The Mangust-class patrol boat, also known as Project 12150, is a
Russian Coast Guard
The Coast Guard of the Border Service of the FSB (russian: Береговая охрана Пограничной службы ФСБ России, Beregovaya okhrana Pogranichnoy sluzhby FSB Rossii), previously known as the Maritime Units of the ...
vessel. The patrol craft is designed to operate in coastal areas, ports, and other littoral areas, to perform missions like protection of territorial maritime borders, law enforcement, other defense missions, search and rescue, protection of fisheries, and enforcing rules of navigation.
Design
The craft has a modern design with various comforts for the crew like low noise levels, air conditioning and well designed layout for better working and living conditions for the crew. The crafts are armed with a variety of weapons to engage surface, air, and underwater threats. They are also equipped with a small boat to allow the boat to perform missions such as boarding operations.
Operators
Current (2022)
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Baltic Fleet
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: 13 boats in operation
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Black Sea Fleet
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: 26 boats in operation
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Pacific Fleet: 11 boats in operation
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Caspian Flotilla
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: 11 boats in operation
Former
2 boats were transferred from the Black Sea Fleet to the Baltic Fleet in 2016. In 2019, one Mangust-class patrol boat, PSKA-600, was decommissioned and given to a civilian buyer.
See also
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List of ships of Russia by project number
The list of ships of Russia by project number includes all Russian ships by assigned project numbers. Ship descriptions are Russian assigned classifications when known. (The Russian term "проект" can be translated either as the cognate "pr ...
References
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Patrol vessels