August 2005. Black sea. Photo by E. Pavlov.

Country: Romania.
Class, [Type]: Tarantul I ( Project 1241 RE ), [FSG].
Homeport: Mangalia.

Builder: Petrovsky Shipyard, Leningrad, USSR.
Launch date: 1985.
Commission date: 12 January 1992.

Displacement ( tons ): 455 full load.
Dimensions ( metres ): 56 x 11,5 x 2,5.
Main machinery: COGOG: 2 x Type DR77 gas turbines ( 16000 sh ), 2 x Nikolayev Type DR76 gas turbines ( 5000 sh ).
Speed ( knots ): 36.
Range ( miles ): 2000 at 18 knots.
Complement: 50.

Guns: 1 x 1 76mm AK-176, 2 x 6 30mm AK-630.
Missiles: SSM: 2 x 2 SS-N-2C Styx.

Radar: Air/Surface: Plank Shave; Navigation: Spin Trough; Fire Control: Bass Tilt.
Countermeasures:  Decoys: 2 PK-16; ESM: 2 Watch Dog.