Project MPSV07 salvage ship

Class overview
Builders	Nevsky Shipyard (Shlisselburg, Russia) Zalyv Shipbuilding Yard (Kerch, Zelenodolsk Shipyard (Zelenodolsk, Russia)
Operators	Rosmorrechflot Marine Rescue Service
Built	2009–present
In service	2012–present
Planned	6
Building	1
Completed	5
General characteristics (for Spasatel Karev ) [1] [2]
Type	Salvage ship
Tonnage	2,530  GT 759  NT 1,215  DWT
Displacement	2,525 t (2,485 long tons)
Length	73 m (240 ft)
Beam	16.6 m (54 ft)
Draught	5.1 m (17 ft)
Ice class	RS Arc5
Installed power	4 ×  Wärtsilä 8L20C (4 × 1,440 kW)
Propulsion	Diesel-electric; two Steerprop SP45D/L3600 azimuth thrusters (2 × 2,060 kW) Two bow thrusters (2 × 995 kW)
Speed	15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Endurance	20 days
Capacity	94 m3 of cargo 668 m3 of recovered oil 69 survivors
Crew	20 crew 12 supernumeraries

Project MPSV07 salvage ships are a series of Russian ice-strengthened multipurpose salvage ships.

Design

The vessels are 73 m long, and deadweight at maximum draft is approximately 1,171 t. The vessels has a sea endurance of 20 days. The vessels are equipped with machinery to investigate the sea bed and damaged objects lying in depths of up to 1,000 m. MPSV07 class can also support underwater diving operations to depths as great as 300 m. ^{[3] [ unreliable source? ]}

Career

The Spasatel Demidov was called upon to control a fire aboard two LNG carriers, in the Sea of Azov, on January 21, 2019. ^{[4] [5]} Despite throwing water on both the ships, fire continued for three to five days or more. ^[6]

In November 2023, Spasatel Karev repaired the Baltika telecommunications cable that had been damaged at the same time as damage occurred to the Balticconnector natural gas pipeline in the Gulf of Finland. ^[7]

On 10 September 2025, HUR (Ukrainian military intelligence) claimed to have struck the bridge of a Project MPSV07 salvage ship in Novorossiysk Bay near Krasnodar Krai. HUR claimed that the ship was disabled and sent back for “costly repairs”, the name of the vessel is unknown. ^[8]

Ships in class

Name	Builder	Yard number	IMO number	Keel laid	Launched	Delivered	Port of registry	Status	Image	Ref
Spasatel Karev	Nevsky Shipyard	701	9497531	22 September 2009	23 November 2010	16 November 2012	Saint Petersburg	In service		[9] [10]
Spasatel Kavdejkin	Nevsky Shipyard	702	9593933	6 April 2010	29 September 2011	6 August 2013	Korsakov	In service		[11] [12] [13]
Spasatel Zaborshchikov	Nevsky Shipyard	703	9593945	17 May 2010	22 June 2012	20 June 2014	Vladivostok	In service		[14] [15] [16]
Spasatel Demidov	Nevsky Shipyard	704	9681443	25 April 2013	12 August 2014	4 December 2015	Novorossiysk	In Service		[17] [18] [19]
Spasatel Ilyin	Zalyv Shipbuilding Yard	01500	9830549	9 September 2016		15 May 2023	Novorossiysk	In service		[20] [21]
Spasatel Gruzinskiy	Zelenodolsk Shipyard	447	9990612	13 November 2021		2024 (planned)	Saint Petersburg	Under construction [22]		[23]

References

1. "Spasatel Karev (090238)". Register of ships. Russian Maritime Register of Shipping . Retrieved 6 November 2023.
2. "Project MPSV07". Marine Engineering Bureau. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
3. "Spasatel Demidov Multipurpose Salvage Vessel". Ship Technology.
4. "14 dead after fire on two vessels off Crimea coast". Arab News . Moscow. 21 January 2019. Fourteen people were killed and five were missing off Russia-annexed Crimea in the Black Sea on Monday after a fire engulfed gas tankers sailing under the flag of Tanzania, authorities said.
5. "Two ships with Indian, Turkish crew catch fire in Kerch Strait, 14 dead; accident took place during fuel transfer". First Post . 2019-01-22. The fire broke out on Monday off Russia's territorial waters. Both vessels were flying Tanzanian flags. One of them was a liquefied natural gas carrier and another one was a tanker. The fire broke out as the two ships were transferring fuel from one to the other.
6. "6 Indian sailors killed, 6 missing in ship accident off Russia - India News". The Times of India . 23 January 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
7. "Merivartiosto: Venäläisalus korjaa merikaapelia Suomenlahdella, Turva-alus valvoo tilannetta" (in Finnish). 6 November 2023. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
8. Martin Fornusek (2025-09-10). "Ukrainian drone disables rare Russian vessel patrolling Black Sea, intelligence says, shows footage". The Kyiv Independent. Retrieved 2025-09-11.
9. "Spasatel Karev – Multipurpose salvage vessel (project MPSV7)". Морспасслужба Росморречфлота. Archived from the original on 1 March 2023. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
10. "Spasatel Karev (9497531)" . Sea-web. S&P Global . Retrieved 19 November 2023.
11. "Spasatel Kavdejkin (100196)". Register of ships. Russian Maritime Register of Shipping . Retrieved 19 November 2023.
12. "Spasatel Kavdeykin – Multipurpose salvage vessel (project MPSV7)". Морспасслужба Росморречфлота. Archived from the original on 1 March 2023. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
13. "Spasatel Kavdejkin (9593933)" . Sea-web. S&P Global . Retrieved 19 November 2023.
14. "Spasatel Zaborshchikov (100340)". Register of ships. Russian Maritime Register of Shipping . Retrieved 19 November 2023.
15. "Spasatel Zaborshchikov – Multipurpose salvage vessel (project MPSV7)". Морспасслужба Росморречфлота. Archived from the original on 1 March 2023. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
16. "Spasatel Zaborshchikov (9593945)" . Sea-web. S&P Global . Retrieved 19 November 2023.
17. "Spasatel Demidov (120984)". Register of ships. Russian Maritime Register of Shipping . Retrieved 19 November 2023.
18. "Spasatel Demidov – multipurpose salvage vessel (project MPSV07)". Морспасслужба Росморречфлота. Archived from the original on 1 March 2023. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
19. "Spasatel Demidov (9681443)" . Sea-web. S&P Global . Retrieved 19 November 2023.
20. "Spasatel Ilyin (160498)". Register of ships. Russian Maritime Register of Shipping . Retrieved 19 November 2023.
21. "Spasatel Iljin (9830549)" . Sea-web. S&P Global . Retrieved 19 November 2023.
22. "Церемония закладки корпуса аварийно-спасательного судна проекта MPSV07". JSC "Zelenodolsk Plant named after A. M. Gorky" (in Russian). 29 October 2021. Archived from the original on 8 March 2023. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
23. "Spasatel Gruzinskiy (9990612)" . Sea-web. S&P Global . Retrieved 19 November 2023.