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Bora Class Hovercraft

Wednesday, 18th October 2006 by James

Docked at the Russian Black Sea navy base in Sevastopol, Ukraine we can see an odd looking ship - a Bora Class hovercraft.

Designed in 1988, the Bora is by far the largest military hovercraft going and are odd in the fact that they are not for troop landing or transportation. The hovercraft are instead designed for coastal defense, particularly carrying out missile attacks on ships. They’re well suited to the task though, with 8 ‘Mosquito’ missiles, 20 anti-aircraft missiles, an artillery complex, a machine-gun and an interference creating device.

Only two such craft have been built and this is probably the first of the two. Wikipedia has more info and photos.

Thanks: SickFinga

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9 Responses to 'Bora Class Hovercraft'

  1. 1. dave says: October 18th, 2006 at 2:46 pm

    cool! unfortunately the hovercraft ferry from calais to dover is closed.
    does anyone know if that was the old hovercraft terminal at calais?

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    and do still hovercraft ferries operate?

  2. 2. rob says: October 18th, 2006 at 3:58 pm

    Im not sure, but this looks like the Sea Cat- its a kind of catamaran thingy.

  3. 3. m4rcus says: October 18th, 2006 at 6:13 pm

    There is a passenger hovercraft that goes from Portsmouth to Ryde…

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  4. 4. Michi Disperso says: October 19th, 2006 at 1:12 pm

    i think i’ve found an Hovercrafts factory ^^

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  5. 5. dave says: October 19th, 2006 at 3:41 pm

    cool, that i call an awesome hovercraft sight. very nice!

  6. 6. Lee says: October 19th, 2006 at 5:54 pm

    I want one!

  7. 7. Jel says: October 19th, 2006 at 6:36 pm

    Well, we can always sell you an old Russian sub, not a thousand miles from Michi’s hovercraft factory (which is actually the service base for M4rcus’ machines) - spot the flymos too. Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

  8. 8. Jel says: October 22nd, 2006 at 8:15 pm

    Or even a French aircraft carrier (Charkes de Gaule?) leaving port…http://googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=&c=&t=k&hl=en&ll=69.060164,33.204138&z=17

  9. 9. Mrb says: November 24th, 2007 at 6:44 am

    There’s a hovercraft making the crossing from the Isle of Wight

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