15 vessels including a unique icebreaker are to be laid down for RF Navy in 2016, IAA PortNews correspondent cites RF Navy's Deputy Commander-in-Chief Vice Admiral Alexander Fedotenkov as telling journalists.
According to him, the list of vessels includes two 22800-design fast attack crafts and corvettes of Project 20380, patrol ships of Project 22160 and conceptually new patrol ship of ice class (Project 23550) which combines the characteristics of a tugboat, icebreaker and a patrol ship.
Besides, the keel of a new generation icebreaker Ilja Muromets is to be laid at Adimralty Shipyards in the presence of RF Navy’s higher command.
In 2016, RF Navy is going to put into operation over 40 new surface ships, boats and support vessels including Admiral Gorshkov, Admiral Makarov and Ivan Gren ships.