# Grisha-class corvette

The Grisha class, Soviet designation Project 1124 Al'batros, are a series of anti-submarine corvettes built by the Soviet Union between 1970 and 1990 and later by Russia and Ukraine. These ships have a limited range and are largely used only in coastal waters. They have been equipped with a variety of ASW weapons and an SA-N-4 'Gecko' surface-to-air missile launcher. All were fitted with retractable fin stabilizers.
The designation "corvette" for these ships was a conditional adaptation as the Soviet classification was a small anti-submarine ship (Russian: Малый противолодочный корабль, romanized: Malyy protivolodochnyy korabl, lit. 'Small anti-submarine ship') (MPK). In the Russian Navy, the Grishas are expected to be partially replaced by the Steregushchiy-class corvette.

## Variants

* Grisha I (1124.1) – 12 ships built between 1970 and 1974 and decommissioned by 1999
* The Grisha II class (1124P) were built for the KGB border guard and marked with P for pogranichnyi meaning "on the border". This class was built only in Zelenodolsk and Vladivostok. These ships had a second 57 mm gun mounting replacing the SA-N-4 missile system forward. 17 ships were built in the 1970s. Two were transferred to the Ukrainian Navy and some may remain in service with the Russian Maritime Border Guard.
* The Grisha III class (1124 2nd batch) were built in the late 1970s to early 1980s. These ships incorporated several small scale modifications, including a 30 mm gun and new electronics. Thirty four units were built. Two ships were in service with the Lithuanian Navy until 2009.
* A single Grisha IV class (1124K) ship was built in Zelenodolsk. This ship was a test ship for the SA-N-9 missile system and later was decommissioned.
* The Grisha V class (1124 M, 1124.4) ships were built between 1985 and 1994. This incorporated further modifications with the twin 57 mm guns being replaced by a single 76 mm gun. Thirty ships were built.
** The Grisha V class (1124MU) ships were Ukrainian ships built after the dissolution of the Soviet Union among which is Ternopil that entered service in 2006 with the Ukrainian Navy.
** Currently on the RF ships are being modernized "Tornado 2" combat complex for antisubmarine "Zapad" type missiles firing.
** As of 2023, some 19 Grishas (mostly Grisha IIIs) remain active in the Russian Navy.

## Ships

| Name | Builders | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Fleet | Status | Notes |
| Project 1124 (Grisha I) ||||||||
| MPK-147 | Zelenodolsk | 26 December 1966 | 11 December 1967 | 31 August 1970 | Black Sea | Decommissioned 19 September 1994 | |
| MPK-5 | Zelenodolsk | 30 December 1967 | 16 October 1968 | 31 October 1970 | Black Sea | Decommissioned 24 August 1993 | |
| MPK-131 | Zelenodolsk | 25 May 1968 | 4 July 1969 | 30 December 1970 | Northern | Decommissioned 31 January 1991 | |
| MPK-133 | Zelenodolsk | 4 October 1968 | 17 December 1969 | 15 September 1971 | Northern | Decommissioned 11 February 1994 | |
| MPK-33 | Zelenodolsk | 23 May 1969 | 30 April 1970 | 24 December 1971 | Northern | Decommissioned 7 February 1995 | |
| MPK-47 | Zelenodolsk | 5 September 1969 | 17 July 1970 | 30 December 1971 | Northern | Decommissioned 31 December 1991 | |
