Country: Algeria.
Class, [Type]: Koni ( Project 1159 ), [FF].
Builder: Zelenodolsk, USSR.
Launch date: 30 April 1981.
Commission date: 24 March 1982.
Displacement ( tons ): 1520 standard, 1670 full load.
Dimensions ( metres ): 96,5 x 12,5 x 3,3.
Main machinery: CODAG: 1 x SGW, Nikolayev M-8G gas turbine ( 20000 hp ), 2 x B-68 diesels ( 16000 hp ).
Speed ( knots ): 29.
Range ( miles ): 4000 at 14 knots.
Complement: 108.
Guns: 2 x 2 AK-726 76mm, 2 x 2 AK-230 30mm.
Missiles:SAM: 1 x 2 SA-N-4 Gecko ( 20 missiles ).
A/S weapons: 2 x 12 mortars RBU-6000 Smerch-2 (120 RGB-60).
Mines: 14.
Radars: Air: Stput Curve; Surface: Don-2; Fire Control: Hawk Screech, Drum Tilt.
Sonars: MG-311 Vychegda.
Contermeasures: Decoys: 2 x PK-16; ESM: 2 x Watch Dog.
Comment: Ex-USSR NAVY ship SKR-35.
Year of visit the Black Sea: 1985