Project 1124 Albatros Grisha class
The Grisha class antisubmarine ship is designed to search for and destroy enemy submarines found in coastal areas. It has a limited sea-going capability. In 1991 the Russian navy operated over 70 Grisha class frigates. The first series of Grishas was built from 1968-74, but successive improvements to the design led to four discrete versions, three for the navy and one sub-class for the kg coastal patrols. Classified by the Russians as 'small anti-submarine ships', the Grishas pack a heavy anti-submarine armament into a relatively small hull. Combined with a respectable anti-aircraft armamnet, this makes the Grishas much more effective than the profusion of older escort vessels that were retired in the late 1980s.
As with most other classes consisting of large numbers of small units, the identity and status of most individual units of the Grisha class is poorly attested. The correlation between construction sequence and current status and the names and numbers of most listed units is largely conjectural.