| MPK-65 | Zelenodolsk | 10 July 1970 | 5 February 1971 | 30 September 1972 | Northern | Decommissioned 19 April 1990 | |
| MPK-3 | Zelenodolsk | 12 October 1970 | 9 July 1971 | 29 December 1972 | Northern | Decommissioned 20 April 1991 | |
| MPK-8 | Zelenodolsk | 3 March 1971 | 30 January 1972 | 28 September 1973 | Black Sea | Decommissioned 3 July 1992 | |
| MPK-43 | Zelenodolsk | 1 August 1972 | 2 June 1973 | 28 December 1974 | Black Sea | Decommissioned in 1999 | Renamed Odesskiy Komsomolets (5 April 1983) Renamed MPK-43 (15 February 1992) Transferred to Ukraine in 1990s Renamed Sumy (1 August 1997) |
| MPK-40 | Zelenodolsk | 28 April 1973 | 23 May 1974 | 30 September 1975 | Northern | Decommissioned 25 January 1994 | |
| MPK-138 | Zelenodolsk | 26 March 1975 | 11 May 1976 | 31 December 1976 | Northern | Decommissioned 3 July 1992 | |
| MPK-141 | Zelenodolsk | 3 July 1976 | 16 April 1977 | 30 September 1977 | Northern (Black Sea until 21 September 1978) | Decommissioned 5 July 1994 | |
| MPK-152 | Zelenodolsk | 18 November 1976 | 18 June 1976 | 30 December 1977 | Northern (Black Sea until 21 September 1978) | Decommissioned 5 July 1994 | |
| MPK-161 | Zelenodolsk | 1 October 1977 | 6 May 1978 | 30 December 1978 | Baltic | Decommissioned 31 July 1996 | |
| MPK-2 | Zelenodolsk | 10 February 1978 | 24 March 1979 | 28 November 1979 | Baltic | Decommissioned 17 July 1997 | |
| MPK-49 | Zelenodolsk | 23 March 1980 | 14 February 1982 | 31 August 1982 | Black Sea (Baltic until 8 August 1984) | Active with Russian Navy | Renamed Aleksandrovets (29 August 2004) |
| MPK-52 | Kuznya na Rybalskomu | 30 October 1968 | 30 May 1971 | 31 December 1971 | Black Sea | Decommissioned 11 June 1999 | Transferred to Ukraine in 1990s Renamed Kherson (1 August 1997) |
| MPK-31 | Kuznya na Rybalskomu | 30 September 1969 | 8 April 1973 | 30 September 1973 | Northern (Black Sea until 5 July 1974) | Decommissioned 7 February 1995 | |
| MPK-127 | Kuznya na Rybalskomu | 16 September 1974 | 10 July 1976 | 27 December 1976 | Black Sea | Decommissioned 22 June 2005 | Renamed Komsomolets Gruzii (26 August 1980) Renamed MPK-127 (15 February 1992) |
| MPK-6 | Kuznya na Rybalskomu | 15 July 1976 | 3 June 1978 | 12 December 1978 | Black Sea | Decommissioned 16 March 1998 | |
| MPK-36 | Khabarovsk | 1970 | | 31 December 1972 | Pacific | Decommissioned 30 June 1993 | |
| MPK-41 | Khabarovsk | 12 April 1971 | 22 August 1972 | 31 December 1972 | Pacific | Decommissioned 30 June 1993 | |
| MPK-117 | Khabarovsk | 19 April 1972 | 8 September 1973 | 31 December 1973 | Pacific | Decommissioned 28 February 1992 | |
| MPK-81 | Khabarovsk | 26 March 1973 | 10 August 1974 | 31 December 1974 | Pacific | Decommissioned 11 February 1994 | |
| MPK-122 | Khabarovsk | 27 April 1974 | 23 August 1975 | 31 December 1975 | Pacific | Decommissioned 5 July 1994 | |
| MPK-143 | Khabarovsk | 25 February 1975 | 3 September 1976 | 31 December 1976 | Pacific | Decommissioned 17 July 1997 | |
| MPK-145 | Khabarovsk | 29 October 1975 | 11 June 1977 | 30 November 1977 | Pacific | Decommissioned 4 August 1995 | |
| MPK-170 | Khabarovsk | 31 May 1976 | 30 September 1977 | 14 October 1978 | Pacific | Decommissioned 31 July 1996 | |
