For ordinary operations in areas of the seas with shallow depths, diving vessels and boats of various displacement were used in the Navy of the USSR. Project RV1415 boats (diving variant of standart Project 1415 boat) were a large series of cutters that were built for the Soviet navy starting in 1976 and are in use up to this day on the rivers and harbors for Russia. Diving boats of this project served on all fleets of the USSR and later - the Russian Federation. In total, more than 70 boats of this type were built.

Diving boat RVK-1291 laid down at the Sosnovka Shipyard (yard. No.525), commissioned in 1980 and was assigned to the Black Sea Fleet.

Decommissioned in January 2009.