Project MPSV07 salvage ship

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<<Spasatel' Demidov>>.jpg
Class overview
Builders
Operators Flag of Russia.svg Rosmorrechflot Marine Rescue Service
Built2009–present
In service2012–present
Planned6
Building1
Completed5
General characteristics (for Spasatel Karev ) [1] [2]
Type Salvage ship
Tonnage
Displacement2,525 t (2,485 long tons)
Length73 m (240 ft)
Beam16.6 m (54 ft)
Draught5.1 m (17 ft)
Ice class RS Arc5
Installed power4 ×  Wärtsilä 8L20C (4 × 1,440 kW)
Propulsion
Speed15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Endurance20 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.

Contents

Development and construction

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]

Ships in class

NameBuilderYard numberIMO numberKeel laidLaunchedDeliveredPort of registryStatusImageRef
Spasatel Karev Nevsky Shipyard 701 9497531 22 September 200923 November 201016 November 2012 Saint Petersburg In service Spasatel Karev ..IMG 0225WI.jpg [8] [9] [10]
Spasatel Kavdejkin Nevsky Shipyard702 9593933 6 April 201029 September 20116 August 2013 Korsakov In service Spasatel' Kavdeikin.jpg [11] [12] [13]
Spasatel Zaborshchikov Nevsky Shipyard703 9593945 17 May 201022 June 201220 June 2014 Vladivostok In service [14] [15] [16]
Spasatel Demidov Nevsky Shipyard704 9681443 25 April 201312 August 20144 December 2015 Novorossiysk In service Spasatel Demidov in Sochi Black Sea Krasnodar Krai 29 December 2016.jpg [17] [18] [19]
Spasatel Ilyin Zalyv Shipbuilding Yard 01500 9830549 9 September 201615 May 2023NovorossiyskIn service [20] [21]
Spasatel Gruzinskiy Zelenodolsk Shipyard 447999061213 November 20212024 (planned)Saint PetersburgUnder 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. "Spasatel Karev (090238)". Register of ships. Russian Maritime Register of Shipping . Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  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.