Russian Navy Sorum-class seagoing tug MB-99 (Project 745) during the Navy Day celebrations at Vladivostok in 2008 | |
Class overview | |
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Name | Sorum class |
Builders |
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Operators |
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In commission | 1972 |
Completed | c. 43 [1] |
General characteristics (Project 745) | |
Type | Seagoing tug |
Displacement | 1,452 t (1,429 long tons; 1,601 short tons) |
Length | 56.5 m (185 ft 4 in) |
Beam | 12.64 m (41 ft 6 in) |
Draft | 4.47 m (14 ft 8 in) |
Installed power |
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Propulsion | IEP; two shafts: |
Speed | Max: 13.2 knots (24.4 km/h; 15.2 mph) |
Range | 6,200 nmi (11,500 km; 7,100 mi) at 13 kn (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
Endurance | 40 days |
Complement | 35 |
Sensors and processing systems | |
Armament | One unit since 2015: 2 × twin 12.7 mm Utyos-M machine gun turrets [lower-alpha 2] |
The Sorum class, Soviet designation Project 745, is a series of seagoing tugs built for the Soviet Navy and KGB Border Troops, and later operated by the Russian Navy and FSB Border Service. [3]
These vessels perform the standard missions of a seagoing tugboat with other missions such as protecting and patrolling Russian maritime borders, enforcing navigational rules and law enforcement, search and rescue, and fisheries protection.
Externally, the Projects 745MB and 745MBS tugs can be distinguished from the original Project 745 tugs by twin funnels instead of one.
A Project 745P border patrol ship was involved in an incident involving Greenpeace vessel where the Russian ship fired warning shots, and later seized a Greenpeace vessel after they attempted to board an oil rig in the Arctic in 2013. [7]
Another Project 745P border patrol ship rammed a Ukrainian tug in the Kerch Strait on November 25, 2018. [8]
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