Meteor hydrofoil vessels on Neva river in St Petersburg

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Meteor hydrofoil vessels on Neva river in St Petersburg
Meteor hydrofoil vessels on Neva river in St Petersburg

"Meteor" (projects 342, 342E, 342U) is a mass series of Soviet high-speed river passenger hydrofoil motor ships developed by the Gorky (now Nizhny Novgorod) Central Design Bureau for hydrofoils under the leadership of Rostislav Alekseev. Produced from 1961 to 1999 at the A.M. Gorky Zelenodolsk Shipyard in Tatarstan, more than 400 were produced, which along with the smaller vessel "Raketa" makes it the world's most mass-produced hydrofoil vessel.
Good seaworthiness allows "Meteors" to go on coastal voyages to coastal areas of the sea. In operation in almost two dozen countries in different places of the planet.

Two water-cooled diesel engines of M-400 type (12ChNS18/20) of right and left rotation are used as main engines. These twelve-cylinder four-stroke diesels were developed on base of Soviet aircraft M-40 diesel engine designed before WW2 and equipped with turbocharger and reversing clutch; rated power of each is 1000 h.p. at 1700 rpm. Propulsors are two five-blade fixed pitch propellers with a diameter of 710 mm.

Further direct development of the model is Meteor-120R, project 03580, produced since 2020. The vessels retain the same length, but the total displacement (68 tons vs. 53.4 tons of the previous project) and draft (up to 2.5 meters) have increased.
Two vessels have been delivered to customers and several more are under completion. Two MAN D2862LE483 1450 hp marine diesel engines are used as propulsion system, which creates a potential problem with further production.

Data credit Russian Wiki. Translated with DeepL.com (free version)

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Taken on: June 5, 2024
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