Komar-class missile boat

A Komar-class missile boat launching a Styx missile
Class overview
Name: Komar (Project 183)
Operators:
Succeeded by: Osa class missile boat
Subclasses: Project 183 (MTB)
Built: 1952-1960
Completed: 112 missile boats,
General characteristics
Type: Fast attack craft
Displacement: 61.5 tons standard, 66.5 tons full load
Length: 25.4 m
Beam: 6.24 m
Draught: 1.24 m
Draft: 2m[1]
Propulsion: 4 shaft M-50F diesels 4800 hp
Speed: 44 knots
Range: 600 nm at 32 knots
Crew: 17 (3 officers)
Sensors and
processing systems:
Armament:
  • 2 × 25 mm 2M-3M guns in a twin gun mount (1000 rounds)
  • 2 × KT-67 missile launchers containing 1 P-15 Termit (SS-N-2 "Styx") anti-ship missile each

The Soviet Project 183R class, more commonly known as "Komar" (meaning mosquito), is a class of missile boats, the first of its kind, built in the 1950s and 1960s. Notably, they were the first to sink another ship with anti-ship missiles in 1967.

Design

The Project 183 MTB was designed just after World War II. These boats were armed with two 533 mm torpedo tubes and were used extensively by Soviet coastal forces in the 1950s. The torpedo boat had a wooden semi-planing hull and was fitted with radar. Over 622 MTBs were built. A sub-chaser variant fitted with sonar and depth charges was also built as was a radio controlled target boat.

In 1956, the P-15 Termit missile became available (NATO reporting name: SS-N-2 "Styx"). The Project 183 proved to be a natural choice for mounting the new missiles, giving the small, fast boats great firepower for their size. The new combination was designated Project 183R, the first missile boat in service anywhere in the world. The missiles could be fired in sea state 4.

A total of 112 Komars were built between 1956 and 1965 and served in the Soviet Navy, along with several allied navies, until the 1980s, when they were replaced by newer, more capable fast attack craft.

Export ships

Combat use

See also

References

  1. Couhat Jean. Combat Fleets of the world 1982/1983 Their Ships, Aircraft, and Armament Paris: Editions Maritimes et d'Outre-Mer, 1981 ISBN 0-87021-125-0 Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 78-50192 Pg.2

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