Project 1204

Project 1204 with the codename "Schmel" ("Шмель" in Russian for "Bumblebee") is a class of small gunboats that was developed during the Cold War as a coastal and river patrol vessel for the Soviet Navy .

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Between 1967 and 1972, 118 ships were built by three shipyards. Of these, 56 boats were allocated to the Soviet Navy (10 to the Baltic Fleet, 30 to the Pacific Fleet and 16 to the Black Sea Fleet), while 62 were mobilized by various naval units of the KGB Border Troops.^[1] They were used by the Soviet Union and its successor states. About fifty of them had retired by 2008. Many are still operated by the Russian Federation today.

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