Raptor-class patrol boat

Project 03160 patrol boat
Class overview
NameProject 03160 Raptor-class
BuildersPella shipyard
OperatorsRussian Navy
Built2013 – present
In serviceSince 2015
In commissionSince 2014
Planned24
Completed17
Active11–12 (9 Baltic, 1–2 Black Sea, 1 Caspian)[1]
Lost4 sunk, 2 damaged.[2]
General characteristics
TypePatrol boat
Displacement23 tons
Length16.9 m (55 ft) overall
Beam4.1 m (13 ft 5 in)
Height3.5 m (11 ft 6 in)
Draught0.9 m (2 ft 11 in) max
Propulsion
Speed20 knots (37 km/h) (at a wave height of 4.5 m (15 ft)), 28 knots (52 km/h) (at a wave height of 2.5 m (8.2 ft)), 48 knots (89 km/h) full speed
Range300 nmi (560 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h)
Troops20 marines
Crew3 people
Armament
ArmourArmored panels of classes GOST 5 and 5a, bullet-resistant glass 39 mm (1.5 in) thick

The Raptor-class patrol boat, Russian designation Project 03160, is a series of Russian high-speed coastal patrol boats. Boats of the class belong to the 4th rank[clarification needed] ships in the Russian Navy. This project was developed by the design bureau of JSC Leningrad Shipyard Pella on the instructions of the Russian Navy. The boats are built at the Pella shipyard in the town of Otradnoye, Leningrad Region. Due to the great similarity in appearance, the boats of the project can be confused with the Swedish CB90-class fast assault craft and other transport and landing boats of the 02510 BK-16 project, developed by the Kalashnikov concern and manufactured at Rybinsk shipyard.[3]

At least five Raptor-class patrol boats have been visually recorded as destroyed or damaged during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[2]

  1. ^ "Patrol boats - Project 03160". Archived from the original on 2020-08-03. Retrieved 2021-10-08.
  2. ^ a b "How many Raptors sank the Bayraktars in the first week of May?Video analysis of the Armed Forces". Mil.in.ua. 8 May 2022.
  3. ^ ""Калашников" выходит в море: безотказный катер "БК"". Телеканал «Звезда». July 3, 2015.