Auxilliary vessels, Special-purpose and minor naval ships

Nevskoe PKB presented a line of universal transport and hospital ships

By the beginning of 2021, the Nevsky Design Bureau prepared a line of modular universal transport and hospital vessels (UTGS). Engineers developed them on a proactive basis, a source at the United Shipbuilding Corporation told MASHNEWS. The Russian Navy is in dire need of hospital ships; the newest available was commissioned in 1990.

According to the interlocutor of the publication, the presented project is the fruit of many months of work by the NPKB in the interests of the domestic fleet.

Taking into account the strengthening of the Russian Navy's grouping in the Mediterranean and the creation  of a logistics center for the fleet in Sudan, the  MASHNEWS source assessed the likelihood of an early order for construction as quite high.

"The project of a universal transport and hospital ship contains all the functions necessary for carrying out humanitarian operations with the provision of high-quality medical care in any region of our country and the world that has access to the sea," said the designers of the Nevsky Design Bureau.
The engineers of the bureau applied in the project domestic serial solutions, already tested and proven in military technology.

The creators of UTGS declare a large modernization stock of the vessel. It can also be used to transport troops and provide landing forces.

Admiral of the Fleet, ex-Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy (2005-2007) Vladimir Masorin told MASHNEWS that the Russian fleet needs new hospital ships. "Those corps (project 320 - ed.), Which the Russian Navy now has, are already badly worn out. The design of such a level is carefully justified. It is necessary - therefore, it is necessary to build," the source said.
Now the Russian Navy includes three hospital ships out of four Project 320 hulls built in Poland. It was planned to build five units in total, but the last order could not be completed. The lead ship "Ob" was decommissioned in 1997.

In April-May 2020, a number of Russian design bureaus proposed projects of hospital ships to the Russian military department. In June of the same year, the issue of purchasing hospital ships was raised by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. The topic was discussed at a meeting in the government. At the same time, representatives of the Ministry of Industry and Trade recommended building hospital ships in Russia.

MASHNEWS REFERENCE:
UTGS is a universal transport and hospital ship. It is being created as a multifunctional one, capable of performing the functions of a stationary hospital, solving humanitarian problems and transporting various self-propelled vehicles and other goods in specially equipped cargo spaces.

UGTS is offered in several versions - with a ship hospital for 500 and 1000 people. In the first case, it is also possible to place troops and equipment in cargo spaces.

The displacement of the vessel is about 30 thousand tons. The area of ​​the inpatient hospital is more than 14 thousand square meters. The crew of the ship is 60 people, the personnel of the hospital is 742 people. The power plant of the vessel is supposed to be domestic: 2 units DRRA-12000/2 units GED / 2 units of the "Azipod" type.

UTGS is a universal transport and hospital ship. It is being created as a multifunctional one, capable of performing the functions of a stationary hospital, solving humanitarian problems and transporting various self-propelled vehicles and other goods in specially equipped cargo spaces.

UGTS is offered in several versions - with a ship hospital for 500 and 1000 people. In the first case, it is also possible to place troops and equipment in cargo spaces.