The Serna class, Russian designation Project 11770, is a class of air cavity system

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constructed for the

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. Twelve boats were built by

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between 1994 and 2014. Four boats of the export project 11771 were built in 1994. Four ships of the Project 11771 designation were made specifically for export to other countries. One was sold to Estonia (now out of service), and three were sold to the

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Deployment

During the

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, a Serna-class craft docked at Snake Island was destroyed when the island was attacked by a Ukrainian

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drone on 6 May 2022. One more Serna-class craft and one craft were reported by Ukrainian intelligence to have been destroyed near Crimea on 10 November 2023.

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