Four submarines of the series have already joined the fleet of RF Navy
Admiralteiskie Verfi (a shipyard of United Shipbuilding Corporation) has held the launching of diesel-electric submarine Mozhaisk of Project 636, IAA PortNews reports.
The ceremony was attended by Nikolai Yevmenov, Commander-in-Chief of RF Navy; Victor Yevtukhov, State Secretary – Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation; Georgy Poltavchenko, Chairman of USC BoD; Andrey Vselov, General Director of Admiralteiskie Verfi; Igor Vilnit, General Director of Central Design Bureau “Rubin”.
Admiralteiskie Verfi is building a series of 6 diesel-electric submarines of Project 636.3. The contract for the Kilo-class submarine series was signed in September 2016. Four submarines – Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Volkhov, Magadan and Ufa – have already joined the fleet of RF Navy. The fifth and the sixth submarines – Mozhaisk and Yakutsk – were laid down in August 2021. The series is to be completed by 2024.
Admiralteiskie Verfi JSC (Admiralty Shipyards) is a key enterprise of shipbuilding, a centre of conventional submarine building of Russia. The shipyard is affiliated with the United Shipbuilding Corporation. Two series of submarines are under construction now for RF Navy. Besides, a series of patrol icebreakers for RF Navy and a series of large shipping trawlers are under construction. The Company’s staff exceeds 7,600 employees.
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