Kashtan-class salvage vessel

SS-750 with its submersible in the Strait of Baltiysk
Class overview
NameKashtan class
BuildersNeptun Werft, Rostock, East Germany
Operators
Completed8
General characteristics
TypeSalvage vessel/ Submersible support
Displacement
  • 4,200 tons standard
  • 6,200 tons full load
Length97.83 m (321 ft 0 in)
Beam18.20 m (59 ft 9 in)
Draught5.70 m (18 ft 8 in)
Propulsion2 × 1,500 hp (1,100 kW) diesel-electric motors, 2 fixed pitch propellers, 1 bow thruster, 5 × 775 kW diesel generators
Speed13.5 knots (25.0 km/h; 15.5 mph)
Range2,000 nautical miles (3,700 km; 2,300 mi) at 11 kn (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Complement47

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.

In total, eight ships of this type were commissioned from 1988 to 1990. 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.

Operations

The submersible AS-26 that a Kashtan-class ship can launch

In June 2014 it was reported that SS-750 had participated in sea trials in the Baltic Sea of a Bester-1 submersible.

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 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.

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.

Ships

These are the eight Kashtan-class ships:

Name Yard number Launched Commissioned Fleet New name Status
KIL-926 141/1465 1986-11-29 1988-06-27 Baltic Alexandr Pushkin (from 1999-05-27) Active as of 2014
KIL-927 142/1468 1987-10-06 1988-11-23 Pacific Active as of 2021
KIL-143 143/1469 1988-01-20 1989-02-28 Northern Active as of 2006
KIL-158 144/1470 1988-04-29 1989-06-30 Black Sea (Baltic before 1989-11-08) Active as of 2020
KIL-164 145/1471 1988-02-09 1989-10-20 Northern Active as of 2016
KIL-498 146/1476 1988-12-20 1990-02-28 Pacific Active as of 2019
KIL-140 147/1477 1989-06-16 1990-06-30 Baltic SS-750 (from September 1995) Active as of 2022
KIL-168 148/1478 1989-09-30 1990-10-05 Pacific (Black Sea before) Active as of 2016

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Saunders, Stephen (2005). Jane's Fighting Ships 2005 - 2006. Jane’s Information Group. ISBN 978-0-7106-2692-9.
  2. 1 2 "Mooring-buoy tender - Project 141". Russianships.info. Retrieved 2023-08-29.
  3. ↑ "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.
  4. ↑ "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.
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  6. 1 2 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.
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  8. ↑ "Новейший глубоководный аппарат "Пантера" испытают на Балтийском флоте". ria.ru (in Russian). 2014-07-02. Retrieved 2023-08-31.
  9. ↑ ""Дальзавод» отремонтировал килекторное судно «КИЛ-927"". portnews.ru (in Russian). 2021-10-29. Retrieved 2023-08-31.
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  11. ↑ "RFS KIL158 - IMO 8922503". shipspotting.com. 2020-10-25. Retrieved 2023-08-29.
  12. ↑ "RFS KILEKTOR 164 - IMO 8922515". shipspotting.com. 2016-11-14. Retrieved 2023-08-29.
  13. ↑ "RFS KIL498 - IMO 8832576". shipspotting.com. 2019-11-02. Retrieved 2023-08-29.
  14. ↑ "RFS KILEKTOR 168 - IMO 9030175". shipspotting.com. 2016-11-11. Retrieved 2023-08-29.