Two 133 "Antares" border guard ships in Novorossiysk
Class overview
Name Muravey class (Project 133 Antares)
Operators
Preceded by Turya-class torpedo boat
Built 1983-1989
In service 1983- present day
Completed 16
Active 11?
General characteristics
Type hydrofoil Patrol boat
Displacement 180 tons standard, 230 tons full load
Length 40 m
Beam 7.6 m
Draught 1.9m (4 m foilborne)
Propulsion 2 shaft gas turbines M-70 (M70FRU), 22,000 hp
Speed 40 knots (60 knots in some sources)
Crew 30
Sensors and processing systems Radar: Pot Drum, Muff Cob , High Pole , Sonar: Foal Tail
Armament
1 × 76mm gun (single mounting forward
1 AK630 CIWS (aft)
2× 406 mm torpedo tubes
The Muravey -class is the NATO reporting name for a class of hydrofoil patrol boats built for the Soviet Navy between 1983 and 1989. The Soviet designation was Project 133 Antares .
Design
The boats were designed as patrol vessels and were built in Feodosiya for the Black Sea Fleet . They are powered by gas turbines in contrast to diesel engines used for most other Soviet fast attack craft to achieve higher speeds.
Ships
16 boats were built for the Soviet Navy between 1983 and 1989
Variants
Project 133: basic hydrofoil
Project 133RA "Antares RA": stealth version, similar to Visby class, but (around) half the size
See also
References
Gardiner, Robert, ed. (1995). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995 . London: Conway Maritime. ISBN 0-85177-605-1 . OCLC 34284130 . Also published as Gardiner, Robert; Chumbley, Stephen; Budzbon, Przemysław (1995). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995 . Annapolis , MD : Naval Institute Press . ISBN 1-55750-132-7 . OCLC 34267261 .