On November 5, 2015, Vympel Shipyard (Rybinsk, Yaroslavl Region) launched the last fast patrol boat of Mangust type, Project 12150 (Hull No 02647), the shipyard’s press center says.
Upon completion of the tests and signing the acceptance/delivery certificate, the boat will leave for Astrakhan to operate within the Border Authority of Russia’s FSB in the Republic of Kalmykia and the Astrakhan Region.
This year Vympel has launched 7 patrol boat of Mangust type, all of them equipped with engines of Russian origin instead of the German diesels.
The shipyard has been building boats of Project 12150 from 2001. 69 boats of Mangust type have been built for Defence, Emergency and Interior Ministries of Russia, Federal Customs Service and other agencies.
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.