Vishnya (class)

History

The Vishnya class (also known as the Meridian class) was a group of reconnaissance ships built for the Soviet Navy in the 1980s. These ships are still in service with the Russian Navy. The Soviet name was Project 864.

These ships are large purpose-built ships designed to collect signal information through a large number of sensors. Data can be transmitted ashore via satellite link antennas mounted in two large radomes.

The ships are equipped with two AK-630 close-in weapons systems and SA-N-8 SAM launchers as a last resort for self-defense.

Specification

BASICS

Years of Service

1985

Origins

Soviet Union

supplement

146

staff

Class information

Class

Vishnya class (meridian class)

Class Size

7

ships

Class

Fedor Golovin (Meridian) (SSV-520); Tafria (SSV-169); Curry (SSV-208); Karelia (SSV-535); 201); Viktor Leonov (rangefinder) (SSV-175); Vasily Nikititch Tatischev (Pelengator) (SSV-231)

Operator

Russia; former Soviet Union

Dimensions and Weight

Length

300. 0 feet

91.44m

Ray

47.9 feet

14.60m

Draft

14.8 feet

4.50m

Shift

3,470 t

Power and Performance

Installed Power:

2 x Sulzer diesel engines with 4,400 hp on 2 x axles.

Surface Velocity

16. 0 nodes

(18.4 km/h)

Area

3,476nm

(4,000 miles | 6,437 kilometers)

Weapon

2 x 30mm Gatling AK-630/L60 Close-In Weapon System (CIWS). 2 x SA-N-8 Surface-to-Air Missile (SAM) launchers

Aircraft

None.