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Tarantul-class corvette
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<p>The Tarantul-class corvette, Soviet designation Project 1241 <i>Molniya</i> are a class of <a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn">Russian</a> missile <a href="/facts/Corvette/KrdbemWU">corvettes</a> (large missile cutters in Soviet classification). </p><p>They have the <a href="/facts/NATO_reporting_name/GL1ptqxy">NATO reporting name</a> Tarantul (not to be confused with the <a href="/facts/Stenka-class_patrol_boat/zHRsjMG7">Stenka-class</a> <a href="/facts/Patrol_boat/Kg8FUMs2">patrol boat</a>, whose official Soviet name is also Project 205P <i>Tarantul</i>). These ships were designed to replace the Project 205M <i>Tsunami</i> missile cutter (NATO: <a href="/facts/Osa-class_missile_boat/K5UrAzvW">Osa-class</a> <a href="/facts/Missile_boat/EsxfG6gj">missile boat</a>). </p>