Project MPSV07 salvage ship


Project MPSV07 salvage ships are a series of Russian ice-strengthened multipurpose salvage ships.

Design

The vessels are 73 m long, and deadweight at maximum draft is approximately 1,171 t. The vessels has a sea endurance of 20 days. The vessels are equipped with machinery to investigate the sea bed and damaged objects lying in depths of up to 1,000 m. MPSV07 class can also support underwater diving operations to depths as great as 300 m.

Career

The Spasatel Demidov was called upon to control a fire aboard two LNG carriers, in the Sea of Azov, on January 21, 2019. Despite throwing water on both the ships, fire continued for three to five days or more.
In November 2023, Spasatel Karev repaired the Baltika telecommunications cable that had been damaged at the same time as damage occurred to the Balticconnector natural gas pipeline in the Gulf of Finland.
On 10 September 2025, HUR claimed to have struck the bridge of a Project MPSV07 salvage ship in Novorossiysk Bay near Krasnodar Krai. HUR claimed that the ship was disabled and sent back for “costly repairs”, the name of the vessel is unknown.

Ships in class

NameBuilderYard numberIMO numberKeel laidLaunchedDeliveredPort of registryStatusImageRef
Spasatel KarevNevsky Shipyard70122 September 200923 November 201016 November 2012Saint PetersburgIn service
Spasatel KavdejkinNevsky Shipyard7026 April 201029 September 20116 August 2013KorsakovIn service
Spasatel ZaborshchikovNevsky Shipyard70317 May 201022 June 201220 June 2014VladivostokIn service
Spasatel DemidovNevsky Shipyard70425 April 201312 August 20144 December 2015NovorossiyskIn Service
Spasatel IlyinZalyv Shipbuilding Yard015009 September 201621 February 201915 May 2023NovorossiyskIn service
Spasatel GruzinskiyZelenodolsk Shipyard447999061213 November 20212024 Saint PetersburgUnder construction