September 2010. Tripoli. Photo by E. Pavlov.

Country: Libya.
Class, [Type]:  Koni, [FF].
Homeport: Tripoli.

Builder: Zelenodolsk, USSR.
Laid down: 22 September 1982.
Launch date: 27 April 1985.
Commission date: 28 June 1986.

Displacement ( tons ): 1600 standard, 1700 full load.
Dimensions ( metres ): 96,5 x 12,5 x 3,5.
Main machinery: CODOG: 1 x M-8B gas turbines ( 18000 hp ), 2 x W-68 diesels ( 15800 hp ).
Speed ( knots ): 28.
Range ( miles ): 3800 at 14 knots.
Complement: 120.

Guns: 2 x 2 AK-726 76mm, 2 x 2 AK-230 30mm.
Missiles: SSM: 2 x 2 SS-N-2C Styx; SAM: 1 x 2 SA-N-4 Gecko ( 20 missiles ).
A/S weapons: 1 x 12 RBU-6000.
Torpedoes: 2 x 2 406mm tubes ( USET-95 ).
Mines: 20.

Radar: Air search: Strut Curve; Surface search: Plank Shave; Navigation: Don 2; Fire Control: Drum Tilt, Hawk Screech, Pop Group ( for SAM ).
Sonar: Hercules.

Year of visit the Black Sea:  1988