The Navy will get the
first of them in 2019.
MOSCOW, January 2.
/TASS/. Two small Project 19910 vessels, two large Project 23040G hydrographic
boats, two newest large Project 19920 hydrographic boats and three large
Project 23370G large hydrographic boats will be built for the Russian Navy
before 2021, the Russian Defense Ministry’s press service said on Wednesday.
"The
construction of two small Project 19910 hydrographic vessels is currently
underway," the ministry said, adding that they would become part of the
Russian Navy in 2019 and 2020 respectively.
In addition, the
Nizhegorodsky Teplokhod shipyard is working on two large Project 23040G
hydrographic boats. The shipyard earlier completed the construction of two
similar vessels for the Baltic Fleet. The Navy will get the new ships in 2019.
Meanwhile, two large
Project 19920 hydrographic boats for the Northern and Pacific Fleets are now
under construction. It is also planned to build three large Project 23370G
hydrographic boats by 2021, the Defense Ministry said.
Source: ITAR-TASS
04-01-2019
