Vympel Shipyard launches tenth Chibis-class boat of project 21850 (photo)
On September 16, 2015, Vympel Shipyard (Rybinsk, Yaroslavl Region) launched the tenth Chibis-class coast guard patrol boat of project 21850, the shipyard’s press center says.
Manufacturer’s sea trials will commence in a couple of days.
Chibis-class boat launched on September 3 (Hull No 02129) has already undergone manufacturer’s sea trials and is under acceptance/delivery tests with certificate to be signed early next week. Then the boat will leave for Baltijsk (Kaliningrad Region).
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.
