Stenka class

Project 205P

Ship data Ship type Submarine Shipyard Shipyard 5, Leningrad (111) Shipyard 602, Vladivostok Construction period 1976 to 1989 Units built 137

Ship dimensions and crew length 39.8 m ( Lüa ) width 7.9 m Draft Max. 1.96 m displacement Standard / full: 211 t / 245 t   crew 32

Machine system machine 3 × M-504B2 diesel engine Machine performance 3 × 5000 PS (3677 kW) Top speed 36 kn (67 km / h) propeller 3

Armament 4 × 1 torpedo tubes ∅ 406 mm 2 × settler for depth charges 2 × 2 30 mm L / 63 AK-230

Project 205P , alias Tarantul ( Russian Тарантул ), designated by NATO as the Stenka class , is a class of anti-submarine craft developed in the Soviet Union during the Cold War . The Russian code name Tarantul for Project 205P has nothing to do with the identical code name that NATO gave Project 1241.1 .

history

Patrol boats of the project 205P: BG-61 "Odessa", BG-62 "Podillja" and BG-63 "Pavlo Derschavin" of the Ukrainian coast guard in the port of Odessa

Project 205P is a variant of Project 205 , which in turn was planned as a missile speedboat . The development office of the “Almas” shipyard in Leningrad used the standardized components of the missile speedboat to develop a submarine from them. For this purpose, the rocket launch containers were replaced by four light torpedo tubes and the living space in the boats was redesigned for long periods of use, which were to be expected with long patrol times, unlike in Project 205. A powerful air conditioning system was built in and the superstructure was raised to create more usable space inside.

The Soviet Union classified the 113 boats of its border troops as "border guard ships" ( Russian Пограничные сторожевые корабли (ПСКР) ) and the five boats of the Navy as gunboats ( Russian артиллерийский катер ). A comparable allocation of boats designed to combat submarines to regular border security was rather unusual in the NATO countries, so that Project 205P is also run as a patrol boat there.

technology

BG-32 "Donbas" of the Ukrainian Coast Guard near Foros

Hull and drive

The Osa-class boat hull was used for the boats in Project 205P. The anti-ship missiles with the associated superstructures and technology were omitted. The drive system, the boats had three diesel row radial engines of the type M504 B2 with a total capacity of about 15,000 horsepower.

Armament

SET-40 torpedoes were the primary weapon used to combat submarines . The boats were equipped with four 406 mm torpedo tubes , which were mounted on the deck in the aft part of the boats, two port and starboard.

Behind the torpedo tubes on the afterdeck each unwind stand for one is to port and starboard water bombs attached. Twelve depth charges, six per rack, can be carried.

Like the boats in Project 205, the boats in Project 205P are also equipped with two radar-controlled 30 mm twin AK-230 guns. One AK-230 turret is on the forecastle , the other on the stern.

One of the boats was equipped for testing with a 57 mm AK-725 gun and was given a modified project number - 205PE.

Sensors

To search for air and surface contacts, Project 205P is equipped with an MR-102 (NATO: “Pot Drum”) or a “Positive” radar (NATO: “Peel Cone”), which are installed on the top of the mast. Two antennas of the friend-foe recognition system, which NATO calls "High Pole B", are attached to the mast .

A fire control radar of the type MR-104, which NATO christened “Drum Tilt”, is mounted on the rear part of the superstructure to direct the fire of the two AK-230 towers.

When searching for submarines, the ships are equipped with an MG-345 “Bronza” system, which consists of a submersible sonar of the type MG-329 “Scheksna”, as carried by the corvettes from Project 133.1 , and a MG-11- "Tamir-11" sonar sensor assembled on the underside of the fuselage.

Boats of the project 205P

About 137 boats of this class were built between 1976 and 1989 and delivered to the Soviet border troops. The majority with 111 boats were built in Leningrad. Seven boats of a modified version (project 02059) without torpedo tubes and sonar were built between 1985 and 1987 and delivered to Cuba (four boats) and Cambodia (three boats).

Cambodia modernized its boats between 1995 and 1997 and equipped them with new guns, radar and propulsion. Georgia scrapped one of its two boats in 2006 and lost the other in the 2008 Caucasus conflict . Of the approximately 118 boats of the Soviet Navy, 15 are still active in the Russian and 13 in the Ukrainian Navy (as of 2004).

Evidence and references

Remarks

1. ↑ Also known as "Almas".
2. ↑ "Stenka" is a Russian diminutive of the first name Stefan .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} The history of the Alamswerft project 205P on almaz.spb.ru, viewed on March 1, 2012
2. ↑ ПСКР проекта 205П
3. ↑ Артиллерийский катер "АК-225"

literature

• Юрий В. Апальков: Корабли ВМФ СССР. Том II. Ударные корабли. Часть II. Малые ракетные корабли и катера. (For example: Yuri W. Apalkow: Ships of the Soviet Navy. - Part II “Submarine Ships”, Section 2 “Small Rocket Ships and Boats”. ), Galea Print, 2004, ISBN 5-8172-0087-2 (Russian).
• Jane's Fighting Ships 2004-2005. Jane's Information Group, ISBN 0-7106-2623-1 .
• Conway's all the Worlds Fighting Ships Naval Institute. Press Annapolis, Maryland 1947-1995.

Nato designations for electronic systems:

• Norman Friedman: The Naval Institute guide to world naval weapon systems. US Naval Institute Press, 1997, ISBN 1557502684 (English).

Web links

Commons : Project 205P  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Ship list of project 205p on russian-ships.info (Russian)
• Patrol boat, project 205P, list of boats (Russian)