Mangust-class patrol boat

	A Mangust-class patrol boat (nearest) beside a Sobol-class patrol boat
Class overview
Name	Mangust class
Builders	Vympel Shipyard
Operators	Russian Coast Guard Russian Navy
In commission	2001
Completed	62
Active	61
General characteristics
Type	Fast patrol craft
Displacement	27.2 t (26.8 long tons; 30.0 short tons)
Length	19.45 m (63 ft 10 in)
Beam	4.4 m (14 ft 5 in)
Draft	0.89 m (2 ft 11 in)
Installed power	2 × M470M Zvezda ZE or MTU 10V 2000 M93 or M470MK Zvezda; 1 x diesel generator;
Speed	Max: 50 knots (93 km/h; 58 mph)
Range	410 nmi (760 km; 470 mi)
Endurance	2 days
Complement	6
Sensors and ; processing systems	Integrated navigation system; Navigation radar; Communication systems;
Armament	1 × 12.7 mm Uprava-Kord machine gun; 2 × Igla surface-to-air missile systems; 2 × 30 mm grenade launchers; 1 × DP-64 hand anti-diver grenade launcher; Small arms;

The Mangust-class patrol boat, Russian designation Project 12150, is a Russian Coast Guard vessel. The patrol craft is designed to operate in coastal areas, ports, and other littoral areas, to perform missions such as protection of territorial maritime borders, law enforcement, other defense missions, search and rescue, protection of fisheries, and enforcing rules of navigation.^[3]

Design

The craft has a modern design with various comforts for the crew such as low noise levels, air conditioning and well designed layout for better working and living conditions for the crew. They are armed with a variety of weapons to engage surface, air, and underwater threats.^[4] They are also equipped with a small boat for missions such as boarding operations.

Operators

Current (2022)

Baltic Fleet: 13 boats in operation
Black Sea Fleet: 26 boats in operation
Pacific Fleet: 11 boats in operation
Caspian Flotilla: 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 sold to a civilian buyer.^[5]

References

^ "Coast guard patrol boat - Project 12150". Russianships.info.
^ Novichkov, Nikolai (31 July 2018). "Russian FACs receive Uprava-Kord RCWS". Jane's.com. Archived from the original on 1 August 2018.
^ "Mangust". VYYMPEL Shipyard JSC. Retrieved 14 September 2017.^{[dead link‍]}
^ "Project 12150 Mangust Fast Patrol Boats, Russia". Homeland Security Technology. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
^ "Coast guard patrol boat - Project 12150". russianships.info. Retrieved 2022-02-06.

[1] "Coast guard patrol boat - Project 12150". Russianships.info.

[2] Novichkov, Nikolai (31 July 2018). "Russian FACs receive Uprava-Kord RCWS". Jane's.com. Archived from the original on 1 August 2018.

[3] "Mangust". VYYMPEL Shipyard JSC. Retrieved 14 September 2017.^{[dead link‍]}

[4] "Project 12150 Mangust Fast Patrol Boats, Russia". Homeland Security Technology. Retrieved 27 June 2017.

[5] "Coast guard patrol boat - Project 12150". russianships.info. Retrieved 2022-02-06.

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