Kashtan-class salvage vessel

The Project 141, (NATO reporting name Kashtan class) is a class of salvage vessel/submersible support built at Rostock's Neptun Werft in East Germany for the Soviet Navy.[1]

SS-750 with its submersible in the Strait of Baltiysk
Class overview
NameKashtan class
BuildersNeptun Werft, Rostock, East Germany
Operators
Completed8
General characteristics
TypeSalvage vessel/ Submersible support
Displacement
  • 4,200 tons standard
  • 6,200 tons full load
Length97.83 m (321 ft 0 in)
Beam18.20 m (59 ft 9 in)
Draught5.70 m (18 ft 8 in)
Propulsion2 × 1,500 hp (1,100 kW) diesel-electric motors, 2 fixed pitch propellers, 1 bow thruster , 5 × 775 kW diesel generators
Speed13.5 knots (25.0 km/h; 15.5 mph)
Range2,000 nautical miles (3,700 km; 2,300 mi) at 11 kn (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Complement47

In total, eight ships of this type were commissioned from 1988 to 1990.[2] The ships became part of the Russian Navy after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The stern has a crane capable of lifting 100 tons with which a Priz-class deep-submergence rescue vehicle (DSRV) can be launched and recovered.[1]

Operations
The submersible AS-26 that a Kashtan-class ship can launch

In June 2014 it was reported that SS-750 had participated in sea trials in the Baltic Sea of a Bester-1 submersible.[3]

On 6 September 2022 Russia's Ministry of Defence informed that SS-750 had participated in sea trials in the Baltic Sea of two new, improved Kilo-class submarines[4] and on 6 October there was again news of SS-750 having participated in sea trials in the Baltic Sea, this time with a single submarine.[5]

In April 2023 the Danish Defence Command confirmed that on 22 September 2022 SS-750 and the Priz-class submersible AS-26 that it can launch were among six Russian Navy ships operating in the area where four days later the 2022 Nord Stream pipeline sabotage occurred.[6][7]

Ships

These are the eight Kashtan-class ships:[2]

Name Yard number Launched Commissioned Fleet New name Status
KIL-926 141/1465 1986-11-29 1988-06-27 Baltic Alexandr Pushkin (from 1999-05-27) Active as of 2014[8]
KIL-927 142/1468 1987-10-06 1988-11-23 Pacific Active as of 2021[9]
KIL-143 143/1469 1988-01-20 1989-02-28 Northern Active as of 2006[10]
KIL-158 144/1470 1988-04-29 1989-06-30 Black Sea (Baltic before 1989-11-08) Active as of 2020[11]
KIL-164 145/1471 1988-02-09 1989-10-20 Northern Active as of 2016[12]
KIL-498 146/1476 1988-12-20 1990-02-28 Pacific Active as of 2019[13]
KIL-140 147/1477 1989-06-16 1990-06-30 Baltic SS-750 (from September 1995) Active as of 2022[6]
KIL-168 148/1478 1989-09-30 1990-10-05 Pacific (Black Sea before) Active as of 2016[14]

See also

References
  1. Saunders, Stephen (2005). Jane’s Fighting Ships 2005 - 2006. Jane’s Information Group. ISBN 978-0-7106-2692-9.
  2. "Mooring-buoy tender - Project 141". Russianships.info. Retrieved 2023-08-29.
  3. "На Балтийском флоте испытывают глубоководный аппарат "Бестер-1"" [The Baltic Fleet is testing the Bester-1 deep-sea submersible]. flot.com (Press release) (in Russian). Russia's Ministry of Defence. 2014-06-03. Archived from the original on 2014-06-28.
  4. "Силы Балтийского флота обеспечивают погружение ДЭПЛ «Уфа» и «Кронштадт» в Балтийском море". function.mil.ru (Press release) (in Russian). 2022-09-06. Retrieved 2023-08-30.
  5. "Новая "Варшавянка" погрузилась почти на 200 метров в Балтийском море". flotprom.ru (in Russian). 2022-10-06. Retrieved 2023-08-29.
  6. Elkjær, Bo; Gjerding, Sebastian (2023-04-28). "Forsvaret bekræfter: Rusland havde specialfartøj nær Nord Streams sprængningspunkt" [Defence confirms: Russia had specialized vessel near Nord Stream point of explosion]. information.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-08-27.
  7. Camut, Nicolas (2023-04-28). "Russian ship spotted near Nord Stream pipelines days before sabotage: Reports". Politico. Retrieved 2023-05-08.
  8. "Новейший глубоководный аппарат "Пантера" испытают на Балтийском флоте". ria.ru (in Russian). 2014-07-02. Retrieved 2023-08-31.
  9. "«Дальзавод» отремонтировал килекторное судно «КИЛ-927»". portnews.ru (in Russian). 2021-10-29. Retrieved 2023-08-31.
  10. "RFS KILEKTOR 143 - IMO 8922498". shipspotting.com. 2012-09-22. Retrieved 2023-08-29.
  11. "RFS KIL158 - IMO 8922503". shipspotting.com. 2020-10-25. Retrieved 2023-08-29.
  12. "RFS KILEKTOR 164 - IMO 8922515". shipspotting.com. 2016-11-14. Retrieved 2023-08-29.
  13. "RFS KIL498 - IMO 8832576". shipspotting.com. 2019-11-02. Retrieved 2023-08-29.
  14. "RFS KILEKTOR 168 - IMO 9030175". shipspotting.com. 2016-11-11. Retrieved 2023-08-29.
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