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The Purga class, Russian designation Project 22120 Purga ( blizzard), is a series of ice-strengthened
patrol ship A patrol boat (also referred to as a patrol craft, patrol ship, or patrol vessel) is a relatively small naval vessel generally designed for coastal defence, border security, or law enforcement. There are many designs for patrol boats, and the ...
s designed by Petrobalt Design Bureau and being built by
Almaz The Almaz (russian: Алмаз, lit=Diamond) program was a highly secret Soviet military space station program, begun in the early 1960s. Three crewed military reconnaissance stations were launched between 1973 and 1976: Salyut 2, Salyut 3 an ...
for the Russian Coast Guard. Project 22120 is a new generation border patrol vessel with an icebreaking capability, allowing it independent navigation in areas with ice thickness up to 0.6 m during winter-spring and up to 0.8 m during summer-autumn season. The class is intended for operations in waters near
Sakhalin Sakhalin ( rus, Сахали́н, r=Sakhalín, p=səxɐˈlʲin; ja, 樺太 ''Karafuto''; zh, c=, p=Kùyèdǎo, s=库页岛, t=庫頁島; Manchu: ᠰᠠᡥᠠᠯᡳᠶᠠᠨ, ''Sahaliyan''; Orok: Бугата на̄, ''Bugata nā''; Nivkh: ...
, Russia's largest island.


Ships

Italics indicate estimates


See also

*
List of ships of the Soviet Navy This is a list of ships and classes of the Soviet Navy. Corvettes In the Soviet Navy these were classified as small anti-submarine ships (MPK) or small missile ships (MRK). * (projects 122A, 122bis) * (project 204) * (project 1124 ''Al'bat ...
* List of ships of Russia by project number


References


External links


Project 22120 at RussianShips
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