On October 15, upon completion of official tests, the delivery certificate was signed for the fifth anti-terror boat of 21980 project built by Zelenodolsk Plant named after M. Gorky, the shipyard’s press center announced. It is the first boat of the project to join the Caspian Flotilla of RF Navy. The project has been developed by Vympel Design Bureau OJSC (Nizhni Novgorod) for RF Navy.
The main purpose of the series is to defend basing sites of the Russian Navy. Major characteristics of 21980 project: displacement –138 tonnes, length - 31 m, breadth – 9.5 m, full-speed - 23 knots, cruising range - 200 miles, endurance - 5 days, crew - 8 persons.
Lead boat of the project (P-104) laid down on February 18, 2008 has been serving in Leningrad Naval Base since 2009. The second vessel in the series, the Grachonok, laid down on May 7, 2010 joined joined the Navy in October 2011. The delivery of the third and the forth boats took place in November 2012 and August 2013 respectively. Currently the shipyard is building the sixth and the seventh boats laid down in May’13 and July’13 respectively.
Tatarstan-based OJSC Zelenodolsk Plant named after M. Gorky, specializes in the construction of warships and passenger high-speed vessels.
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