The fourth in a series of counter-sabotage boat of Project 21980 (Grachonok class vessel) built at Rybinsk based Vympel Shipyard has been towed to a delivery / commissioning base, the shipbuilding firm said.
The counter-sabotage cutter will undergo second phase of shipbuilder’s and state acceptance trials. The Russian Navy’s Grachonok-class vessel was designed for water region patrol, to combat sabotage and terrorist forces, to assist the Russian Border Service of the Federal Security Service. Upon completion of delivery / acceptance trials the cutter will be commissioned into service with the Northern Fleet and be homeported in Polyarny, a town in Murmansk Region.
The Grachonok-class ship (Hull Number 01224) was launched at Vympel Shipyard in June 2017 and had passed dockside trials and shipbuilder’s Phase 1 trials. Builders tested the vessel’s main engines and equipment in operational modes, her seaworthiness and maneuverabilit.
Vympel Shipyard specializes in building medium- light-tonnage seagoing and river vessels and boats both for military and civil sectors. Since its inception in 1930, the company has built more than 30,000 ships of various types. Over the past 40 years, the shipbuilding company has delivered more than 1,800 boats to 29 countries in Europe, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, Africa and South America. Vympel Shipyard is building serial combat missile / patrol boats of new generation, high-speed SAR boats, FF1 ships, hydrographic survey and fishing vessels, tugs and other dedicated fleet. Vympel Shipyard also provides warranty / maintenance service for its products.