Auxilliary vessels, Special-purpose and minor naval ships

walle83 wrote:

George1 wrote:New "Raptor" type boat launched for the baltic fleet. The first for 2017

http://bmpd.livejournal.com/2640460.html



Some data on Raptor boats construction for Russian Navy:

This is the first boat of the project 03160, built by the Pella plant in 2017, and the fourth, built under a new contract for the Construction of eight boats of this type, concluded with the Russian Defense Ministry in May 2016.
Earlier, two boats of this contract joined the Black Sea Fleet on May 8, 2017, and another boat was transferred to the Baltic Fleet.

Earlier, under the previous contract in 2014, the Pella plant passed to the Ministry of Defense of Russia eight project 03160 vessels during 2015 - four planned for the 2014 program and four under the 2015 program. Of these boats, seven are officially listed as part of the Russian Navy as anti-sabotage boats. In fact, according to known data, these boats are used in fleets as part of naval reconnaissance points for special purposes. Of these, two boats are part of the Baltic Fleet, based on Kronstadt, and the remaining five are part of the Black Sea Fleet, based on Novorossiysk and Sevastopol.

Another cutter of project 03160 P-344 with building number 706, commissioned in August 2015, was built in the form of a communications boat - in fact, as a traveling boat for VIP transport.

The head boat (prototype) of the RM-15 project 03160 Raptor, designed and built by Pella on the instructions of the Russian Navy, was launched at the plant on August 15, 2013 and handed over to the Navy in 2014, also now being part of the Black Sea Fleet. Thus, "Pella" has built a total of 13 boats project 03160.

So in total we have
BLS fleet: 8 boats
BAL fleet: 4 boats + 1 boat for VIP transport

So a copie of the swedish CB90 fast assault ship.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CB90-class_fast_assault_craft

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Ilya Muromets Icebreaker to Join Russian Navy Arctic Force by Year End

The Project 21180 icebreaker Ilya Muromets will join the Russian Navy before the end of this year, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.


"The icebreaker Ilya Muromets is scheduled to start the builders sea trials in mid- July of this year. It will join the Navy before the end of 2017 after all testing stages are completed," the report said.

Currently, the icebreaker is completing its mooring tests at the shipyard’s quay. On-board equipment is being adjusted and the sheeting of rooms is being finished on the icebreaker.

The vessel under construction for the Northern Fleet was laid on April 23, 2015. This is the first icebreaker over the past 45 years, which is being built exclusively for the Navy’s needs.

Earlier, Aleksei Rakhmanov, Head of the United Shipbuilding Corporation, said that in the future, a series of such icebreakers could be built for the Arctic in the framework of the auxiliary fleet upgrading program. He explained that the Project 21180 icebreaker is intended, in particular, for basing and deploying naval forces in ice conditions, as well as towing warships. The decision to build new icebreakers for the Russian Navy will be made based on the results of the operation of the lead vessel.

The displacement of the Muromets will be 6,000 tons. Its design incorporates new electric propulsion principles and a modern power plant. It is assumed that the crew will consist of 32 people, while the endurance of the ship will reach 60 days and the range will be as long as 12,000 miles. The icebreaker will be able to overcome the 80-cm-thick ice field.

Source: http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/defence-news/2017/june-2017-navy-naval-forces-defense-industry-technology-maritime-security-global-news/5292-ilya-muromets-icebreaker-to-join-russian-navy-arctic-force-by-year-end.html

First Project 22220 Nuclear Icebreaker Arctika for Russian Navy to be Commissioned in June 2019

The Arctika lead icebreaker of project 22220 will be commissioned in June 2019. Another two vessels will follow in 2020 and 2021, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said at a meeting of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev with his deputies.


"We plan to have the lead Arctika icebreaker commissioned in June 2019. Then the nuclear Ural icebreaker is to follow in November 2020 and the nuclear Sibir icebreaker in November 2021," he said.

As Rosatom nuclear agency extended the life cycle of existing nuclear icebreakers giving the shipyards enough time to renew the fleet, he added.

Factory trials of the first Arctika turbine are beginning at the Baltic Shipyard in St. Petersburg. It will take close to one month to test each turbine.

They are produced by the Kirov Plant. Previously Ukraine engaged in their production but in 2014 it became necessary to replace the imports. The enterprise invested 900 million rubles and the remaining funds were provided by the Industry Support Fund. Each icebreaker will have two turbines. The first one will be ready in July and the second one in October, Rogozin said.

The nuclear icebreaker of project 22220 has a displacement of 33450 tons and a length of 173.3 meters. The two-unit power plant with RITM-200 reactors has a capacity of 175 MW. The speed is 23 knots. At uninterrupted motion the vessel can break 2.8-meter thick ice. The crew is 74 men.

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The three icebreakers were originally planned to be delivered to the customer in 2017, 2019 and 2020, respectively. The three icebreakers are currently under construction at the Baltic Shipyard in St. Petersburg on order of Rosatomflot Company, part of Russia’s Rosatom Corporation. The Project 22220 lead icebreaker Arktika was laid down at the Baltic Shipyard in November 2013. The project is estimated at 122 billion rubles ($1.9 billion).

The icebreaker incorporates technologies that were not used in the nuclear-powered fleet earlier. In particular, the ship’s double draught with a controlled submersion depth will allow it to lead a group of vessels in ice-covered areas and river outlets and its new nuclear reactor will make it possible to navigate for more than six months without calling at ports for recharging.

The icebreaker is planned to be able to navigate about seven years without recharging. The icebreaker will receive two water desalination systems able to process 70 tons of water each. As of today, the Baltic Shipyard has more than 10,000 tons of assembled metal structures for the future icebreaker in its slipway.

