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Pilky


Pilky. Photo by A. Kuzenkov (forum.sevastopol.info)

Pilky is a Project 11352 Frigate.

REGISTRATION

Baltic Fleet

CONSTRUCTION, NAME

The ship was laid down on May 6, 1977 under project 1135 at Zhdanov Shipyard No. 190 (current Severnaya Verf) in Leningrad; launched on August 20, 1978; commissioned into Baltic Fleet on January 24, 1979.

MILESTONES

Shortly after commission, the ship carried out interfleet cruise from Baltiysk to Sevastopol and was transferred to Black Sea Fleet.

In 1983 it called at port of Piraeus (Greece).

In 1983 the ship visited port of Zeebrugge (Belgium).

Since 1987 till 1993 the ship was under Project 11352 modernization at Yantar shipyard in Kaliningrad.

In 1998 the ship's group won the Navy Commander's Prize for ASW firings.

In 2003, the ship took part in the first International Maritime Defense Show (IMDS-2003) held in St. Petersburg.

In 2005, the ship paid unofficial visits to ports of Bergen (Norway) and Wilhelmshaven (Germany).

In April 2012, the ship was decommissioned from Baltic Fleet. Currently, the ship moored at Yantar Shipyard (Kaliningrad) undergoing disassembly of arms and equipment.

PERFORMANCE

Propulsion: 2 gas turbines, 2 fixed-pitch screws
Power: 34,000 hp (total)
Speed: 32 knots; cruising: 14 knots
Endurance: 30 days
Crew: 190 men

DIMENSIONS

Displacement: 3,400 tonnes
Length: 123 meters
Beam: 14 meters
Draft: 4.5 meters

ARMAMENT

4 URK-5 Rastrub missile launchers
2 coupled Osa SAM system launchers
2 x 100-mm gun mounts AK-100
2 x 4-container 533-mm torpedo tubes
2 quadruple launchers of Uran antiship missile system (before project upgrade – 2 RBU-6000 ASW rocket launchers
Stern heliport for 1 helicopter