Raketa (ship type)
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The Raketa , Russian for "rocket", is a historical series of hydrofoil boats that were manufactured in large numbers.
history
In the 1940s, the Russian shipbuilding engineer and designer Rostislaw Evgenjewitsch Alexejew u. a. Developed and constructed tanks and hydrofoil combat boats. His hydrofoils were not produced until the end of the war, and the Soviet fleet only received such ships afterwards. The Raketa hydrofoil was also designed and built under his direction. In August 1957, the maiden voyage of this boat, developed for the transport of passengers , followed from Gorky to Kazan .
The Raketa is considered the first hydrofoil to be built in large series for public passenger traffic and was mainly used on Russian rivers. From 1957, around 100 boats of this first series were built and delivered by the Soviet shipyard Krasnoje Sormovo, Gorki. Many of them were exported to the Eastern Bloc countries , Austria and the Federal Republic of Germany . Individual boats were in use for over 20 years, as was the Rheinpfeil (later series from 1970), which was in operation for around 25 years from 1972. In total, over 400 boats of the Raketa type were built in several series. The Vos'chod type replaced the Raketa type.
Data
This type of boat with fully submerged step-shaped wings is 27 meters in length and was only built in the Soviet Union from 1956 onwards. Depending on the equipment, it offers space for 60 to 65 people. With a displacement of 27 t, a load capacity of 7 t and the drive power of 650 kW, a speed of 32 kn, i.e. around 58 km / h, is achieved. The width is 5 m, the floating draft 1.8 m and when driving on the wings around 1.1 m.
Web links
- [1] - Website of a model maker with information on the "Raketa" series
literature
- Rolf Schönknecht, Uwe Laue: Unconventional ships. VEB publishing house for transport, Berlin 1990.