973.
Commission date: 01 June 1991.
Displacement ( tons ): 1.670 full load.
Dimensions ( metres ): 95,51 x 12,55 x 5,72 ( sonar )
Main machinery: CODAG: 1 x M-813 gas turbine ( 18.000 hp ), 2 x Type 68B diesels ( 8.000 hp ).
Speed ( knots ): 27, 22 on diesels.
Range ( miles ): 1.800 at 14 knots.
Complement: 96.
Guns: 2 x twin 76.2mm/59 AK-726, 2 x twin 30mm/65 AK-230.
Missiles: SAM: 1 x Osa-M ( SA-N-4 ), 20 x 9M-33 Gecko missiles.
Mines: 14, in lieu of depth charges.
A/S Mortars: 2 x RBU-6000 ( 120 x RGB-60 rockets ), 2 x depth charges racks.
Radar: Surface/Air search: 1 x MR-302 ( Strut Curve ); Navigation: 1 x Don-2; Fire Control: 1 x MPZ-301 ( Pop Group ) for SAM, 1 x MR-105 Turel´ ( Hawk Screech ) for 76.2mm gun, 1 x MR-104 Rys´ ( Drum Tilt ) for 30mm gun.
Sonar: MG-322T Vychegda, hull-mounted, medium frequency.
Countermeasures: Decoys: 2 x PK-16 decoy launchers; EW: 2 x Bizan´-4B ( Watch Dog ) ( intercept ).
Comment: Ex - soviet Del´fin. Transferred in November 1991 after having been used by the Soviet Navy in the Black Sea for training foreign crews for export units of the class.

Class, [Type]: Koni, [FF].
Builder: Krasny Metallist Zavod, Zelnodol´sk, Russia.
Launch date: 21 April 1973.
Commission date: 01 June 1991.
Displacement ( tons ): 1.670 full load.
Dimensions ( metres ): 95,51 x 12,55 x 5,72 ( sonar )
Main machinery: CODAG: 1 x M-813 gas turbine ( 18.000 hp ), 2 x Type 68B diesels ( 8.000 hp ).
Speed ( knots ): 27, 22 on diesels.
Range ( miles ): 1.800 at 14 knots.
Complement: 96.
Guns: 2 x twin 76.2mm/59 AK-726, 2 x twin 30mm/65 AK-230.
Missiles: SAM: 1 x Osa-M ( SA-N-4 ), 20 x 9M-33 Gecko missiles.
Mines: 14, in lieu of depth charges.
A/S Mortars: 2 x RBU-6000 ( 120 x RGB-60 rockets ), 2 x depth charges racks.
Radar: Surface/Air search: 1 x MR-302 ( Strut Curve ); Navigation: 1 x Don-2; Fire Control: 1 x MPZ-301 ( Pop Group ) for SAM, 1 x MR-105 Turel´ ( Hawk Screech ) for 76.2mm gun, 1 x MR-104 Rys´ ( Drum Tilt ) for 30mm gun.
Sonar: MG-322T Vychegda, hull-mounted, medium frequency.
Countermeasures: Decoys: 2 x PK-16 decoy launchers; EW: 2 x Bizan´-4B ( Watch Dog ) ( intercept ).
Comment: Ex - soviet Del´fin. Transferred in November 1991 after having been used by the Soviet Navy in the Black Sea for training foreign crews for export units of the class.


Jorge Guerra Moreno, Varna, 1st July 2006

