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Armoured patrol boat / gunboat
Shmel-class patrol boat is a armoured patrol boat / gunboat. Reported operators include Soviet Navy Russian Navy Ukrainian Navy Abkhazian Navy Royal Cambodian Navy Uzbek River Force.
Shmel class (Project 1204)
Soviet Navy Russian Navy Ukrainian Navy Abkhazian Navy Royal Cambodian Navy Uzbek River Force
1967 - 1972
1967 - present day
118
Armoured patrol boat / gunboat
71 tons full load
27.4 m (89 ft 11 in)
4.32 m (14 ft 2 in)
0.85 m (2 ft 9 in)
2 x 1200 hp M-50F diesels, 2 x 25 kW DGA-25-9 diesel generators
24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph)
240 nautical miles (440 km; 280 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) 320 nautical miles (590 km; 370 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
7 days
14 men
Donets-2 navigation radar
1 × 76 mm D-56TS – 150 rounds 2 x 25 mm 2M-3M 2 x 14,5 mm 2M-6 1 x 7,62 mm SGMT – with D-56TS 1 x 140 mm BM-14-17 rocket launcher 4 x 30 mm BP-30 Plamya grenade launcher
Between 1967 and 1972, 118 ships were built by three shipyards.
Since the boats were designed for direct fire support, the 27-meter-long hull is lightly armoured and divided into twelve watertight compartments. The bridge is armoured with 10 mm steel on the sides and 15 mm on the bow, and the windows of the wheelhouse can be closed with armoured shutters. Along the sides, the hull is reinforced with an 8 mm thick steel belt from frame 26 to frame 46. The steel deck is 4 mm thick. The gun turret on the bow is armoured all around with 15 mm.
The turret of a light PT-76B tank, equipped with a stabilized 76.2 mm L/42 D-56TS cannon and a coaxial 7.62 mm SG-43 machine gun, was mounted on the bow. Behind the turret is the armoured bridge superstructure with a control station and searchlights. A rotating 140 mm BM-14 multiple rocket launcher with 17 tubes is mounted amidships, carrying 34 unguided rockets as ammunition. The launcher must be reloaded manually, is not stabilized, and can only fire accurately when the boat is stationary. At the stern is a 2M-3 turret with two 25 mm L/70 auto-cannons. The boats were designed with launching rails, through which up to ten sea mines can be deployed.
The propulsion system consists of two M50F diesel engines driving two propellers. This is sufficient for speeds of up to 24 knots. At 10 knots, the range with the 4.8-ton fuel reserve is 320 nautical miles. Fresh water and food supplies are provided for operations of up to seven days.
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Shmel-class patrol boat equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
RussiaNavy exact named equipment holdings: Shmel. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: PATROL AND COASTAL COMBATANTS / PBR. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
Soviet Navy Russian Navy Ukrainian Navy Abkhazian Navy Royal Cambodian Navy Uzbek River Force
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