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TK-14 missile patrol craft (project 183R, 183TR, 183R-TR) (1957 - 1965)


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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



Standard scale images


<i>R-63 </i>1965
R-63 1965


Graphics


Project 183R
Project 183R


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.