Yugoslav frigate Split
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The Yugoslav frigate
Frigate
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Split or VPBR-31 Split, often called destroyer Split is the name for an anti-submarine warfare
Anti-submarine warfare
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frigate built as a Koni class frigate
Koni class frigate
Koni class is the NATO reporting name for a anti-submarine warfare frigate built by the Soviet Union. They were known in the Soviet Union as Project 1159. 14 were built in Zelenodolsk shipyard between 1975 and 1988. They were originally intended to replace the older Riga class frigates, but were...
by the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
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in 1976, and upgraded to the Kotor class frigate
Kotor class frigate
The Kotor class is the name for an anti-submarine warfare frigate built by the SFR Yugoslavia. It was developed on the basis of the Soviet Koni class, but with significant modifications and improvements...
between 1985 and 1986 by SFR Yugoslavia.
In the prelude to the Battle of the Dalmatian channels
Battle of the Dalmatian channels
The Battle of the Dalmatian channels was a three-day long confrontation between two task forces of the Yugoslav War Navy and coastal defenses of the Croatian Navy along Šolta island, the port of Split, and the islands of Brač, Hvar and Korčula, which took place from 14 to 16 November 1991...
, this ship bombarded the city of Split on November 15, 1991.
With the changing political situation in Yugoslavia ships was renamed into Beograd.
As of 2009, she was also referred to as RF-31. She was offered to Egypt
Egypt
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and valued at 3.2 million euros.