Laid down at the shipyard Khabarovsk Zavod, Russia with yard number 44
on 11 February 1970, launched on 5 September, commissioned in the Soviet Navy
in the Northern Fleet on 20 October; other sources claims respectively 11
September 1969, 5 September and 30 September 1970. Handed over to Vietnam on 10
May 1984. A
former Russian Petya-II class (Project 159A) corvette. With a displacement of
938 (light)-1.077 full load) tons and as dimensions 78,00 (between
perpendiculars)-81,80 x 9,20 x ,258 (hull)-5,85 (over sonar) metres. The
armament consists of 2x2-6,72cm guns, 2x2-3.7c, V-11V,2x2 ZU-23-2, 3 depth
charge racks and she could carry mines with her. Fitted out with 2x-15,000 shp
gas turbines and 1-6.000 shp diesel allowing a speed of 29 knots. With a fuel
bunker capacity of 130 tons is the range 4.800 nautical miles using the diesel
with a speed of 10 knots or 450 nautical miles at full speed.
Crew numbers 88 men.
