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Russian hospital ship Svir

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History
Russia
Name
  • Svir
  • (Свирь)
NamesakeSvir
OwnerRussian Navy
OrderedJanuary 1981
BuilderAdolf Barsky, Szczecin
Laid down1987
Launched1988
Commissioned1989
HomeportSeveromorsk
IdentificationIMO number8956487
StatusActive
General characteristics
Class and typeOb-class hospital ship
DisplacementStandard: 11,300 tons
Length145.7 m (478 ft)
Beam19.6 m (64 ft)
Draft6.2 m (20 ft)
Speed19.8 knots (36.7 km/h; 22.8 mph)
Range11,600 nmi (21,500 km; 13,300 mi) at 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Boats & landing
craft carried
10 lifeboats
Troops300-450 patients
Complement207 crew
Aircraft carried1 x Kamov Ka-25
Aviation facilitiesHelipad and hangar

Svir is a Russian Navy hospital ship of the Ob-class. Svir is part of the Northern Fleet.

Development

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The four Ob-class hospital ships were designed to provide medical and recreational facilities. They were also employed as personnel transports. They have civilian crews but carry uniformed naval medical personnel. The ships are fully equipped with surgical equipment. Later two units are Project B-320 II, implying a modification to the basic design; the external differences are minor.

Construction and career

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She was laid down in 1987 and launched in 1988 by Adolf Barsky shipyard. Commissioned in 1989 as a hospital ship.[1]

Svir participated in long voyages to Cuba in 1990, Angola in 1992, and a serious fire occurred aboard Svir which resulted in 3 deaths and damages to the ship on 10 March 1999 as she was moored in Murmansk.

Svir took journalists to the wreak site of the sunken Kursk submarine between 24 and 29 September 2000. She provided medical support during the expedition to raise the sunken Kursk in 2001.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Hospital ship. Pacific Fleet hospital ship 'Irtysh' after modernization - bmpd - LiveJournal Irtysh ship hospital". zizuhotel.ru. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  2. ^ "Project 320 Ob' Class Hospital Ship". www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 2020-10-09.