''Aysberg'' was a in the

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and later the

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Specifications

Small missile ships of the Project 1234 (

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classification Nanuchka-class) corvette is a series of Soviet small missile ships (MRK) of the 3rd rank built at shipyards in the USSR from 1967-1992. The type consists of three series of subprojects: * Project 1234, NATO code Nanuchka I * Project 1234E, NATO code Nanuchka II * Project 1234.1, NATO code Nanuchka III * Project 1234.7, NATO code Nanuchka IV By the name of the project code, the ships received the nickname Gadflies in the Navy. IRAs from Project 1234 were supplied to the Navy of four countries in the world: the

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, and

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. Libyan ones were destroyed during the NATO military operation in the summer of 2011; Indian ships for this project were withdrawn from the Indian Navy in 1999-2004. The ships of the project were actively operated in all four fleets of the Soviet Navy and, during the 1970-1980s, carried out combat services in the

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. They left a noticeable mark on the history of Soviet shipbuilding and are currently being gradually withdrawn from the combat strength of the Russian fleet. So, if at the beginning of 2001 in the

there were 2 ships of project 1234 and 18 ships of Project 1234.1, then by 2006 all ships of Project 1234 were withdrawn from the Navy and only 12 ships of the project remained in Project 1234.1 and 1 ship of Project 1234.7.

Construction and career

''Aysberg'' was

laid down Laying the keel or laying down is the formal recognition of the start of a ship's construction. It is often marked with a ceremony attended by dignitaries from the shipbuilding company and the ultimate owners of the ship. Keel laying is one ...

on 11 November 1976 at Almaz Shipyard,

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. Launched on 20 April 1979 and commissioned into the

Northern Fleet The Northern Fleet (, ''Severnyy flot'') is the Naval fleet, fleet of the Russian Navy in the Arctic. According to the Russian ministry of defence: "The Northern Fleet dates its history back to a squadron created in 1733 to protect the terri ...

on 30 September 1979. From 20 September 1989 to 14 November 1990, the Shipyard No. 82 at Roslyakovo underwent an average repair. From 1994 to 2011, after the disbandment of 55 brk (m), it was part of the 108th Pechenga Red Banner

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, 1st degree, of the small missile ship division of the Kola Flotilla of heterogeneous forces of the Northern Fleet based in the Yekaterininskaya harbor ( Polyarny). From 9 January 1998 to December 2011, in the composition of 7 brnk (military unit 90829). Since 2000, in the composition of 7 brkovr (military unit 90829). Having celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2019, along with the Rassvet MRK of a later construction, it remained part of the constant readiness forces. The ship was reported to have decommissioned from service with the

in 2022.

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Citations

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