Project MPSV07 salvage ship
Russian salvage ship family
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Project MPSV07 salvage ships are a series of Russian ice-strengthened multipurpose salvage ships.
- Nevsky Shipyard (Shlisselburg, Russia)
- Zalyv Shipbuilding Yard (Kerch, Zelenodolsk Shipyard (Zelenodolsk, Russia)
Rosmorrechflot Marine Rescue Service | |
| Class overview | |
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| Builders |
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| Operators | Rosmorrechflot Marine Rescue Service |
| Built | 2009–present |
| In service | 2012–present |
| Planned | 6 |
| Building | 1 |
| Completed | 5 |
| General characteristics (for Spasatel Karev)[1][2] | |
| Type | Salvage ship |
| Tonnage | |
| Displacement | 2,525 t (2,485 long tons) |
| Length | 73 m (240 ft) |
| Beam | 16.6 m (54 ft) |
| Draught | 5.1 m (17 ft) |
| Ice class | RS Arc5 |
| Installed power | 4 × Wärtsilä 8L20C (4 × 1,440 kW) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Endurance | 20 days |
| Capacity |
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| Crew |
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Development and construction
Design
The vessels are 73 m long, and deadweight at maximum draft is approximately 1,171 t. The vessels has a sea endurance of 20 days. The vessels are equipped with machinery to investigate the sea bed and damaged objects lying in depths of up to 1,000 m. MPSV07 class can also support underwater diving operations to depths as great as 300 m.[3][unreliable source?]
Career
The Spasatel Demidov was called upon to control a fire aboard two LNG carriers, in the Sea of Azov, on January 21, 2019.[4][5] Despite throwing water on both the ships, fire continued for three to five days or more.[6]
In November 2023, Spasatel Karev repaired the Baltika telecommunications cable that had been damaged at the same time as damage occurred to the Balticconnector natural gas pipeline in the Gulf of Finland.[7]
On 10 September 2025, HUR (Ukrainian military intelligence) claimed to have struck the bridge of a Project MPSV07 salvage ship in Novorossiysk Bay near Krasnodar Krai. HUR claimed that the ship was disabled and sent back for “costly repairs”, the name of the vessel is unknown.[8]
Ships in class
| Name | Builder | Yard number | IMO number | Keel laid | Launched | Delivered | Port of registry | Status | Image | Ref |
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| Spasatel Karev | Nevsky Shipyard | 701 | 9497531 | 22 September 2009 | 23 November 2010 | 16 November 2012 | Saint Petersburg | In service |  |
[9][10] |
| Spasatel Kavdejkin | Nevsky Shipyard | 702 | 9593933 | 6 April 2010 | 29 September 2011 | 6 August 2013 | Korsakov | In service |  |
[11][12][13] |
| Spasatel Zaborshchikov | Nevsky Shipyard | 703 | 9593945 | 17 May 2010 | 22 June 2012 | 20 June 2014 | Vladivostok | In service | [14][15][16] | |
| Spasatel Demidov | Nevsky Shipyard | 704 | 9681443 | 25 April 2013 | 12 August 2014 | 4 December 2015 | Novorossiysk | In Service |  |
[17][18][19] |
| Spasatel Ilyin | Zalyv Shipbuilding Yard | 01500 | 9830549 | 9 September 2016 | 21 February 2019 | 15 May 2023 | Novorossiysk | In service | [20][21] | |
| Spasatel Gruzinskiy | Zelenodolsk Shipyard | 447 | 9990612 | 13 November 2021 | 2024 (planned) | Saint Petersburg | Under construction[22] | [23] |