Sorum class seagoing tug

Russian Maritime Border Guard Sorum class seagoing tug Kamchatka underway in the 1990s
Class overview
Name: Sorum class
Builders: Yaroslavl Shipyard
Operators:  Russian Coast Guard
In commission: 1974
Active: 17
General characteristics
Type: Project 745P seagoing patrol tug
Displacement: 1,620 t (1,590 long tons; 1,790 short tons)
Length: 56.5 m (185 ft)
Beam: 12.64 m (41.5 ft)
Draft: 4.6 m (15 ft)
Speed: Max: 13 kn (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Range: 8000 nmi (11 knots), 6700 nmi (13 knots)
Endurance: 40 days
Complement: 47
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • 2 x Don navigation radars
  • 1 x Kolonka-1 fire control system
  • Communication systems
Armament:

The Sorum-class seagoing tug, also known as Project 745P in Russian Coast Guard service, is a seagoing tug that is currently in service in the Russian Coast Guard and was in other services at one point. These vessels will perform the standard missions of a seagoing tug boat with other missions such as protecting and patrolling Russian maritime borders, enforcing navigational rules and law enforcement, search and rescue, and fisheries protection.

Design

The tugs are modified versions of the original project 745. They are armed with 2 x 30 mm guns giving them the ability to fire on surface, air, and ground targets and are equipped with the Kolonka-1 fire control system to control these weapons. They are equipped with electric motors, and diesel generators.[1]

History

One seagoing tug was involved in an incident involving Greenpeace where a tug fired warning shots, and later seized a Greenpeace vessel after they attempted to board an oil rig in the Arctic in 2013.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Seagoing tugs". Russianships.info. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  2. ↑ "Russia 'seizes' Greenpeace ship after Arctic rig protest". BBC. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
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