Vympel Shipyard launches lead Grachonok-class boat, Project 21980, built for RF Defence Ministry (photo)
On June 7, 2015, Vympel Shipyard (Rybinsk, Yaroslavl Region) launched the lead anti-terror boat of Project 21980 in the series of four Grachonok-class boats under construction for RF Ministry of Defence, says the shipyard.
Upon completion of the mooring trials the boat will leave for the Gadzhiyevo base to undergo the sea trials and the state tests. Then the boat will join Russia’s Northern Fleet.
The boat was laid down in March 2014.
Vympel Shipyard specializes in building medium- light-tonnage seagoing and river vessels and boats both for military and civil sectors. Since its inception in 1930, the company has built more than 30,000 ships of various types. Over the past 40 years, the shipbuilding company has delivered more than 1,800 boats to 29 countries in Europe, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, Africa and South America. Vympel Shipyard is building serial combat missile / patrol boats of new generation, high-speed SAR boats, FF1 ships, hydrographic survey and fishing vessels, tugs and other dedicated fleet. Vympel Shipyard also provides warranty / maintenance service for its products.
