Kola - Przemek / ShipSpotting.com Baltiysk, Kaliningrad 2006 |
Sometime last year I became interested in the Russian Naval Auxiliary ship Kola. ( Likely in part due to Tom in Lincolnshire, UK SoundCloud / Twitter ) The Kola is an oiler; a floating gas station for the Russian Navy. As I don't have my own spy satellite constellation (YET!), and the Russian Navy uses very loose terms for their deployment areas, I'm keeping an eye on a few ships of interest (like the Kola) to see where they operate, as they indicate larger operations. An oiler... oils! Well, more accurately, it ships marine diesel to ships at sea, and does alongside replenishment. If there's an oiler, there's at least one bigger boat around that's thirsty.
There were six oilers of the same class as the Kola, spread out across the fleet. I'm uncertain which of those ships are still operating with the Russian Navy or have been decommissioned. Specifications for the Mod Altay class tankers are as follows:
Mod Altay class (Project 160) (AOL)
Built between 1967-72 by Rauma-Repola, Finland
Displacement - full load: 7366 tonnes (7249.7 (uk) t) (8119.6 t short)) (7366000 kg)
Length - overall: 106.2 m (348.4 ft)
Beam - overall: 15.5 m (50.9 ft)
Kola - apachio / ShipSpotting.com Baltiysk, Kaliningrad 2006.12.23 |
Top speed: 14 kt (25.9 km/h) (16.1 mph)
Range: 8600 n miles (15927.2 km) (9896.7 miles) at 12 kt (22.2 km/h) (13.8 mph)
crew: 60
Cargo capacity: 4,400 tons oil fuel; 200 m3 solids
Machinery: 1 Burmeister & Wain BM550VTBN110 diesel; 3,200 hp(m) (2.35 MW); 1 shaft
Prut (RU) IMO: 7118210 (Northern Fleet)
http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:937296/mmsi:-7118210/vessel:PRUT
Kola (RU) IMO: 6720004 MMSI: 273318510 (Baltic Fleet)
http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:346200/mmsi:273318510/vessel:KOLA
Yelnya (RU) (Baltic Fleet)
http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:946658/mmsi:-6813095/vessel:YELNYA
Izhora (RU) (Black Sea Fleet?)
http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:942455/mmsi:-7004603/vessel:IZHORA
Ilim (RU) (Pacific Fleet?)
http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:934379/mmsi:-7227982/vessel:ILIM
Yegorlik (RU) (Pacific Fleet?)
N/A
http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:937296/mmsi:-7118210/vessel:PRUT
Kola (RU) IMO: 6720004 MMSI: 273318510 (Baltic Fleet)
http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:346200/mmsi:273318510/vessel:KOLA
Yelnya (RU) (Baltic Fleet)
http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:946658/mmsi:-6813095/vessel:YELNYA
Izhora (RU) (Black Sea Fleet?)
http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:942455/mmsi:-7004603/vessel:IZHORA
Ilim (RU) (Pacific Fleet?)
http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:934379/mmsi:-7227982/vessel:ILIM
Yegorlik (RU) (Pacific Fleet?)
N/A