Stenka-class patrol boat
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| Class overview | |
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| Name | Stenka class |
| Operators | see below |
| Built | 1967–1990 |
| In service | 1967–present |
| Completed | c. 137 (including the export Project 02059)[1] |
| Lost | 1[2] |
| General characteristics (Project 205P) | |
| Type | Patrol boat |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 39.98 m (131 ft 2 in) |
| Beam | 7.91 m (25 ft 11 in) |
| Draught | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) |
| Propulsion | |
| Speed |
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| Range | |
| Complement | 31 |
| Sensors and processing systems |
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The Stenka class is the NATO reporting name for a class of patrol boats built for the Soviet Navy, KGB Border Troops and Soviet Allies. The Soviet designation was Project 205P Tarantul (not to be confused with the Tarantul-class corvette). The boats are an anti-submarine (ASW) patrol boat version of the Osa-class missile boat.
Design[edit]
Project 205P Stenka is a variant of the Project 205 Osa-class missile boat. The Stenkas used the hull of the Osa class and had a slightly larger crew. The development office of the Almaz Shipyard in Leningrad used the standardized components of the Osa class, in order to develop an anti-submarine warfare (ASW) boat. The anti-ship missile launch containers were replaced by four torpedo tubes but the anti-ship missile related structures and equipment were retained. The living spaces in the Stenkas were improved for long patrol endurance by raising the superstructure in order to create more usable space inside, compared to the Osa class. They also installed a more powerful air conditioner.[3]
The drive system is three diesel radial engines of the Zvezda M503 or M504 series with a total capacity of 12,000 hp (8,900 kW) or 15,000 hp (11,000 kW).[1]
Armament[edit]
The primary ASW weapon for combating submarines were SET-40 torpedoes. The boats have four 400 mm (16 in) torpedo tubes installed on the deck in the aft part of the boats, two on the port side and two on starboard side.[1]
Behind the torpedo tubes on the aft deck, in the port and starboard sides, are each one depth charge rack. Twelve depth charges, six for each rack can be carried.
As the boats of the Project 205 Osa class, the Project 205P Stenka boats has two radar-controlled 30 mm AK-230 guns in twin mounts, one in the bow, the other at the rear.
One of the boats was tested with a 57 mm AK-725 gun on the bow and received a modified project number – 205PE.[4]
Sensors[edit]
The 205P project air and surface search radar is a NATO "Pot Drum" MR-102 or a NATO "Peel Cone" Positive – radar installed on the mast, with two antennae for the NATO "High Pole B" friend or foe identification system. The NATO "Drum Tilt" type MR-104 fire-control radar is mounted on the rear of the superstructure for directing the fire of the two AK-230 guns. The ships have an MG-345 Bronza submarine search system fitted, consisting of a submersible Project 133.1 MG-329 Sheksna sonar with an MG-11 Tamir-11 sonar sensor built into the fuselage.
Ships[edit]
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A total of 114 or 117 (sources vary) boats were built between 1967 and 1990. They were operated by the Maritime Border Guard.
The Soviet Union classified the boats of their border troops as "border patrol ships" (Russian: ПСКР, romanized: PSKR, an initialism for пограничный сторожевой корабль, pogranichniy storozhevoy korabl')[5] and the four boats in the Navy as gunboats (Russian: артиллерийский катер).[6][7] A similar allocation of boats for submarine patrol are assigned into the border guards, which is rather unusual in NATO countries, and so the Project 205P patrol boat identification is used.
- Russian Navy – 1 boat was used until 2001[a] (subsequently, c. 13 survivors were operated by the Russian Coast Guard until 2017).[8][9][10]
- Azerbaijan Navy – 5 boats.
- Ukrainian Navy – 10? boats (may be operated by the Ukrainian Sea Guard).
- Georgian Navy – 2 boats (1 – Batumi was scrapped in 2006, another – Giorgi Toreli sunk in the Battle off the coast of Abkhazia).
Export[edit]
The Project 02059 gunboats are an export version of the Stenka-class patrol boat.[1]
- Cuban Navy – 4 boats exported in 1985.
- Royal Cambodian Navy (formerly the Kampuchean Navy) – 5 boats transferred 1985–1987. Rearmed with twin Bofors 40 mm L/60 guns forward and ZU-23-2 aft, replacing the AK-230 turrets. Torpedo tubes removed.
See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ^ Two out of the four Soviet Navy Stenka-class gunboats were transferred to Azerbaijan in 1992 and another one was decommissioned in the same year.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e Russianships.info.
- ^ Axe, David (19 January 2024). "Ukraine's Drone Boats Blew Up A Russian Warship Three Weeks Ago. But Few People Noticed Until Now". Forbes. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
- ^ "Chapter 7: For the protection of the maritime borders". History (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2011-07-08. Retrieved 2012-08-13.
- ^ Артиллерийский катер „АК-225“ Patrouillenboot, Projekt 205P, Liste der Boote (in Russian)
- ^ Polmar 1986, pp. 9, 383.
- ^ "Пограничные сторожевые корабли проекта 205П". Russianships.info (in Russian). Archived from the original on January 29, 2024. Retrieved May 11, 2024.
- ^ Apalkov 2004.
- ^ Apalkov 2004, p. 89.
- ^ IISS (February 2017), The Military Balance 2017, Abingdon, Oxon: Taylor & Francis, p. 223, ISBN 978-1-857-43900-7, ISSN 0459-7222.
- ^ IISS (February 2018), The Military Balance 2018, Abingdon, Oxon: Taylor & Francis, p. 205, ISBN 978-1-857-43955-7, ISSN 0459-7222.
Further reading[edit]
- Gardiner, Robert, ed. (1995). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995. London: Conway Maritime. ISBN 0851776051. OCLC 34284130. Also published as Gardiner, Robert; Chumbley, Stephen; Budzbon, Przemysław (1995). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1557501327. OCLC 34267261.
- Polmar, Norman (1986), Guide to the Soviet Navy (4th ed.), Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, pp. 8–9, 383–384, ISBN 0-87021-240-0.
- Apalkov, Yuri V. (2004), Корабли ВМФ СССР: Справочник [Ships of the Soviet Navy: Handbook] (in Russian), vol. II, part 2, Ударные корабли: Малые ракетные корабли и катера [Attack Ships: Small Missile Ships and Boats], Saint Petersburg: Галлея Print, pp. 87–89, ISBN 5-8172-0076-7.
- Jane's Fighting Ships 2004–2005. Jane's Information Group, ISBN 0-7106-2623-1.
- Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships Naval Institute. Press Annapolis, Maryland 1947–1995.
- Norman Friedman: The Naval Institute guide to world naval weapon systems. US Naval Institute Press, 1997, ISBN 1557502684.
External links[edit]
- "Coast guard patrol ship - Project 205P". Russianships.info. Archived from the original on January 6, 2023. Retrieved May 11, 2024.
- Maritime Units of the Russian Border Guard Forces
- Project 205P Patrol Boats (in Russian)