Appearance mid 1950s. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com
Also called as part of the Uragan-class. Officially rated as escort vessels or storoz-hevye koralli (guard ships).
Jane’s Fighting Ships edition 1956-1957 p. 296 called them patrol vessels and mentioned 12 vessels built between 1932-1936 namely Burun, Groza, Shkval, Sherch, Tutcha, Vikhr, Grom, Metel, Shtorm, Taifun, Uragan and Vyuga.
Jane’s Fighting Ships edition 1958-1959 p. 285 called them fast escorts divided over 4 classes adding the improved Shtorm-vessels Molniya, Serp and Zarnitsa.
Skhval-clas: Shkval and Shtorm, no longer of military value due to their age.
Taifun-class: Taifun, Tutcha and Vikhr.
Groza-class: Groza, Smerch and Uragan.
Burun-class: Burun, Metel, Grom and Vyuga.
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