On June 27, 2014, Moscow Shipbuilding & Ship Repair Yard (MSSZ) launched the lead Diving Support Vessel of project 14157 (Hull No 105) for Russian Navy, the shipyard’s press center says.
It is the first vessel in the series of three DSVs being built by Moscow Shipbuilding & Ship Repair Yard according to the design of naval architecture and marine engineering firm “Vympel". The delivery is scheduled for October 2014.
The 14157-series DSV was designed for the support of diving operations at offshore anchorage, harbors and littoral zones at depths of up to 60 m. The DSV seagoing capabilities enable safe operations and diving works at rough sea Force 5 and 3.
The construction will be supervised by a team of RF Ministry of Defence.
Main specifications:
LOA (max) - 25.0 m
Breadth (max) - 4.8 m
Depth (max) - 3.3 m
Draft (about) - 1.4 m
Displacement (about) - 82.0 tons
Speed (about) - 12.0 knots
Endurance – 5 days
Divers - 5
Range - 200 miles
JSC Moscow Shipbuilding & Ship Repair Yard (MSSZ) was founded in 1936 and is one of the oldest shipyards in Russia. Throughout the years the shipyard has built more than 1,800 vessels. The company specializes in construction of river passenger ships, fishing boats and 25-m / 50-m-long luxury yachts. The full-cycle shipyard has in-house design office, docks for hull repair, fabrication, painting, outfitting and interior manufacturing.
In 2010, the company commenced the construction of new generation cruise passenger ships. The shipyard is a subsidiary of the state-owned shipbuilding conglomerate United Shipbuilding Corporation. In September 2011, the shipyard launched the project of high-speed multipurpose cutters of MRV14 project for Russian ports. Since that year Moscow Shipyard is building the packages of 27 and 12 buoy tenders of project 3050 and 3050.1, respectively. In the autumn of 2012 the shipyard started construction of on-board boats for the Russian Navy.
Moscow Shipbuilding & Ship Repair Yard is to execute three forth of orders for construction of tender vessels of projects 3050, 3050.1 and 3052 under the sub-programme Inland Water Transport of the federal special-purpose programme Development of Russia’s Transport System through 2010-2015.