Baltic Yantar Shipyard (part of USC) will hold on July 8th, a keel-laying ceremony of the second frigate - “Admiral Essen" ordered for the Russian Navy, the company said.
The shipyard was awarded the three newbuilds contract from Russian Ministry of Defense in 2010. The frigates of Project 11356 were designed by Northern Design Bureau.
The lead ship of the series, Admiral Grigorovich, was laid down on Dec. 18, 2010. The vessels are scheduled for delivery in 2014.
Kaliningrad-based Yantar Shipyard was founded in July 8,1945 on the basis of Koenigsberg branch of German’s Schichau Werft. The company specializes in construction and ship repair of warships and civil vessels. Throughout the years the Shipyard has built 154 warships and more than 500 merchant vessels. Currently, the major stakeholder of Baltiysky Shipyard Yantar is Western Center of Shipbuilding, a subsidiary of state-owned United Shipbuilding Corporation.
