Zvezdochka lays keel of Project 20183 rescue tugboat for Defense Ministry
“Zvezdochka” Ship Repair Center, Zvezdochka Shipyard on December 20, 2012 held a ceremonial keel-laying for the rescue tugboat of Project 20183 developed by Saint-Petersburg-based Almaz Central Marine Design Bureau, the shipyard press release said. The vessel is scheduled to be commissioned into service with the Russian Navy at the end of 2016.
The newbuild will be named “Academic Alexandrov,” according to the Russian Navy Commander-in-Chief’s order.
The state contract for the vessel was signed on August 1, 2012.
The multipurpose ice-class vessel is designed for search and rescue, for escort of heavy, bulky structures, containers, special military and testing equipment. The vessel can be utilized in survey of shelf, for pipeline transportation, etc.
Main characteristics: displacement - 5400 tons, max. speed - 14 knots, the crew – 70. The vessel is equipped with a helipad.
The Academic Alexandrov is the third ship is a series of Project 20180, being built at Zvezdochka yards.
About Zvezdochka Shipyard
Severodvinsk-based Zvezdochka Shipyard (Ship Repair Center) is a diversified shipbuilding enterprise. It has two covered slipways with seven shipbuilding yards, which are designed for retrofitting and construction of vessels with a launching weight of up to 18,000 tons. The firm is majority owned by Northern Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Center, part of JSC United Shipbuilding Corporation.