Project 22870 tugboat

{{Short description|Russian tug boat class}}

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|Ship image=Russian Navy tugboat Vasily Bekh.jpg

|Ship caption=Spasatel Vasily Bekh in 2021

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|Name=Project 22870

|Builders=Zvezdochka Shipyard, Astrakhan

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|Built range=2014–present

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|In commission range=2020–present

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|Total ships planned=7{{Cite web|url=https://russianships.info/eng/rescue/project_22870.htm|title=Project 22870|website=russianships.info|access-date=22 April 2024}}

|Total ships completed=7

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|Total ships active=5

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|Total ships lost=1

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|Ship type=Rescue tug

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|Ship displacement=*1,200 tonnes (standard load)

  • 1,670 tonnes (full load){{Cite web|url=https://www.kchf.ru/eng/ship/rescue/sb739.htm|title=Rescue Tug Spasatel Vasily Bekh (SB-739)|website=kchf.ru|access-date=22 April 2024}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/22870.htm|title=Project 22870 Rescue Tug|website=globalsecurity.org|access-date=22 April 2024}}

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|Ship draught={{convert|3.2|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

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|Ship propulsion=*2 × KL6538-AS06 electric motors (2 × {{convert|2720|PS|shp|lk=on|abbr=on|disp=or}})

|Ship speed={{convert|14|kn|km/h mph|lk=in|abbr=on}}

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|Ship endurance=20 days

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Project 22870 is a series of rescue tugs in service with the Russian Navy designed by the Vympel Design Bureau, intended for towing ships in distress, fire fighting, medical evacuation, and rescue operations.

Operational history

During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the tugboat Spasatel Vasily Bekh was hit and sunk on 17 June 2022 by two anti-ship missiles fired by Ukrainian forces. The vessel was allegedly transporting weapons and ammunition to Snake Island, which was occupied by Russian forces at the time.{{Cite web|url=https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2022/06/ukraine-strikes-russias-vasily-bekh-rescue-tug/|title=Ukraine Strikes Russia's Vasily Bekh Rescue Tug With Antiship Missiles|website=navalnews.com|date=17 June 2022|access-date=22 April 2024}}

Ships

class="wikitable"
Name

! Builder

! Laid down

! Launched

! Commissioned

! Fleet

! Status

SB-45

| Zvezdochka Shipyard

| 2011

| 24 May 2013

| 27 June 2014

| Caspian Flotilla

| Active

Professor Nikolay Muru (ex-SB-565)

| Zvezdochka Shipyard

|

| 20 May 2014

| 28 December 2014

| Black Sea Fleet

| Active

SB-738

| Zvezdochka Shipyard

|

| 21 May 2015

| 4 July 2016

| Caspian Flotilla

| Active

Spasatel Vasily Bekh (ex-SB-739)

| Zvezdochka Shipyard

|

| 2 August 2016

| 16 January 2017

| Black Sea Fleet

| Sunk 17 June 2022 during the Russo-Ukrainian War

Capitan Guryev

| Zvezdochka Shipyard

| 27 January 2016

| 18 May 2018

| 5 December 2018

| Black Sea Fleet

| Active

SB-742

| Zvezdochka Shipyard

| 27 October 2016

| 22 May 2019

| 19 December 2019

| Black Sea Fleet

| Active

Mikhail Chekov

| Zvezdochka Shipyard

| 25 March 2021

| 21 May 2024

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| Black Sea Fleet

| Launched{{Cite web|url=https://vpk.name/en/495672_the-seventh-rescue-and-towing-vessel-of-project-22870-mikhail-chekov-was-laid-down.html|title=The seventh rescue and towing vessel of project 22870 "Mikhail Chekov" was laid down|date=29 March 2021|access-date=22 April 2024|website=vpk.name}}{{Cite web|url=https://flotprom.ru/2024/%D0%92%D0%BC%D1%8418/|title=В Астрахани спустили на воду седьмой спасательный буксир проекта 22870|website=flotprom.ru|date=21 May 2024|language=ru}}

See also

References

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