The Sarancha class is the
NATO reporting name for a
hydrofoil missile boat
A missile boat or missile cutter is a small, fast warship armed with anti-ship missiles. Being smaller than other warships such as destroyers and frigates, missile boats are popular with nations interested in forming a navy at lower cost. They a ...
built for the
Soviet Navy. The Soviet designation was ''Project 1240 Uragan'' (Серия 1240 Ураган- Hurricane).
Design
The boat was a very complex design. Unlike previous Soviet hydrofoil boats the Project 1240 had fully submerged foils with propellers mounted on the after set of foils. The boat achieved a speed of and had a heavy armament. It was deemed too large, complex and expensive for series production and only a prototype boat was built.
Missile boat MRK-5
The MRK-5 (МРК-5) was laid down at the Petrovski plant in Leningrad in 1973 and was on trials until 1977. In 1979, she was transferred to the
Black Sea Fleet via Russian inland waterways. She was based in Sevastopol until 1990, when she was decommissioned. In 1992, she was damaged by fire and sunk in shallow water. The wreck was raised and scrapped.
See also
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List of ships of the Soviet Navy
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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 ...
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HMCS Bras d'Or (FHE 400)
HMCS ''Bras d'Or'' (FHE 400) was a hydrofoil that served in the Canadian Forces from 1968 to 1971. During sea trials in 1969, the vessel exceeded , making her the fastest unarmed warship in the world at the time.
The vessel was originally bu ...
, a Canadian hydrofoil intended for anti-submarine duties
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HMS ''Speedy'' (P296), a
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against ...
Jetfoil
The Boeing 929 Jetfoil are passenger-carrying, waterjet-propelled hydrofoils by Boeing.
Boeing adapted many systems used in jet airplanes for hydrofoils. Robert Bateman led development. Boeing launched its first passenger-carrying waterjet-propell ...
mine countermeasure vessel
A mine countermeasures vessel or MCMV is a type of naval ship designed for the location of and destruction of naval mines which combines the role of a minesweeper and minehunter
A minehunter is a naval vessel that seeks, detects, and destr ...
.
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Pegasus-class hydrofoil
The ''Pegasus''-class hydrofoils were a series of fast attack patrol boats employed by the United States Navy. They were in service from 1977 until 1993. These hydrofoils carried the designation "PHM" for "Patrol Hydrofoil, Missile." The ''Peg ...
, a class of USN PHM
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Matka-class missile boat
The Matka class is the NATO reporting name for a group of hydrofoil missile boats built for the Soviet Navy ( Baltic Fleet and Black Sea Fleet). The Soviet designation was Project 206MR Vikhr. Following the 1997 Black Sea Fleet partition tr ...
, a class of Soviet PHM
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Sparviero-class patrol boat, a class of Italian PHM
References
Notes
Bibliography
Also published as
External links
Project 1240 Uragan article on the Encyclopedia of Ships
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Missile boat classes
Missile boats of the Soviet Navy
Cold War missile boats of the Soviet Union
Hydrofoils