The Project 141, (NATO reporting name Kashtan class) is a class of salvage vessel/submersible support built at Rostock's Neptun Werft in East Germany for the Soviet Navy.[1]
In total, eight ships of this type were commissioned from 1988 to 1990.[2] The ships became part of the Russian Navy after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The stern has a crane capable of lifting 100 tons with which a (DSRV) can be launched and recovered.[1]
In June 2014 it was reported that SS-750 had participated in sea trials in the Baltic Sea of a Bester-1 submersible.[3]
On 6 September 2022 Russia's Ministry of Defence informed that SS-750 had participated in sea trials in the Baltic Sea of two new, improved Kilo-class submarines[4] and on 6 October there was again news of SS-750 having participated in sea trials in the Baltic Sea, this time with a single submarine.[5]
In April 2023 the Danish Defence Command confirmed that on 22 September 2022 SS-750 and the Priz-class submersible that it can launch were among six Russian Navy ships operating in the area where four days later the 2022 Nord Stream pipeline sabotage occurred.[6] [7]
These are the eight Kashtan-class ships:[2]
| Name | Yard number | Launched | Commissioned | Fleet | New name | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KIL-926 | 141/1465 | 1986-11-29 | 1988-06-27 | Baltic | Alexandr Pushkin (from 1999-05-27) | Active [8] | |
| KIL-927 | 142/1468 | 1987-10-06 | 1988-11-23 | Pacific | Active [9] | ||
| KIL-143 | 143/1469 | 1988-01-20 | 1989-02-28 | Northern | Active [10] | ||
| KIL-158 | 144/1470 | 1988-04-29 | 1989-06-30 | Black Sea (Baltic before 1989-11-08) | Active [11] | ||
| KIL-164 | 145/1471 | 1988-02-09 | 1989-10-20 | Northern | Active [12] | ||
| KIL-498 | 146/1476 | 1988-12-20 | 1990-02-28 | Pacific | Active [13] | ||
| KIL-140 | 147/1477 | 1989-06-16 | 1990-06-30 | Baltic | SS-750 (from September 1995) | Active | |
| KIL-168 | 148/1478 | 1989-09-30 | 1990-10-05 | Pacific (Black Sea before) | Active [14] |