The ship was ordered by the Federal Agency for Maritime and River Transport for FGI Gosmorspassluzhba (Russian Marine Emergency Rescue Service). The Uglich will join the fleet of Novorossiysk department of salvage and underwater engineering works.
The vessel has onboard equipment for diving and underwater engineering works at depths of 100 m and has no analogues on the existing vessels operated by Gosmorspassluzhba. Also, the ship is equipped with two marine air-foam fire monitors that will enable the ship to extinguish fires on other ships and different vessels. There is a towing winch making the vessel a tugboat. The vessel can by used for deployment of containment booms during OSR operations.
The ship can effectively operate in rough seas with wave height of up to 3m. However, she can sail and approach the site of rescue operation at wave height up to 7 m. The vessel is powered by 2 high-speed main engines of 442 kW each.
The parent vessel of SDS08 «capital city of Yaroslavl was laid August 28, 2009, launched on 12 August 2010 and commissioned October 25, 2010. The second ship of the series "Rostov the Great" was laid down March 9, 2010 and launched on 21 April 2011. Commissioning is scheduled for May 2011. Ship "Uglich" was laid March 16, 2010.
The SDS08 series lead ship ‘Stolny Grad Yaroslavl’ was commissioned on October 25, 2010. The second ship 'Rostov the Great' was launched on April 21, 2011. The third ship 'Uglich' was laid on March 16, 2010.
Yaroslavsky Shipbuilding Plant is located in central Russia, on the Volga river. Incorporated in 1993. The company specializes in building civilian ships and vessels for the Russian Navy.
Marine Engineering Bureau is a non-governmental design and engineering firm recognized by Russian Maritime Register of Shipping Russian River Register and Register of Shipping Ukraine. The firm designed 14 new ships, built and commissioned in 2010, and 12 vessels, delivered to customers after major remodeling.