Boris Chilikin-class fleet oiler

Boris Chilikin-class replenishment oiler Dnestr underway
Class overview
NameBoris Chilikin class
BuildersBaltic Shipyard, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Operators
Planned6
Completed6
Active3
Retired3
General characteristics [1]
TypeReplenishment oiler
Displacement
  • 6,950 tons (standard load)
  • 22,460 tons (full load)
Length162.3 m (532 ft)
Beam21.4 m (70 ft)
Draught9.0 m (29.5 ft)
Propulsion1 Sulzer diesel 6DNRN-74/160, 1 shaft 9,600 bhp (7,159 kW)
Speed16 knots (30 km/h)
Range
  • 22,000 km (12,000 nmi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)[1]
  • 19,000 km (10,000 nmi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Endurance90 days[1]
Capacity13,440 tons[1]
Complement75-93[1]
Armament
  • 2 × 57 mm AK-725 guns
  • 2 × 30 mm AK-630 rotary cannons

The Boris Chilikin class, Soviet designation Project 1559V Morskoy prostor (Sea space), is a series of fleet replenishment oilers built in 1970s for the Soviet Navy and currently in service with the Russian Navy.

  1. ^ a b c d e "Project 1559V/1593 Boris Chilikin". globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 22 October 2017.