It was powered by two gas turbines with a maximum horsepower of 12,000 HP, allowing it to reach speeds of over 43 knots.

[1] The success of the Osa-class missile boats caused the Soviet Union to begin looking for a successor class to replace the aging ships.

Development of the Tarantul I-class corvettes began in 1965, with an assumption that the new ships would be 400-500 tons and carry a new missile system.

Upon commissioning into the Polish Navy on 4 February 1989, Rolnik was assigned to a new independent group of missile ships.

[1] From 1989 to 2009, Rolnik launched thirty-two rockets and travelled a total of fifty thousand miles.