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}}{{Infobox ship class overview | Name=Kola class (Project 42) | Builders=Yantar Yard, Kaliningrad | SUN}} | Class before= | Riga|frigate|4}} | Subclasses= | Cost= | Built range= | In service range= | In commission range= | Total ships building= | Total ships planned= | Total ships completed=8 | Total ships cancelled= | Total ships active= | Total ships laid up= | Total ships lost=1 | Total ships retired=7 | Total ships preserved=
}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption= | Ship class=Frigate | Ship tonnage= | Ship displacement=1,900 tons standard | Ship tons burthen= | 96|m|abbr=on}} | 10.8|m|abbr=on}} | Ship height= | 3.2|m|abbr=on}} | Ship depth= | Ship hold depth= | Ship decks= | Ship deck clearance= | Ship ramps= | Ship ice class= | Ship power= | 27,800|hp|abbr=on}} | Ship sail plan= | 30|kn|abbr=on}} | 3,300|nmi|abbr=on}} at {{convert|13.7|kn|abbr=on}} | Ship endurance= | Ship test depth= | Ship boats= | Ship capacity= | Ship troops= | Ship complement=175 | Ship crew= | Ship time to activate= | Ship sensors= | Ship EW= | Ship armament=*4× 100 mm guns (4×1)- 4× 37 mm guns (2×2)
- 4× 25 mm guns (2×2)
- MBU 900 anti-submarine rocket launchers (replaced by two RBU 2500)
- 3× 533 mm torpedo tubes (1×3)
- 48 depth charges
| Ship armour= | Ship aircraft= | Ship aircraft facilities= | Ship notes=
}} | The Kola class was the NATO reporting name for a group of frigates built for the Soviet Navy in the 1950s. The Soviet designation was Storozhevoi Korabl (escort ship) Project 42. These ships were analogous to World War II era destroyer escorts or German {{sclass2-|Elbing|torpedo boat}}s. The programme consisted of only 8 ships as these vessels were considered to be too expensive for series production and the smaller and cheaper {{sclass2-|Riga|frigate|1}} was built instead. Radars and sonars were fitted. DesignThe ships were designed for patrolling Soviet waters and escorting convoys. The design process involved a specification issued in 1946 and two design bureau submitted competing designs with both diesel and steam turbine machinery. The hull was welded and longitudinally framed. The machinery suite consisted of alternating boiler rooms and turbine rooms in a unit machinery arrangement. Armament consisted of four single {{convert|100|mm}} dual purpose guns and torpedo tubes. ShipsAll ships were built by Yantar Yard, Kaliningrad. They were the first major ships built there after the transfer of the area to Soviet rule following World War II. | Name | Russian | Commissioned | Fate |
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| Sokol | СОКОЛ (Falcon) | 1951 | transferred to the Caspian Sea, scrapped 1970s | | Berkut | БЕРКУТ (Golden Eagle) | 1952 | Scrapped 1970s | | Kondor | КОНДОР (Condor) | 1952 | Lost in grounding accident near Murmansk 1962 | | Grif | ГРИФ (Vulture) | 1952 | Transferred to the Caspian, scrapped 1970s | | Krechet | КРЕЧЕТ (Gyrfalcon) | 1952 | Scrapped 1970s | | Orlan | ОРЛАН (Sea Eagle) | 1953 | Transferred to the Caspian, scrapped 1970s | | Lev | ЛЕВ (Lion) | 1953 | Scrapped 1970s | | Tigr | ТИГР (Tiger) | 1953 | Scrapped 1970s |
See also- List of ships of the Soviet Navy
- List of ships of Russia by project number
References- Gardiner, Robert; Chumbley, Stephen & Budzbon, Przemysław (1995). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. {{ISBN|0-85177-605-1}}
- Site in Russian Language
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20111005020113/http://www.atrinaflot.narod.ru/2_mainclassships/06_skr_42/0_42.htm Site in Russian Language]
- Russian Kola Class Frigates - Complete Ship List
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