Severnaya Verf lays down first serial communication vessel of project 18280 and frigate of project 22350
Severnaya Verf Shipyard has laid down the first serial communication vessel of project 18280 for RF Navy and the third serial frigate of project 22350, Admiral Isakov, the shipyard has announced today.
The lead vessel of project 22350, Admiral Gorshkov (designed by FSUE Severnoye Design Bureau) is undergoing mooring trials, while the first and the second serial frigates of this project, Admiral Kasatonov and Admiral Golovko are being built by Severnaya Verf according to the schedule. The shipyard has signed a contract with the Defence Ministry for construction of 6 frigates of this project.
Communication vessel Ivan Khurs (designed by Central Design Bureau Iceberg) is the first serial vessel of the project being built for RF Navy. The ship’s major characteristics: displacement — some 4,000 t, length – 95 m,
width – 16 m, range – at least 8,000 miles, crew - about 120 persons. The lead communication vessel, Yury Ivanov, was launched by Severnaya Verf on September 30, 2013.
The St. Petersburg-based Severnaya Verf Shipyard’s history dates back to 1912. Now it is a leading shipbuilding company of the Russian defense industry. The shipyard specializes in building cruisers, destroyers, minesweepers, patrol vessels and submarines destroyers, research and passenger vessels, timber cargo carriers, trawlers, container ships and ro-ro vessels for the Russian Defense Ministry and foreign customers.
Russian Gov’t picked Severnaya Verf Shipyard as the main contractor for the frigate and corvette class ships (Project 22350, Project 2038/20385). The company was included in the register of the Federal Service for Defense Contracts (Rosoboronzakaz) of sole suppliers of Russian weapons and military equipment and is the sole contractor for communications ships of Project 18280.
The Shipyard’s backlog of orders to be completed and delivered to RF Navy by 2020 includes 6 frigates of project 22350, 6 corvettes of projects 20380 and 20385, 3 combat logistics ships with high ice class ARC4 based on project 23120, as well as two communications vessels of project 18280.