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Pella Shipyard signed contract with Russian Navy for 8 Project 03160 high speed patrol boats

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Naval Industry News - Russia
 
 
 
Pella Shipyard signed contract with Russian Navy for 8 Project 03160 high speed patrol boats
 
Russian shipyard Open Joint Stock Company "Pella" based in Leningrad announced it has signed a contract with the Russian Navy for the delivery of eight Project 03160 Raptor high speed patrol boats. The shipyard also announced that the first vessel which was launched on 15 August 2013 has just completed builder sea trials with success.
     
     
The boat is intended to perform the following missions during day-time and at night:
» Transportation of group of at least 20 soldiers;
» Duties in assigned areas;
» Interception and arrest of small targets;
» Rescue of people in areas of duty;
» Navigation area – coastal areas, straits, estuaries standing off a place of shelter within 100 miles.

Ed. Note: Project 03160 "Raptor" appears to be a licensed version of the famous Swedish CB90-class fast assault craft, designed and built in 1989 by the Swedish company Dockstavarvet.

     
Russian shipyard Open Joint Stock Company "Pella" based in Leningrad announced it has signed a contract with the Russian Navy for the delivery of eight Project 03160 Raptor high speed patrol boats. The shipyard also announced that the first vessel which was launched on 15 August 2013 has just completed builder sea trials with success.
Project 03160 Raptor was designed to transport at least 20 soldiers

     
Main characteristics of the ship according to Open JSC “Pella”:
Length max ab. 17 m
Width max ab. 4,0 m
Fixed height ab. 3,5 m
Depth ab. 0,9 m
Crew 2 persons
Special staff 22 persons
Speed about 50 knots
Total power 2000 h.p.

Military equipment

Remote weapon station with gyrostabilizer optical-electronic module
Caliber - 14,5 m;
Range of target detection - 3000 m
Rifle range - 2000 m
2x 6P41 “Pecheneg” machine guns having 7.62 mm caliber on bracket mount.
     
Russian shipyard Open Joint Stock Company "Pella" based in Leningrad announced it has signed a contract with the Russian Navy for the delivery of eight Project 03160 Raptor high speed patrol boats. The shipyard also announced that the first vessel which was launched on 15 August 2013 has just completed builder sea trials with success.
Delivery of the first ship of the class to the Russian Navy is scheduled for September 2014