Laid down at the shipyard Khabarovsk Zavod, Russia with yard number 47
on 14 April 1970, launched on 7 August 1971, commissioned in the Soviet Navy in
the Northern Fleet on 30 September; other sources claims respectively 30 April
1970, 7 August 1971 and 31 December. Handed over to Vietnam in 1984. Between
February 1996-late 1997 temporarily disarmed bit since then again repainted in
actual service.
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, 2xquintuple 40,2cm torpedo tubes,
2-12round RBU-6000 ADW Rl, 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.
