The trials will
continue as soon as the weather improves.
MOSCOW, February 14.
/TASS/. The Project 11711 large amphibious assault ship Pyotr Morgunov built by
the Yantar Shipyard on the Baltic coast has successfully fulfilled a part of
the program of its trials, including putting military hardware afloat, Shipyard
spokesman Sergei Mikhailov told TASS on Friday.
"Over two days,
hardware has been put afloat and physical fields have been measured. After
that, the large amphibious assault ship returned to the base due to bad
weather," the spokesman said.
The trials will
continue as soon as the weather improves, he added.
The Pyotr Morgunov
made its previous deployment to the sea in December 2019. It was earlier
reported that the final stage of shipbuilders’ sea trials aboard the Pyotr
Morgunov would be combined with state trials. Shipyard spokesman Mikhailov said
in December last year that the shipbuilders planned to deliver the warship to
the Russian Navy in the first quarter of 2020.
The baseline Project
11711 lead large amphibious assault ship Ivan Gren was delivered to the Russian
Navy in June 2018.
On April 23, 2019,
the Yantar Shipyard (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation) laid down two
warships of the modified Project 11711 that will differ from their predecessors
by larger displacement, an altered superstructure and the ability to carry two
Ka-52K ‘Katran’ attack helicopters.
Head of the United
Shipbuilding Corporation Alexei Rakhmanov told TASS at the Army-2019
international arms show that new large amphibious assault ships would be
slightly wider and slightly longer while their displacement might reach 8,000
tonnes.
Source: ITAR-TASS
15-02-2020