| MPK-4 | Khabarovsk | 27 November 1976 | 15 May 1978 | 27 July 1979 | Pacific | Decommissioned 17 July 1997 | |
| MPK-101 | Khabarovsk | 31 May 1977 | 3 October 1978 | 23 December 1979 | Pacific | Decommissioned 16 March 1998 | Renamed Zaporozhskiy Komsomolets (3 November 1989) Renamed MPK-101 (15 February 1992) |
| MPK-155 | Khabarovsk | 20 December 1977 | 29 May 1979 | 30 September 1980 | Pacific | Decommissioned 5 July 1994 | |
| MPK-37 | Khabarovsk | 31 May 1978 | 20 October 1979 | 19 December 1980 | Pacific | Decommissioned 4 August 1995 | |
| MPK-178 | Khabarovsk | 30 November 1982 | 8 May 1984 | 21 December 1984 | Pacific | Decommissioned in 2012 (sunk as target ship in 2013) | |
| MPK-191 | Khabarovsk | 30 November 1982 | 7 May 1985 | 21 November 1985 | Pacific | Active with Russian Navy | Renamed Kholmsk (1 June 2006) |
| Project 1124P (Grisha II) ||||||||
| Brilliant | Zelenodolsk | 1 February 1972 | 19 October 1972 | 25 December 1973 | Northern | Decommissioned 13 March 1995 | |
| Zhemchug | Zelenodolsk | 28 March 1972 | 14 January 1973 | 30 August 1974 | Northern | Decommissioned 4 October 1995 | |
| Izumrud | Zelenodolsk | 8 February 1973 | 3 February 1974 | 28 December 1974 | Northern | Decommissioned 2012 | |
| Rubin | Zelenodolsk | 22 December 1973 | 17 November 1974 | 31 December 1975 | Northern | Decommissioned 15 June 1992 | |
| Almaz | Zelenodolsk | 10 June 1974 | 12 July 1975 | 31 December 1975 | Northern | Decommissioned 23 May 1997 | Renamed Ametist (September 1975) |
| Dnepr | Zelenodolsk | 23 December 1975 | 12 September 1976 | 31 December 1976 | Black Sea | Decommissioned 29 January 2021 | Transferred to Ukraine in 1990s Renamed Vinnitsa (19 January 1996) Renamed A206 (April 2018); reported scuttled during Russian invasion of Ukraine |
| Sapfir | Zelenodolsk | 4 May 1977 | 31 January 1978 | 31 July 1978 | Northern | Decommissioned 13 June 1998 | |
| Izmail | Zelenodolsk | 12 September 1978 | 22 June 1980 | 28 December 1980 | Black Sea | Decommissioned 30 November 2004 | Transferred to Ukraine in 1990s Renamed Chernigov (19 January 1996) Renamed Izmail (26 July 2004) |
| Provorny | Zelenodolsk | 21 june 1980 | 30 July 1982 | 30 December 1982 | Northern (Baltic until 1991) | Decommissioned 4 August 1998 | |
| Predanny | Zelenodolsk | 18 March 1982 | 16 April 1983 | 30 September 1983 | Northern (Baltic until 1991) | Decommissioned 2002 | |
| Nadezhny | Zelenodolsk | 19 September 1982 | 25 February 1984 | 20 September 1984 | Northern | Decommissioned 2002 | |
| Dozorny | Zelenodolsk | 1982 | 1985 | 26 December 1985 | Northern | Decommissioned 2009 | |
| Bditelny | Khabarovsk | 1979 | 18 April 1981 | 25 September 1981 | Pacific | Decommissioned 13 June 1998 | |
| Bezuprechny | Khabarovsk | 1979 | 1981 | 19 December 1981 | Pacific | Decommissioned 2015 | |
| Zorky | Khabarovsk | 15 February 1980 | 2 November 1981 | 29 October 1982 | Pacific | Decommissioned 20 June 2006 | |
| Reshitelny | Khabarovsk | 28 October 1980 | 18 September 1982 | 31 August 1983 | Pacific | Decommissioned 13 June 1998 | |
| Smely | Khabarovsk | 27 May 1981 | 7 April 1983 | 15 December 1983 | Pacific | Decommissioned 2015 | |
| Bravy | Vladivostok | 1988 | | | | Not Completed | |
