Vympel Shipyard will build two armament support ships for RF Navy (visualised image)
RF Defence Ministry and vShipyard (Rybinsk, Yaroslavl Region) have signed a contract for construction of two armament support ships of Project 20360М. The ship designed by Vympel design bureau (Nizhny Novgorod) is an adjusted project 20360 known as Dubmyak to comply with the requirements of RF Defence Ministry, the shipyard&RSquo;s press center says.
The ships (Hull No 01551 and Hull 01552) are to be delivered to the customer in 2019 and in 2020 accordingly.
The lead ship (Hull No 01551) will be deployed for the Black Sea, the second ship – for the Baltic Fleet.
Construction of the such a big vessel (length – 77m, width – 15.8 m) is a new challenge for the shipyard, the statement says.
Vympel Shipyard builds 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.
