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Project 183R

Ships

Names	Builders	Commissioned	Losses	Transfers	Discarding
2 pr. 183E: TK-14, 1962- Р-14 [R-14] TK-15, 1962- Р-15 [R-15] 58 pr. 183R and 52 pr. 183TR: Р-63, 64 [R-63, 64] Р-66 [R-66] Р-81 [R-81] Р-83 [R-83] Р-87, 88 [R-88, 89] Р-90 [R-90] Р-98 [R-98] Р-101, 102 [R-101, 102] Р-115-119 [R-115-119] Р-124-127 [R-124-127] Р-130-140 [R-130-140] Р-148-152 [R-148-152] Р-154-159 [R-154-159] Р-165, 166 [R-165, 166] Р-168 [R-168] Р-170, 171 [R-170, 171] Р-174 [R-174] Р-187-191 [R-187-191] Р-197, 198 [R-197, 198] Р-200 [R-200] Р-203 [R-203] Р-205 [R-205] Р-207-209 [R-207-209] Р-211 [R-211] Р-213-217 [R-213-217] Р-219 [R-219] Р-231-238 [R-231-238] Р-261-267 [R-261-267] Р-269-282 [R-269-282] (till 1962 were classified as torpedo boats (TK-63, 64 and so on) 2 pr. 183R-TR:	5 Yd, Leningrad: 2 pr. 183E (TK-14, 15), 30 pr. 183R (inc. R-83, 87, 88, 90, 115-118, 127), 30 pr. 183TR 602 Yd, Vladivostok: 28 pr. 183R, 22 pr. 183TR, 2 pr. 183R-TR	1957: pr. 183E 1959 - 1965: pr. 183R, pr. 183TR 1963 - 1964: pr. 183R-TR	none	China: 1960- 20 boats, 1965- 1 boat, 1967- 2 boats Egypt: 1962-1967- 8 boats Indonesia: 1962- 8 boats, 1964- 4 boats North Korea: 1962- 6 boats Cuba: 1963- 12 boats, 1965- 4 boats, 1966- 2 boats Algeria: 1966- 6 boats Syria: 12.1963- 4 boats, 1966- 2 boats, 5.1974- 3 boats Guinea: 1970- 3 boats Vietnam: 1972- 2 boats, 1980- 2 boats Iraq: 1972- 3 boats Ethiopia: 1978- 2 boats	1965: R-14 1975-1980: 22 boats

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	70
Displacement full, t	81
Length, m	25.5
Breadth, m	6.20
Draught, m	1.40
No of shafts	4
Machinery	4 M50F-4 diesels
Power, h. p.	4800
Max speed, kts	38
Fuel, t	diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	885(11.8)
Armament	2 x 1 P-15 SSM (2 P-15), 1 x 2 - 25/112 2M-3M
Electronic equipment	Rangout radar
Complement	17

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Project history

Project 183R, the world's first missile attack boat, seens to have begun as the test platform for the new P-15 missile. Missile development was completed in 1956. Work on a parallel missile boat, Project 205, was already underway. It appears that in 1956 or 1957 it was decided that the test platforms for the new KSShch and P-15 missiles would be developed into interim tactical platforms. The design project for the adapted Project 183 was formally approved in August 1957. By that time work was already proceeding on a boat to test P-15. Because no one really knew what the effect of the missile's blast (both heat and pressure pulse) would be, the first trial shots in the Black Sea were fired remotely from another boat. The two single fixed torpedo tubes were replaced by missile launchers, a new surface search radar was installed, and the boat had only one of the usual two twin 25mm 2M-3M guns.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.