| Verny | Vladivostok | 1988 | | | | Not Completed | |
| Strogy | Vladivostok | 1988 | | | | Not Completed | |
| Project 1124M (Grisha III) ||||||||
| MPK-44 | Kuznya na Rybalskomu | 18 July 1977 | 29 March 1980 | 25 October 1980 | Baltic | Decommissioned 22 October 2008 | Renamed Komsomolets Latvii (30 September 1983) Transferred to Lithuania in 1990s Renamed MPK-44 (15 February 1992) Renamed Zemaitis (28 April 1993) |
| MPK-108 | Zelenodolsk | 14 May 1979 | 6 February 1981 | 25 September 1981 | Baltic | Decommissioned in April 2010 | Transferred to Lithuania in 1990s Renamed Aukstaitis (28 April 1993) |
| MPK-64 | Kuznya na Rybalskomu | 30 March 1980 | 27 March 1982 | 10 December 1982 | Black Sea | Active with Russian Navy | Renamed Kievskiy Komsomolets (27 July 1982) Renamed MPK-134 (15 February 1992) Renamed Muromets (5 April 1999) |
| MPK-118 [ru] | Kuznya na Rybalskomu | 1 August 1981 | 27 March 1983 | 3 October 1983 | Black Sea | Active with Russian Navy | Renamed Komsomolets Moldavii (10 April 1984) Renamed MPK-118 (15 February 1992) Renamed Suzdalets (5 April 1999) |
| MPK-139 | Kuznya na Rybalskomu | 8 April 1982 | 18 February 1984 | 2 August 1984 | Northern | Decommissioned 22 June 2005 | |
| MPK-190 | Kuznya na Rybalskomu | 5 April 1983 | 20 January 1985 | 8 August 1985 | Northern | Decommissioned 16 March 1998 | |
| MPK-199 | Kuznya na Rybalskomu | 20 February 1984 | 7 December 1985 | 7 October 1986 | Black Sea | Active with Russian Navy | Renamed Komsomolets Armenii (18 December 1985) Renamed MPK-199 (15 February 1992) Renamed Kasimov (2001) |
| MPK-202 | Kuznya na Rybalskomu | 22 January 1985 | 10 November 1986 | 6 October 1987 | Northern | Decommissioned 16 March 1998 | |
| MPK-113 | Kuznya na Rybalskomu | 12 November 1985 | 31 July 1987 | 5 August 1988 | Northern | Decommissioned 1 June 2001 | |
| MPK-207 | Kuznya na Rybalskomu | 12 June 1986 | 6 May 1988 | 3 April 1989 | Black Sea | Active with Russian Navy | Renamed Povorino |
| MPK-217 | Kuznya na Rybalskomu | 16 March 1987 | 12 April 1989 | 26 December 1989 | Black Sea | Active with Russian Navy | Renamed Eysk (9 September 1999) |
| MPK-214 | Kuznya na Rybalskomu | 20 August 1987 | 30 March 1990 | 29 September 1990 | Pacific | Active with Russian Navy | Renamed Leninskaya Kuznitsa (2 February 1990) Renamed MPK-125 (15 February 1992) Renamed Sovetskaya Gavan (12 November 2005) |
| MPK-82 | Kuznya na Rybalskomu | 20 April 1989 | 20 April 1991 | 26 September 1991 | Pacific | Active with Russian Navy | |
| MPK-142 | Zelenodolsk | 20 February 1982 | 19 May 1984 | 30 December 1984 | Northern | Decommissioned 16 March 1998 | |
| MPK-198 | Zelenodolsk | 3 August 1984 | 27 April 1986 | 29 December 1986 | Northern | Decommissioned 16 March 1998 | |
| MPK-69 | Zelenodolsk | 4 April 1985 | 2 May 1987 | 29 December 1987 | Northern | Decommissioned 16 March 1998 | |
| MPK-194 | Zelenodolsk | 11 May 1987 | 30 July 1988 | 27 September 1988 | Northern | Active with Russian Navy | Renamed Brestskiy Komsomolets (22 July 1988) Renamed MPK-194 (15 February 1992) Renamed Brest (July 2000) |
| MPK-196 | Zelenodolsk | 11 May 1987 | 30 July 1988 | 30 December 1988 | Northern | Decommissioned in 2002 | |
