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{{short description|Nanuchka-class corvette of the Soviet Navy}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}
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{{Infobox ship image
| Ship image = File:Korvette Geyzer Nanuchka 555.jpg
| Ship image size = 
| Ship caption = ''Geyzer'' in [[Bremerhaven]], July 2006
}}
{{Infobox ship career
| Ship country = Russia
| Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|Soviet Union|naval}} {{shipboxflag|Russia|navy}}
| Ship name = *''Geyzer''
*(Гейзер)
| Ship builder = [[Almaz Shipbuilding Company|Almaz Shipyard]], [[Leningrad]]
| Ship laid down = 21 December 1987
| Ship launched = 28 August 1989
| Ship sponsor = 
| Ship commissioned = 27 December 1989
| Ship renamed = 
| Ship yard number = 81
| Ship namesake = [[Geyser|Geyzer]]
| Ship decommissioned = 
| Ship reclassified = 
| Ship struck = 
| Ship homeport = 
| Ship identification =[[Russian corvette Geyzer#Pennant numbers|See ''Pennant numbers'']]
| Ship honors = 
| Ship fate = 
| Ship status = Active
| Ship badge = 
}}
{{Infobox ship characteristics
|Ship class = {{sclass2|Nanuchka III|corvette}}
|Ship displacement = * {{convert|560|LT|t|0}} standard
* {{convert|660|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} full load
| Ship length = {{convert|59.3|m|ftin|abbr=on}} 
| Ship beam = {{convert|12.6|m|ftin|abbr=on}} 
| Ship draught = 
| Ship draft = {{convert|2.7|m|ftin|abbr=on}} 
| Ship propulsion = *[[Diesel engine]]s, {{convert|30000|hp|kW|0|lk=in|abbr=on}}
*3 shaft 
| Ship speed = {{convert|32|kn|km/h}}
| Ship range = *{{convert|2500|nmi|km|0|lk=in}} at {{convert|12|kn}}
*{{convert|900|nmi|km|0|lk=in|abbr=on}} at {{convert|30|kn}}
| Ship complement = 60
| Ship sensors = *Radar:
**Band Stand fire control
**Bass Tilt
**Peel Pair surface search
**Pop group
| Ship armament = *2 × triple [[P-120 Malakhit|P-120]] (SS-N-9 'Siren') 
* 16 × [[Kh-35]] (SS-N-25 'Switchblade') anti-ship cruise missiles
*1 × 76mm [[AK-176]] gun 
*1 × 30mm [[AK-630]] gun
*20 × [[9K33 Osa#Variants|4K33]] (SA-N-4 'Gecko') surface-to-air missiles
| Ship notes = 
}}
|}
'''''Geyzer''''' is a {{sclass2|Nanuchka|corvette}} in the [[Soviet Navy]] and later the [[Russian Navy]]. 

== Specifications ==
{{Main|Nanuchka-class corvette}}

Small missile ships of the Project 1234 according to [[NATO]] classification Nanuchka-class corvette is a series of Soviet small missile ships (MRK) of the 3rd rank built at shipyards of the USSR from 1967-1992.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last1=Kostrichenko|first1=V. V.|title=Пистолет у виска империализма|last2=Kuzmichev|first2=V. E.|pages=2}}</ref>

The type consists of three series of subprojects:

* Project 1234, NATO code Nanuchka I
* Project 1234E, NATO code Nanuchka II
* Project 1234.1, NATO code Nanuchka III
* Project 1234.7, NATO code Nanuchka IV

By the name of the project code, the ships received the nickname gadflies in the navy. IRAs of Project 1234 were supplied to the Navy of four countries of the world: the [[Soviet Union|USSR]], [[Algeria]], [[Libya]] and [[India]]. Libyan ones were destroyed during the NATO military operation in the summer of 2011; Indian ships of this project were withdrawn from the Indian Navy in 1999-2004.

