Mangust-class patrol boat
{{Short description|Russian Coast Guard Vessel}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image=International Maritime Defence Show 2011 (375-37).jpg |Ship caption=A Mangust-class patrol boat (nearest) beside a {{sclass|Sobol|patrol boat|1}} }} {{Infobox ship class overview |Name= Mangust class |Builders=Vympel Shipyard |Operators=File:Russian Border Guard.svg Russian Coast Guard {{navy|Russia}} |Class before= |Class after= |Subclasses= |Cost= |Built range= |In service range= |In commission range=2001 |Total ships building= |Total ships planned= |Total ships completed=62{{Cite web |url=http://russianships.info/eng/borderguard/project_12150.htm |title=Coast guard patrol boat - Project 12150 |website=Russianships.info}} |Total ships cancelled= |Total ships active=61 |Total ships laid up= |Total ships lost= |Total ships retired= |Total ships preserved= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class= |Ship type=Fast patrol craft |Ship tonnage= |Ship displacement={{convert|27.2|t|abbr=on}} |Ship length={{convert|19.45|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship beam={{convert|4.4|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship height= |Ship draught= |Ship draft={{convert|0.89|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship depth= |Ship hold depth= |Ship decks= |Ship deck clearance= |Ship ramps= |Ship ice class= |Ship power= * 2 × M470M Zvezda ZE or MTU 10V 2000 M93 or M470MK Zvezda
|Ship propulsion= |Ship sail plan= |Ship speed=*Max: {{convert|50|kn|lk=in}} |Ship range={{convert|410|nmi|abbr=on|lk=in}} |Ship endurance= 2 days |Ship test depth= |Ship boats= |Ship capacity= |Ship troops= |Ship complement=6 |Ship crew= |Ship time to activate= |Ship sensors=* Integrated navigation system
|Ship EW= |Ship armament= * 1 × 12.7 mm Uprava-Kord machine gun{{Cite web |url=https://www.janes.com/article/82119/russian-facs-receive-uprava-kord-rcws |title=Russian FACs receive Uprava-Kord RCWS |first=Nikolai |last=Novichkov |date=31 July 2018 |website=Jane's.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180801121958/https://www.janes.com/article/82119/russian-facs-receive-uprava-kord-rcws |archive-date=1 August 2018}}
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The Mangust-class patrol boat, Russian designation Project 12150, is a Russian Coast Guard vessel. The patrol craft is designed to operate in coastal areas, ports, and other littoral areas, to perform missions such as protection of territorial maritime borders, law enforcement, other defense missions, search and rescue, protection of fisheries, and enforcing rules of navigation.{{cite web |url=http://www.vympel-rybinsek.ru/en/mangust-12150.html |title=Mangust |website=VYYMPEL Shipyard JSC |access-date=14 September 2017}}{{dead link|date=May 2021}}
Design
The craft has a modern design with various comforts for the crew such as low noise levels, air conditioning and well designed layout for better working and living conditions for the crew. They are armed with a variety of weapons to engage surface, air, and underwater threats.{{cite web |title=Project 12150 Mangust Fast Patrol Boats, Russia |url=http://www.homelandsecurity-technology.com/projects/project-12150-mangust-fast-patrol-boats/ |website=Homeland Security Technology |access-date=27 June 2017}} They are also equipped with a small boat for missions such as boarding operations.
Operators
= Current (2022) =
- Baltic Fleet: 13 boats in operation
- Black Sea Fleet: 26 boats in operation
- Pacific Fleet: 11 boats in operation
- Caspian Flotilla: 11 boats in operation
= Former =
2 boats were transferred from the Black Sea Fleet to the Baltic Fleet in 2016. In 2019, one Mangust-class patrol boat, PSKA-600, was decommissioned and sold to a civilian buyer.{{Cite web|title=Coast guard patrol boat - Project 12150|url=http://russianships.info/eng/borderguard/project_12150.htm|access-date=2022-02-06|website=russianships.info}}