 Raketa-234 on the Volga River, 2004 |
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| Class overview | |
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| Builders: | Krasnoye Sormovo, Sormovo, Nizhny Novgorod |
| Built: | 1957–1970s |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Hydrofoil riverboat |
| Length: | 27 m (88 ft 7 in) |
| Beam: | 5 m (16 ft 5 in) |
| Draft: | 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) displacement mode 1.1 m (3 ft 7 in) foilborne |
| Propulsion: | 900–1,000 hp (671–746 kW) (depending on the model), propeller |
| Speed: | 60–65 km/h (37–40 mph)
cruising 70 km/h (43 mph) maximum |
| Capacity: | 64 or 66 passengers (depending on the model) |
Raketa (Russian: Раке́та, Rocket) was the first type of hydrofoil boats commercially produced in the Soviet Union. They were manufactured from 1957 until the early 1970s.
The first model, Raketa-1, was built by Krasnoye Sormovo shipbuilding plant in Sormovo, Nizhny Novgorod. On its maiden voyage, on 25 August 1957, it carried 30 passengers from Nizhny Novgorod to Kazan (420 km) in seven hours.
Raketa boats were soon in wide commercial service on the Volga River and elsewhere in the Soviet Union. To this day, the name is often used generically in Russian for all hydrofoil river boats.
Contents |
 Raketa, Moscow, 2007. |
 Raketa hydrofoil passes by Kstovo on the Volga River. |
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