The shipbuilding company named the boat “Capital city – Yaroslavl’ in honor of the 1000-anniversary of Yaroslavl. The next diving vessels were named after cities of the Yaroslavl region - Rostov the Great and Uglich.
The vessels were designed to conduct underwater diving and engineering work at depths of 100 meters at 3 pts rough seas, and also participate in rescue, salvage and hydraulic operations.
Main characteristics of the vessel: length - 38.64 m, breadth - 7.92 m, freeboard - 3.20 m, draft - 2.10 m, displacement - 376 tons, DWT - 51 tons, maximum speed - 11 knots.
Yaroslavl Shipbuilding Plant was founded in 1920 as part of Russian defense industry. In 1993 the company was reorganized into an open joint stock company. Today, the shipyard builds the vessels of various classes and types, both of civilian and military purposes with a displacement of up to 2000 tons.
Since 2005, Yaroslavl Shipbuilding Plant joint stock company has been managed by FINSUDPROM focused on the implementation and financing of shipbuilding projects at Russian and foreign shipyards, on shipping and marine fisheries and engineering.