The Project 141, (NATO reporting name Kashtan class) is a class of salvage vessel/submersible support built at Rostock's Neptun Werft in East Germany for the Soviet Navy.[1]
 SS-750 with its submersible in the Strait of Baltiysk
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| Class overview | |
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| Name | Kashtan class |
| Builders | Neptun Werft, Rostock, East Germany |
| Operators |
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| Completed | 8 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Salvage vessel/ Submersible support |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 97.83 m (321 ft 0 in) |
| Beam | 18.20 m (59 ft 9 in) |
| Draught | 5.70 m (18 ft 8 in) |
| Propulsion | 2 × 1,500 hp (1,100 kW) diesel-electric motors, 2 fixed pitch propellers, 1 bow thruster, 5 × 775 kW diesel generators |
| Speed | 13.5 knots (25.0 km/h; 15.5 mph) |
| Range | 2,000 nautical miles (3,700 km; 2,300 mi) at 11 kn (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
| Complement | 47 |
In total, eight ships of this type were commissioned from 1988 to 1990.[2] The ships became part of the Russian Navy after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The stern has a crane capable of lifting 100 tons with which a Priz-class deep-submergence rescue vehicle (DSRV) can be launched and recovered.[1]
Operations
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In June 2014 it was reported that SS-750 had participated in sea trials in the Baltic Sea of a Bester-1 submersible.[3]
On 6 September 2022 Russia's Ministry of Defence informed that SS-750 had participated in sea trials in the Baltic Sea of two new, improved Kilo-class submarines[4] and on 6 October there was again news of SS-750 having participated in sea trials in the Baltic Sea, this time with a single submarine.[5]
In April 2023 the Danish Defence Command confirmed that on 22 September 2022 SS-750 and the Priz-class submersible AS-26 that it can launch were among six Russian Navy ships operating in the area where four days later the 2022 Nord Stream pipeline sabotage occurred.[6][7]
Ships
editThese are the eight Kashtan-class ships:[2]
| Name | Yard number | Launched | Commissioned | Fleet | New name | Status |
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| KIL-926 | 141/1465 | 1986-11-29 | 1988-06-27 | Baltic | Alexandr Pushkin (from 1999-05-27) | Active as of 2014[update][8] |
| KIL-927 | 142/1468 | 1987-10-06 | 1988-11-23 | Pacific | Active as of 2021[update][9] | |
| KIL-143 | 143/1469 | 1988-01-20 | 1989-02-28 | Northern | Active as of 2006[update][10] | |
| KIL-158 | 144/1470 | 1988-04-29 | 1989-06-30 | Black Sea (Baltic before 1989-11-08) | Active as of 2020[update][11] | |
| KIL-164 | 145/1471 | 1988-02-09 | 1989-10-20 | Northern | Active as of 2016[update][12] | |
| KIL-498 | 146/1476 | 1988-12-20 | 1990-02-28 | Pacific | Active as of 2019[update][13] | |
| KIL-140 | 147/1477 | 1989-06-16 | 1990-06-30 | Baltic | SS-750 (from September 1995) | Active as of 2022[update][6] |
| KIL-168 | 148/1478 | 1989-09-30 | 1990-10-05 | Pacific (Black Sea before) | Active as of 2016[update][14] |
Gallery
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SS-750 launching the submersible AS-26 -
KIL-158 at sea -
KIL-927 in Vladivostok
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Saunders, Stephen (2005). Jane's Fighting Ships 2005 - 2006. Jane’s Information Group. ISBN 978-0-7106-2692-9.
- ^ a b "Mooring-buoy tender - Project 141". Russianships.info. Retrieved 2023-08-29.
- ^ "На Балтийском флоте испытывают глубоководный аппарат "Бестер-1"" [The Baltic Fleet is testing the Bester-1 deep-sea submersible]. flot.com (Press release) (in Russian). Russia's Ministry of Defence. 2014-06-03. Archived from the original on 2014-06-28.
- ^ "Силы Балтийского флота обеспечивают погружение ДЭПЛ "Уфа" и "Кронштадт" в Балтийском море". function.mil.ru (Press release) (in Russian). 2022-09-06. Retrieved 2023-08-30.
- ^ "Новая "Варшавянка" погрузилась почти на 200 метров в Балтийском море". flotprom.ru (in Russian). 2022-10-06. Retrieved 2023-08-29.
- ^ a b Elkjær, Bo; Gjerding, Sebastian (2023-04-28). "Forsvaret bekræfter: Rusland havde specialfartøj nær Nord Streams sprængningspunkt" [Defence confirms: Russia had specialized vessel near Nord Stream point of explosion]. information.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-08-27.
- ^ Camut, Nicolas (2023-04-28). "Russian ship spotted near Nord Stream pipelines days before sabotage: Reports". Politico. Retrieved 2023-05-08.
- ^ "Новейший глубоководный аппарат "Пантера" испытают на Балтийском флоте". ria.ru (in Russian). 2014-07-02. Retrieved 2023-08-31.
- ^ ""Дальзавод» отремонтировал килекторное судно «КИЛ-927"". portnews.ru (in Russian). 2021-10-29. Retrieved 2023-08-31.
- ^ "RFS KILEKTOR 143 - IMO 8922498". shipspotting.com. 2012-09-22. Retrieved 2023-08-29.
- ^ "RFS KIL158 - IMO 8922503". shipspotting.com. 2020-10-25. Retrieved 2023-08-29.
- ^ "RFS KILEKTOR 164 - IMO 8922515". shipspotting.com. 2016-11-14. Retrieved 2023-08-29.
- ^ "RFS KIL498 - IMO 8832576". shipspotting.com. 2019-11-02. Retrieved 2023-08-29.
- ^ "RFS KILEKTOR 168 - IMO 9030175". shipspotting.com. 2016-11-11. Retrieved 2023-08-29.
External links
edit- SS-750 at shipspotting.com
- SS-750 and its submersible AS-26 in a rescue exercise on YouTube