The ships of the project were actively operated in all four fleets of the Soviet Navy and during the 1970-1980s carried out combat services in the [[World Ocean]]. They left a noticeable mark on the history of Soviet shipbuilding and are currently being gradually withdrawn from the combat strength of the Russian fleet.<ref name=":0" /> So, if at the beginning of 2001 in the [[Russian Navy]] there were 2 ships of project 1234 and 18 ships of Project 1234.1,<ref>{{Cite book|last=Yu.V.|first=Apalkov|title=Корабли ВМФ СССР. Справочник|publisher=Галея Принт|year=2004|isbn=5-8172-0087-2|pages=11}}</ref> then by 2006 all ships of project 1234 were withdrawn from the Navy and only 12 ships of the project remained in Project 1234.1 and 1 ship of Project 1234.7.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Атрина|url=http://www.atrinaflot.narod.ru/3_cutters/01_mrk_1234/1_12341.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081005212732/http://www.atrinaflot.narod.ru/3_cutters/01_mrk_1234/1_12341.htm|archive-date=2008-10-05|url-status=live|access-date=2021-09-20|website=www.webcitation.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2012-03-13|title=Сайт «АТРИНА» • Малый ракетный корабль пр.12347; Nanuchka-IV class|url=http://www.atrinaflot.narod.ru/3_cutters/01_mrk_1234/1_12347.htm|access-date=2021-09-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313140521/http://www.atrinaflot.narod.ru/3_cutters/01_mrk_1234/1_12347.htm|archive-date=13 March 2012}}</ref>

== Construction and career ==
''Geyzer'' was [[Keel laying|laid down]] on 21 December 1987 at [[Almaz Shipbuilding Company|Almaz Shipyard]], [[Leningrad]]. [[Ship naming and launching|Launched]] on 28 August 1989 and [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] into the [[Baltic Fleet]] on 27 December 1989.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Small Missile Ships - Project 1234|url=http://russianships.info/eng/warships/project_1234.htm|access-date=2021-09-20|website=russianships.info}}</ref>

On 12 August 2016, together with the [[missile boat]]s {{ship|Russian corvette|Zarechny||2}} and {{ship|Russian corvette|Morshansk||2}}, ''Geyzer'' took part in [[Military exercise|exercises]] with artillery firing (from 76 and 30 mm artillery mounts) at targets simulating combat ships and air attack weapons of a conventional enemy, and also performed electronic missile launches at targets imitating a detachment of imaginary enemy ships.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Корабли Балтфлота провели артиллерийские стрельбы в море {{!}} Еженедельник «Военно-промышленный курьер»|url=https://vpk-news.ru/news/31839|access-date=2021-09-20|website=vpk-news.ru}}</ref>

In September 2016, as part of a checkout to the sea, the crew of ''Geyzer'' successfully fired a Malachite cruise missile at a naval shield imitating a simulated enemy ship. According to objective control data, the launched cruise missile successfully hit the designated target at a distance of over {{convert|50|km}}. Then the corvette launched a target missile for the testing of the [[frigate]] {{ship|Russian frigate|Admiral Makarov||2}}.<ref>{{Cite web|title="Штиль» и «Малахит» успешно поразили цели на Балтике {{!}} Еженедельник «Военно-промышленный курьер"|url=https://vpk-news.ru/news/32592|access-date=2021-09-20|website=vpk-news.ru}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=tvzvezda.ru|first=Редакция|date=2016-09-27|title=Корабли Балтфлота атаковали условного врага ракетами|url=https://tvzvezda.ru/news/201609270943-xp4o.htm|access-date=2021-09-20|website=Телеканал «Звезда»|language=ru}}</ref>

=== Pennant numbers ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Date
!Pennant number<ref name=":2" />
|-
|1990
|555
|}

== Citations ==
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{{Nanuchka class corvette}}

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[[Category:Ships built by Almaz Shipbuilding Company]]
[[Category:1989 ships]]
[[Category:Nanuchka-class corvettes]]