Zelenodolsk Shipyard lays down missile corvette of project 21631 (graph)

Zelenodolsk Shipyard on 29 August 2013 held a keel-laying ceremony for the sixth vessel in a series of modified Buyan-M class small-size missile ships of Project 21631. The corvette designed by Zelenodolsk Design Bureau will be named “Vyshny Volochek”, the company said in a press release.

The small-size missile ships of Project 21631 are being constructed at the shipyard since 2010 for the Russian Navy. These are high specification ‘rive-sea’ class ships are armed with state-of-the-art missile and artillery weapons, and equipped with electronic countermeasure. The gunnery ships are dedicated to the defense of national economic zones of Russian Federation.

Basic tactical and technical characteristics:

Full displacement  - 949 tonnes,
Length overall  - 75 m, breadth (max.) - 11 m,
Draft amidships - 2.5 m,
Max. speed - 25 knots ,
Range (at 12 knots) - 2500 miles,
Endurance - 10 days,
Complement - 52.

Tatarstan, Russia based OJSC Zelenodolsk Shipyard named after Maxim Gorky specializes in the construction of warships and passenger high-speed vessels.