Zhuk class patrol boat
Ukrainian patrol boat U120 Skadovsk at Sevastopol Bay, 2004
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| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Zhuk class (Project 1400M Grif) |
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| Operators: | see below |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Patrol boat |
| Displacement: | 39 t (38 LT) |
| Length: | 23.8 m (78 ft) |
| Beam: | 5 m (16 ft) |
| Draught: | 1.1 m (4 ft) |
| Installed power: | Diesel-direct: 2 Type M401B diesels (2 x MTU/CAT; 2 x 1,000 @ 2,300 rpm) |
| Propulsion: | 2 shafts |
| Speed: | 30 mph |
| Range: | 450 nmi (830 km) |
| Complement: | 11 (3 officers, 8 enlisted) |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
Mius ("Spin Trough") surface search/navigation (range, bearing) |
| Armament: | 2 x twin 12.7 mm (0.50 in) guns |
The Zhuk-class patrol boat, also known as Project 1400M "Grif", is a border patrol vessel built in the Soviet Union and later Ukraine. Over 300 boats built between 1969 and 1991 out of those 110 were sold in 23 countries of the world.
Exact numbers are unknown, but they were widely exported by the Soviet Union in addition to use in home waters as harbor patrol. The vessels were excellent for this task thanks to a cheap design for mass production. With only a single simple radar unit and manually-aimed machine guns, they made ideal patrol boats. The dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, and the abolition of its primary user the, KGB Maritime Guard, it was taken over by the Russian Federal Coast Guard. By 2007 only 15-20 remained in service with the Russian Navy.
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