Sredne-Nevskiy Shipyard (SNSY, United Shipbuilding Corporation, Saint-Petersburg) has launched the lead minesweeper of project 10750E today, on October 30, 2015, the shipyard’s press center says.
The ship built for Kazakhstan within the framework of the programme for international military-technical cooperation of CSTO member states has been named Alatau.
The Ceremony was attended by Sergei Movchan, Vice-Governor of Saint-Petersburg; Colonel Arnat Baizhanov, Military Attache at the Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan; representative of the federal service for international military-technical cooperation, Rosobornexport, SNSY, etc.
Mr. Arnat Baizhanov said it is the first ship of this type for Kazakhstan.
Kazakhstan is in need of multi-purpose ships including minesweepers. Having considered the proposal in the international shipbuilding market, Kazakhstan decided to have several ships of Project 10750E built in Russia. The lead ship was laid down on July 31, 2014. The contract for construction was signed in 2013.
Upon completion of fitting and testing the ship will be delivered to the customer. The shipyard will also provide ship maintenance and crew training services.
The design was developed by Almaz bureau.
MAIN SPECIFICATIONS
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Length overall |
32,4 m |
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Width overall |
6,9 m |
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Full displacement |
approx. 169 t |
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Displacement |
approx. 165 t. |
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Midlength draft |
approx. 1,75 m. |
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Maximum speed |
12 kn. |
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Cruise speed |
10 kn. |
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Cruising endurance |
650 miles |
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Crew endurance |
5 days |
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Crewmembers |
14 pax |
The ship has a hull and a superstructure of fiber-glass plastic made by the vacuum infusion method. SNSZ is the only shipyard in Russia to use this technology for hulls of such a size. Monolithic hulls fabricated from glass-reinforced plastic feature higher strength (by 15%) and lower mass (-10%).
Sredne-Nevskiy Shipyard (Saint-Petersburg) was founded in 1912. It has already built over 500 ships and vessels to 43 different projects for RF Navy and foreign customers. Currently, the shipyard builds missile boats, minesweepers, passenger and work vessels of different purposes and is getting ready for a large-scale construction of the new generation mine countermeasures ships for RF Navy and foreign customers.
United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC OJSC) is the largest shipbuilding company in Russia. It was set up in 2007 with 100% federal ownership. The holding comprises 60 companies and organizations (major shipbuilding and shiprepairing companies as well as leading design bureaus). Currently, USC consolidates about 80% of the domestic shipbuilding complex. The Russian market is the main focus of the state corporation though it also exports its products to 20 countries worldwide.