Turya-class torpedo boat

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Cuban Navy
Class overview
Name	Turya class (Project 206M)
Operators	see below
Preceded by	Shershen class
Built	1972-1976
In service	1972- present day
Completed	51?
General characteristics
Type	hydrofoil torpedo boat
Displacement	220 tons standard, 250 tons full load
Length	39.6 m
Beam	7.6 m
Draught	4 m
Propulsion	3× M503 B2 Diesels; 15,000 hp
Speed	40 knots
Range	600 nm at 37 knots, 1450 nm at 14 knots
Crew	30
Sensors and processing systems	Radar: Pot Drum, Muff Comb, High Pole, Sonar: Foal Tail
Armament	2 × 57mm AK-725 guns (twin turret aft) 2 × 25mm 110-PM guns (2M-3 twin turret forward) 4 × 533mm torpedo tubes

"Turya class" is the

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

Design

The Turya class is a derivative of the

. 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 Russian Navy.^[1]

• Caspian Flotilla - 3 boats

Two boats were transferred to the

.

Export

•  Cambodia - 2 boats^{[citation needed]}
•  
  Cuban Navy
  - 9 boats (1979–1983)
•  Ethiopia - 2 boats (1985-1996)
•  Seychelles - 1 boat (1986–1995)
•  
  Vietnamese People's Navy
  - 5 boats

See also

• List of ships of the Soviet Navy
• List of ships of Russia by project number

References

Notes

Bibliography

• Gardiner, Robert, ed. (1995). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995. London: Conway Maritime.
  OCLC 34267261
  .

External links

• Project 206M Shtorm hydrofoil torpedo boats Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
• Complete Ship List of all Turya class torpedo boats