"Turya class" is the

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for a class of

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built for the Soviet Navy and Soviet allies. The Soviet designation was ''Project 206M''.

Design

The ''Turya'' class is a derivative of the . A hydroplane was added forward to increase speed. These boats can operate at 40 knots at sea state 4 and 35 knots at sea state 5. A heavier twin 57 mm gun was added aft in response to NATO fast attack craft being fitted with the 76 mm OTO Melara gun. The boats are fitted with a helicopter type dipping sonar aft. The 533mm (21 inch) torpedo tubes can fire either anti-ship or anti-submarine torpedoes. Export boats were not fitted with dipping sonar.

Ships

Soviet Navy

30 (29 in some sources) boats were built for the Soviet Navy between 1972 and 1976. The Builders were at Kolpino and the Ulis yard in Vladivostok. Three boats remain in service with the

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.206M Shtorm /Turya class (warfare.ru)
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- 3 boats Two boats were transferred to the

Latvian Navy Latvian Naval Forces () is the naval warfare branch of the Latvian National Armed Forces, National Armed Forces. It is tasked with conducting military, search and rescue operations, mine and explosive sweeping on the Baltic Sea, as well as ecolog ...

Export

* - 2 boats * :

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- 9 boats (1979–1983) * - 2 boats (1985-1996) * - 1 boat (1986–1995) * :

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- 5 boats

References

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* Also published as

External links

Project 206M Shtorm hydrofoil torpedo boats

{{Soviet and Russian ships after 1945 Torpedo boats of the Soviet Navy Torpedo boat classes Hydrofoils