The Russian Black Sea
Fleet expects to get the minesweeper Vladimir Yemelyanov in 2020.
MOSCOW, May 21.
/TASS/. The Project 12700 third advanced minesweeper Vladimir Yemelyanov will
be floated out at the Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard in St. Petersburg on May 30, a
Navy spokesman said on Tuesday.
"The ships of
this class have a unique and the world’s largest hull made of monolith
glass-fiber reinforced plastic and the most advanced mine countermeasures
armament," the spokesman said.
In the immediate
future, "the Russian Navy will operate about 40 Project 12700 ships,"
the spokesman noted.
The Russian Black Sea
Fleet expects to get the minesweeper Vladimir Yemelyanov in 2020 after the
warship undergoes state trials. The minesweeper’s crew was formed by May 20.
Project 12700
Alexandrit-class coastal-type minesweepers are referred to the new generation
of minesweeping forces and are designed to fight sea mines, which the new ships
can encounter in the sea and at the seabed without entering the dangerous zone.
The minesweepers can employ various sweeps, as well as remotely controlled and
autonomous underwater drones. The minesweepers of this Project displace 890
tonnes, are 62 meters long and ten meters wide and have a crew of 44 men.
The Project 12700
lead ship Alexander Obukhov was delivered to the Navy in 2016. In late 2018,
the Shipyard transferred the Project’s second (first serial-produced)
minesweeper Ivan Antonov to the Navy.
Apart from the
Vladimir Yemelyanov, two more Alexandrit-class minesweepers, the Georgy
Kurbatov and the Yakov Balyayev, are being built at the Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard.
Source: ITAR-TASS
21-05-2019