Project 22220 Nuclear-powered Icebreakers are set to become the largest and most powerful icebreakers in the world. Their length is 173.3 meters with a width of 34 meters and draft of 10.5 meters. Projected tonnage is 33,540 tons. It will be fitted with two RITM-200 pressurized water reactors for a capacity of 175 MW.

Source: http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/defence-news/2017/june-2017-navy-naval-forces-defense-industry-technology-maritime-security-global-news/5306-first-project-22220-nuclear-icebreaker-arctika-for-russian-navy-to-be-commissioned-in-june-2019.html

It looks like that Russian Navy won't run out of icebreakers for a while

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Rosatom and Russian Shipyards Welcome Project 10510 Leader Icebreaker Project

Shipyards and Rosatom are optimistic about the program to create nuclear icebreaker of project 10510 with a capacity of 120 MW, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said at a meeting of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev with his deputies.


"I would like to report that shipbuilders, Rosatom and suppliers are optimistic about the Leader nuclear icebreaker of 120 MW. There is documentation and industrial cooperation has been technically streamlined. If the government decides in several years about its construction the technical basis is already emerging," he said.

The creation of the Leader icebreaker can ensure all-season and all-weather operations at the Northern Sea Route both in the western and eastern parts to transport hydrocarbons round-the-year, he added.

"One Leader icebreaker is not a solution, we need a series. The 300-meter giant Leader, which is about 50 meters wide, will have commercial economic speed in any ice in the Arctic, and thus will solve the task of year-round and transit navigation along the entire Northern Sea Route and of delivering gas and gas condensate to Southeast Asia and the Pacific Rim," , Director for shipping of the Atomflot operator Andrei Smirnov said.

"Our specialists have calculated there should be at least three icebreakers like Leader," he added.

It was reported that the Iceberg Design Bureau is developing the most powerful nuclear icebreaker in the world of project 10510 with a 120MW capacity. It can break up ice with maximum thickness of 4.3 meters and lead cargo vessels at a speed of 11 knots in two-meter thick ice thus ensuring efficient navigation along the Northern Sea Route. The Leader can develop the route into a permanently operating waterway as it would provide year-round support to vessels on schedule regardless of weather conditions and ice situation. The icebreaker would be crucial for transporting hydrocarbons from Yamal deposits to Asian and Pacific Rim countries.

Source: http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/defence-news/2017/june-2017-navy-naval-forces-defense-industry-technology-maritime-security-global-news/5308-rosatom-and-russian-shipyards-welcome-project-10510-leader-icebreaker-project.html

Can the nanuchka class corvettes be deployed in open seas like sea of japan and sea of okhost etc ?
Or are they deployed only close to rivers and very shallow waters ?

nastle77 wrote:Can the nanuchka class corvettes be deployed in open seas like sea of japan and sea of okhost etc ?
Or are they deployed only close to rivers and very shallow waters ?

I don't think that this is the appropriate thread for discussing this but...

No, not really, or maybe in the Sea of Okhotsk.

Corvettes are made to fight in littoral waters, as they have limited seagoing capabilities and short to medium range weapons. On the other hand, Nanuchka-class corvettes are becoming obsolete, and they will likely to be replaced with Karakurt-class ones.

franco wrote:They do operate out of Petropavlovsk which is on the North Pacific, but not sure how far to sea they go.

Thanks
Sorry but they dont like if i start a new thread

George1 wrote:At the Zaliv plant in Kerch, another small hydrographic vessel of the project 19910



http://bmpd.livejournal.com/2700288.html

Thanks for the article, I was wondering what are those two large ships in the middle. We focus a lot on the warships here but we forget on all the research/scientific/auxiliary/industrial ships being build.

Also, it's great that the Black sea shipyards are getting to business, hopefully thing will only get better from this point on.

miroslav wrote:
Thanks for the article, I was wondering what are those two large ships in the middle. We focus a lot on the warships here but we forget on all the research/scientific/auxiliary/industrial ships being build.  

Also, it's great that the Black sea shipyards are getting to business, hopefully thing will only get better from this point on.

Too bad that the shipyards in Nicolaev are almost rotting away since 1992...

Unmanned patrol & demining boat prototype "Seeker"

zg18 wrote:Unmanned patrol & demining boat prototype "Seeker"

What's the point in making unmmanned patrol boat ? Patroling means checking. Most of the time you control fishers so you need manned crew to check documents.

Isos wrote:

zg18 wrote:Unmanned patrol & demining boat prototype "Seeker"

What's the point in making unmmanned patrol boat ? Patroling means checking. Most of the time you control fishers so you need manned crew to check documents.

I suspect that the emphasis is on the 'demining' part of the description.

Patrolling for mines and demining. This is a "robot" boat to be used by the new 12700 minesweepers replacing the French model they presently use.

So it carried by a mother ship. And how does it work for demining ? Does it carry some mini torpedo or depth charges ?

If you read post number 134 on the previous page by George you would see a description of the french model this model is replacing.

It is not a patrol vessel, it is a demining robot.

GarryB wrote:If you read post number 134 on the previous page by George you would see a description of the french model this model is replacing.

It is not a patrol vessel, it is a demining robot.

Thanks I didn't saw it. So it's remote controled and can operate 10km from the mother ship.

Most mine hunting ships are not metal... they are often GRP so having the mines explode a long way away from your boat is a good thing..

BTW for those not familiar, GRP is glass reinforced plastic... a sheet of glass is very fragile, but form it into fine strands and it becomes a very strong light material like glass fibre.