Project MPSV07 salvage ship

Class overview
Builders
OperatorsRussia Rosmorrechflot Marine Rescue Service
Built2009–present
In service2012–present
Planned6
Building1
Completed5
General characteristics (for Spasatel Karev)[1][2]
TypeSalvage ship
Tonnage
Displacement2,525 t (2,485 long tons)
Length73 m (240 ft)
Beam16.6 m (54 ft)
Draught5.1 m (17 ft)
Ice classRS 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.

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 perform underwater diving operations to depths as low 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 with the Balticconnector natural gas pipeline in the Gulf of Finland.[7]

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 [8][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. ^ "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.