Poti-class corvette

	Bulgarian Navy Poti-class corvette Bditelni in 1987
Class overview
Name	Poti class
Operators	Soviet Navy; Bulgarian Navy; Romanian Naval Forces;
Preceded by	Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser
Succeeded by	Pauk class
Built	1960–1968
In service	1960–2005
Completed	66
General characteristics
Type	Anti-submarine corvette
Displacement	508 tonnes (500 long tons) standard; 589 t (580 long tons) full load;
Length	59.4 m (194 ft 11 in)
Beam	7.9 m (25 ft 11 in)
Draught	2.0 m (6 ft 7 in)
Propulsion	2 shaft CODAG, 2 gas turbines 22,371 kW (30,000 shp) and 2 M503A diesels 5,966 kW (8,000 bhp)
Speed	38 knots (70 km/h; 44 mph)
Range	4,500 nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph); 520 nmi (960 km; 600 mi) at 37 knots (69 km/h; 43 mph);
Complement	80
Sensors and ; processing systems	Radar: Strut Curve, Muff Comb, Don 2; Sonar: High frequency Herkules hull mounted and Bronza dipping sonar;
Armament	1 × twin 57 mm (2.2 in) guns; 2 × RBU-6000 anti submarine rocket launchers (RBU-2500 in Romanian and early Soviet ships); 1 × quad 406 mm (16 in) anti-submarine torpedo tubes; some ships have 1 × twin 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes);

The Poti class was the NATO reporting name for a group of anti-submarine warfare (ASW) corvettes built for the Soviet Navy. The Soviet designation was Project 204 small anti-submarine ships. These ships were the first Soviet warships powered by gas turbine engines; two propellers were mounted in tunnels to give a very shallow draught. A twin 57 mm (2 in) gun mounting provided self-defence. Three ships of the class were exported to Romania and six to Bulgaria during the Cold War. By 2008, all ships of the class were no longer extant.

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