| MPK-197 | Zelenodolsk | 27 October 1987 | 8 April 1989 | 25 October 1989 | | Decommissioned 3 May 2001 | |
| MPK-203 | Zelenodolsk | 26 March 1988 | 19 July 1989 | 28 December 1989 | Northern | Active with Russian Navy | Renamed Yunga (2 February 1990) |
| Arkhangelskiy Komsomolets | Zelenodolsk | 17 August 1988 | 9 March 1990 | 28 September 1990 | Northern | Active with Russian Navy | Renamed MPK-130 (15 February 1992) Renamed Naryan-Mar (2002) |
| MPK-56 | Zelenodolsk | 12 April 1989 | 30 June 1990 | 29 December 1990 | Northern | Decommissioned 22 June 2005 | |
| MPK-7 | Zelenodolsk | 20 April 1989 | 30 June 1990 | 28 December 1990 | Northern | Active with Russian Navy | Renamed Onega (June 2003) |
| MPK-10 | Zelenodolsk | 19 March 1990 | 27 July 1991 | 28 December 1991 | Northern | Decommissioned 1 June 2006 | |
| MPK-14 | Zelenodolsk | 27 March 1991 | 6 June 1992 | 31 May 1993 | Northern | Active with Russian Navy | Renamed Monchegorsk (17 August 1999) |
| MPK-59 | Zelenodolsk | 20 November 1990 | 22 May 1993 | 12 August 1994 | Northern | Active with Russian Navy | Renamed Snezhnogorsk |
| MPK-200 | Khabarovsk | 8 February 1985 | 29 April 1987 | 29 December 1987 | Pacific | Decommissioned 16 December 2023 | Renamed Primorskiy Komsomolets (11 August 1987) Renamed MPK-221 (15 February 1992) |
| MPK-89 | Khabarovsk | 27 January 1986 | 3 November 1987 | 13 December 1988 | Pacific | Decommissioned 17 July 1997 | |
| MPK-222 | Khabarovsk | 7 January 1987 | 27 April 1989 | 20 December 1989 | Pacific | Active with Russian Navy | Renamed Koreets (24 November 2003) |
| MPK-28 | Khabarovsk | 2 September 1987 | 9 September 1989 | 27 December 1989 | Pacific | Decommissioned 22 June 2005 | |
| Irkutskiy Komsomolets | Khabarovsk | 22 February 1988 | 5 June 1990 | 14 December 1990 | Pacific | Active with Russian Navy | Renamed MPK-107 (15 February 1992) |
| MPK-64 | Khabarovsk | 4 January 1988 | 2 October 1990 | 31 December 1990 | Pacific | Active with Russian Navy | Renamed Metel (1 October 2003) |
| MPK-17 | Khabarovsk | 22 January 1990 | 28 August 1991 | 30 December 1991 | Pacific | Active with Russian Navy | Renamed Ust-Ilimsk (16 January 2010) |
| MPK-20 | Khabarovsk | 1990 | | | | Not Completed | |
| Project 1124K (Grisha IV) ||||||||
| MPK-104 | Zelenodolsk | 12 June 1979 | 23 March 1980 | 30 October 1980 | Black Sea | Decommissioned 16 March 1998 | |
| Project 1124 MU (Grisha V) ||||||||
| MPK-85 | Kuznya na Rybalskomu | 11 January 1991 | 22 May 1993 | 30 December 1993 | Black Sea | Captured by Russia during the annexation of Crimea; status unknown | Completed for Ukraine Renamed Lutsk (July 1994) |
| Ternopil | Kuznya na Rybalskomu | 23 April 1991 | 15 March 2002 | 28 December 2005 | Black Sea | Captured by Russia during the annexation of Crimea; Used as an exercise target for the fleet. | Completed for Ukraine |
| Lviv | Kuznya na Rybalskomu | | | | | Not Completed | |
| Zaporozhskaya Sech | Kuznya na Rybalskomu | | | | | Not Completed | |

## Gallery

* Grisha V-class corvette
* Grisha V-class corvette MPK-118 Suzdalets [ru].
* Grisha III-class corvette Žemaitis (Lithuanian Navy, 2003)
* Grisha III-class corvette Aukštaitis (Lithuanian Navy, 2003)
* Grisha V (Ukrainian Navy, 2013)