Project MPSV07 salvage ships are a series of Russian ice-strengthened multipurpose salvage ships.
Development and construction
Design
The vessels are 73 m long, and deadweight at maximum draft is approximately 1,171 t. The vessels has a sea endurance of 20 days. The vessels are equipped with machinery to investigate the sea bed and damaged objects lying in depths of up to 1,000 m. MPSV07 class can also support underwater diving operations to depths as great as 300 m.
Career
The Spasatel Demidov was called upon to control a fire aboard two LNG carriers, in the Sea of Azov, on January 21, 2019. Despite throwing water on both the ships, fire continued for three to five days or more.
In November 2023, Spasatel Karev repaired the Baltika telecommunications cable that had been damaged at the same time as damage occurred to the Balticconnector natural gas pipeline in the Gulf of Finland.
On 10 September 2025, HUR (Ukrainian military intelligence) claimed to have struck the bridge of a Project MPSV07 salvage ship in Novorossiysk Bay near Krasnodar Krai. HUR claimed that the ship was disabled and sent back for “costly repairs”, the name of the vessel is unknown.
Ships in class
Name Builder Yard number IMO number Keel laid Launched Delivered Port of registry Status Image Ref Spasatel Karev Nevsky Shipyard 701 22 September 2009 23 November 2010 16 November 2012 Saint Petersburg In service Spasatel Kavdejkin Nevsky Shipyard 702 6 April 2010 29 September 2011 6 August 2013 Korsakov In service Spasatel Zaborshchikov Nevsky Shipyard 703 17 May 2010 22 June 2012 20 June 2014 Vladivostok In service Spasatel Demidov Nevsky Shipyard 704 25 April 2013 12 August 2014 4 December 2015 Novorossiysk In Service Spasatel Ilyin Zalyv Shipbuilding Yard 01500 9 September 2016 21 February 2019 15 May 2023 Novorossiysk In service Spasatel Gruzinskiy Zelenodolsk Shipyard 447 9990612 13 November 2021 2024 (planned) Saint Petersburg Under construction
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