Vympel Shipyard launches patrol boat of Mangust type, Project 12150 (photo)
On September 14, 2015, Vympel Shipyard (Rybinsk, Yaroslavl Region) launched the Mangust, fast patrol boat of project 12150 (Hull No 02642), the shipyard’s press center says.
According to the statement, it is the second ship within the framework of 2015 production programme. The boat is equipped with М470МК engines manufactured by Zvezda OJSC (Saint-Petersburg) instead of German diesel engines.
Upon completion of mooring and sea trials and acceptance/delivery tests, the boat will leave for Korsakov based Border Service of FSB in Sakhalin Region.
All in all, the shipyard is to build 7 patrol boats of Mangust type this year.
Rybinsk, Yaroslavl Region based Vympel Shipyard is a fast-growing company specializing in building of medium-, small-tonnage sea-going and river vessels and boats both for military and civil sectors. Since its inception in 1930, VYMPEL Shipyard had built more than 30,000 ships of various types. For the last 40 years the company had built and delivered more than 1,800 boats to customers in 29 countries in Europe, Middle East, South East Asia, Africa and South America. Vympel Shipyard is building serial new generation missile and patrol boats, fast SAR boats, fire-fighting boats, survey and fishery vessels, tugs and other crafts.
