Whisky Class er nevnt i artikkelen. Her et bilde av Whisky 5 tatt av undertegnede tidlig på 70-tallet. Akkurat denne har spesielt utstyr montert forut. Det antas å være deteksjonssensorer for kjølvann fra andre ubåter som den skal kunne forfølge neddykket uten å avsløre seg selv.
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First version of russian submersible patrol ship Strazh
Naval News April 2021 Navy Forces Maritime Defense
Industry
POSTED ON MONDAY, 12
APRIL 2021 15:26
According to information
published on April 12, 2021, Rubin unveils the first version of a
submersible patrol ship combining the benefits of a submarine and a surface
patrol vessel. The concept named the Sentry (Border and Offshore Submersible
Sentry, BOSS) is intended for foreign customers.
Artist rendering of the submersible patrol ship Strazh (Picture source: Rubin)
Offshore patrol vessels are relatively
inexpensive, which makes them affordable for countries with constrained
budgets. Their operation is profitable because they can be used to prevent
illegal trade, poaching and other law infringements. Ships of this type are
multi-functional and can be used as patrol ships, and as rescue or research
vessels as well. Equipment for the new ship comes mostly from surface ships and
aircraft and is commercially available.
The ability to dive provides the ship with two
advantages at a time: to discreetly observe inflictors (and to catch them
red-handed) and evade harsh weather conditions without aborting the mission. A
submersible ship can be used as a classical submarine, for intelligence, surveillance
& reconnaissance (ISR), as well as other missions. Seabed research
capability of the submersible patrol ship would be wider than those of a
surface ship. It can also serve as an inexpensive training vessel to give crews
seagoing experience and prepare the infrastructure before purchasing classical
submarines at a later stage.
In its architecture and outline, the ship
resembles Whiskey-class submarines (Project 613) - the most numerous series of
the Soviet submarines, very popular with foreign customers. Basic parameters
are also much the same, with the surface displacement around 1000 tons, overall
length 60 to 70 metres depending on the configuration, and the crew up to 42
people including the boarding team. Large pressure-proof containers can be used
to store RHIBs for boarding teams or an UAV with up to 3 hours endurance, its
launch sequence will be automated and will not require the presence of people
on the open deck. At the customer's choice, the ship can be fitted with
torpedoes, small guided missiles and autocannon.
Whiskey-class submarines are a class of
diesel-electric attack submarines that the Soviet Union built in the early Cold
War period.
Their hull and equipment were not very different
from WWII units, but the specification for a dive over 200 meters, and greater
autonomy, as well as mass production, resulted in a submersible more than 1000
tons. Their artillery differed according to the initial versions (Whiskey I,
II, III and IV, the latter having a schnorchel).
The Whiskey V, on the other hand, had a new,
better profiled hull and no artillery pieces (Project 613M). They formed the
new production standard in 1955. Their sonars were very much inspired by those
of the Type XXI whose engineers were now working (rewarded by a golden bridge)
for the USSR.
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