Two Raptor (Project 03160) High Speed Patrol Boats to Join Russian Navy Black Sea Fleet

: Posted On Monday, 05 January 2015 09:24

Naval Forces News - Russia

Two Raptor (Project 03160) High Speed Patrol Boats to Join Russian Navy Black Sea Fleet

Russian shipyard Open Joint Stock Company "Pella" based in Leningrad announced two Project 03160 Raptor high speed patrol boats will join the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Navy in early 2015. In late December 2014 the boats were delivered to Novorossiysk naval base by trucks from the shipyard. To date, at the Novorossiisk base the vessels completed builder sea trials with success from 2013 to 2014.

Two Project 03160 Raptor will soon join Russia's Black Sea Fleet

According to a Pella shipyard representative “The crews of boats together with specialists from the plant have begun to prepare the ships for the state tests. The boat is planned to be transferred to the Black Sea Fleet in the first quarter of 2015.”

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.

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.