Project 1239

Bora class

Drawings:

• project 1239 (air-cushion missile ship)

Ships:

MRK-27 - Zelenodolsk SSZ imeni A.M. Gorkiy - serial no. 501 - laid down 1986 - launched 9.87 - completed 30.12.89; 4.90 to 5.90 transferred from Zelenodolsk to Feodosiya, via inland waterways; 18.3.92 renamed "Bora"; 1990 to 1997 many trials and tests, but finally became operational in the Black Sea Fleet 12.5.97 (166th Missile Ship Battalion); 9.5.2014 took part in the victory parade in Sevastopol; still in service

MRK-17 - Zelenodolsk SSZ imeni A.M. Gorkiy - serial no. 502 - laid down 9.91 - launched 12.10.92 - completed 3.93; 18.3.92 renamed "Samum"; 4.93 to 5.92 transferred from Zelenodolsk to Feodosiya, via inland waterways; 5.93 to 9.93 conducted trials in the Black Sea; 10.93 to 8.94 repairs and modifications in an uknown yard (probably Sevastopol); 9.94 transferred to Baltiysk, via inland waterways, and accepted into the Baltic Fleet; 12.96 to 2.2000 conducted state tests in the Baltic Sea; 26.2.2000 officially became operational; 2000 to 2002 more tests in the Baltic Sea; 7.2002 transferred from Baltiysk to Sevastopol, via inland waterways - now attached to the 166th Missile Ship Battalion; 9.5.2014 took part in the victory parade in Sevastopol; still in service