Yantar Shipyard to launch Navy's frigate Admiral Essen on November 7
Kaliningrad, Russia based JSC Baltic Shipyard “Yantar” tomorrow (November 7) will host an official launching ceremony for the second serial frigate of Admiral Grigorovich class "Admiral Essen" ordered for the Russian Navy, the shipbuilder's press service said.
The Admiral Essen was laid down on July 8, 2011. Under two contracts signed with the Russian Ministry of Defense, Yantar Shipyard is to build a series of six frigates of Project 11356 developed by the Northern Design Bureau.
The shipyard has laid keels of five frigates. Completion of the total six vessels package is scheduled for 2017.
The Project 11356 frigate is designed to combat surface ships and submarines, to ward off air attacks, both independently and as part of naval forces as an escort ship.
Baltic Shipyard “Yantar” based in Kaliningrad, Russia was founded on July 8,1945 on the basis of a Koenigsberg unit of German’s Schichau Werft. Yantar Shipyard specializes in building and repairs of warships and civil boats. Throughout the years the Shipyard has built 154 warships and more than 500 merchant vessels. The Russian Government holds majority stake in the shipbuilding firm through Western Center of Shipbuilding, a subsidiary of state-owned United Shipbuilding Corporation.