A fireboat is a specialized watercraft with pumps and nozzles designed for fighting
shoreline and shipboard fires. The fireboat of Project 364 are equipped with four
fire monitors and eight water pumps. Fireboats of this project served on all fleets
of the USSR and later - the Russian Federation. In total, more than 90 fireboats
of this type were built for the Navy. Fireboat PZhK-38 laid down at the
Rybinsk Shipyard No.341 (yard No.366), commissioned in 1954 and was assigned to
the Black Sea Fleet Fleet. In 1997 the fireboat PZhK-20 was transferred
to the Ukrainian Naval Forces with rename to Borshiv (hull number U722). 16 September
2019 was decommissioned. Specifications |
Displacement (tons): | Standard: |
145,9 | Full load: |
180,8 | Dimensions (m): |
Length: | 34,9 |
Beam: | 6,5 | Draft: |
1,85 | Speed (knots): |
15,7 | Range: | 1050
nmi (10 knots), 280 nmi (15,7 knots) | Autonomy
(days): | 5 | Propulsion: |
2x900 hp M50-6 diesels, 1x450 hp 6ChSP23/30 diesel, 3 fixed pitch propellers,
2x12,5 kW DG-13 diesel generators | Spec.
equipment: | 4x190 m3/h fire monitors, 8x250 m3/h water pumps |
Complement: | 24 |
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