St. Petersburg-based Severnaya Verf Shipyard launched today, Oct. 29, the Admiral Gorshkov frigate of project 22350 ordered by Russian Defense Ministry for the Russian Navy, PortNews reports citing the shipbuilding company’s press service. The warship was laid down at the shipyard in 2006.
The project designer - FSUE Northern Design Bureau. Ship characteristics: displacement - 4,500 tons, length overall - 130 m, breadth - more than 16 m, cruising range - over 4,000 nm with unlimited seaworthiness. The warship can carry 120 crew members and KA helicopters on board.
The frigate is armed with a 130 mm gun, a Kashtan CIWS, eight Oniks anti-ship missiles, the Shtil I medium range antiaircraft missile complex, four 533mm torpedo tubes, RPK-9 Medvedka-VE anti-submarine rockets, and 24 Uragan SAM missiles, RIA Novosti
reports.
The project designer - FSUE Northern Design Bureau. Ship characteristics: displacement - 4,500 tons, length overall - 130 m, breadth - more than 16 m, cruising range - over 4,000 nm with unlimited seaworthiness. The warship can carry 120 crew members and KA helicopters on board.
The frigate is armed with a 130 mm gun, a Kashtan CIWS, eight Oniks anti-ship missiles, the Shtil I medium range antiaircraft missile complex, four 533mm torpedo tubes, RPK-9 Medvedka-VE anti-submarine rockets, and 24 Uragan SAM missiles, RIA Novosti
reports.
Currently, Severnaya Verf is building several warships for the Russian Navy: 3 corvettes of Project 20380, 2 frigates of Project 22350, a communications ship (project 18280).
The shipyard also builds a series of oil platforms, supply vessels for export.
OJSC Shipbuilding Plant "Severnaya Verf" is the only Russian company that has experience in the construction of ships and vessels applying a 3D mathematical model developed in the specialized shipbuilding system. The United Shipbuilding Corp. holds a 72.19-percent stake in Severnaya Verf, the state owns through JSC Western Shipbuilding Center 20.96% of shares of the St. Petersburg company.