Stenka class patrol boat


Russian Maritime Border Guard Stenka class patrol craft PSKR-721
Class overview
Name: Stenka class (Project 205P)
Operators: see below
Completed: 114
General characteristics
Type: Patrol boat
Displacement: 172 tons standard, 245 tons full load
Length: 37.5 m
Beam: 7.64 m
Draught: 3.8 m
Propulsion: 3× M504 B2 Diesels; 12,500 hp
Speed: 38 knots
Range: 500 nm at 35 knots
Crew: 32 / 34
Sensors and
processing systems:
Radar: Pot drum. Sonar: Bronza Hull mounted high frequency, high frequency dipping sonar
Armament: AK-230 30 mm/65
1× 12.7 mm machine gun
4× 40cm anti submarine torpedo tubes
2 depth charge racks (12 depth charges)

The Stenka class is the NATO reporting name for a class of patrol boats built for the Soviet Navy and Soviet Allies. The Soviet designation was Project 205P Tarantul (not to be confused with the Tarantul class corvette). The boats are an anti-submarine patrol boat version of the Osa class missile boat

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Design

The boat used the hull of the Osa class and had a slightly larger crew.

Ships

Soviet Navy

A total of 114 or 117 (sources vary) boats were built between 1967 and 1990. They were operated by the Maritime Border Guard

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References

Gardiner, Robert (ed.). Conway's all the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995. London: Conway Maritime. ISBN 0851776051. OCLC 34284130.  Also published as Gardiner, Robert; Chumbley, Stephen; Budzbon, Przemysław. Conway's all the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1557501327. OCLC 34267261.