Russian Navy expects to receive three new corvette Project 20386 in 2025

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The Navy expects to receive three new corvette project 20386 to 2025

24 November, 14:03 updating date: 24 November, 14:19UTC + 3

According to Viktor Bursuk, the first two ships of Project 22800 Karakurt (Hurricane and Typhoon) will be transferred to the fleet in 2018

ST PETERSBURG, November 24. / TASS /. The Navy expects to receive the three newest corvette project 20386 until 2025. This was stated by Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy for Armament, Vice Admiral Viktor Bursuk.

The new project 20386 is very different from the base project 20380, its seaworthiness and habitation are significantly improved. The main ship of the series ("Daring") was laid at the end of 2016 at the "Northern Shipyard". Its transfer to the fleet is scheduled for 2021.

Earlier, Bursuk reported that the Russian Navy plans to receive more than 10 corvettes of the project 20386.

According to him. the first two ships of project 22800 "Karakurt" ("Hurricane" and "Typhoon") will be transferred to the Russian Navy in 2018. "The main ship (Hurricane) will be surrendered in 2018. Since we are the most picky about the main ships, they have to undergo a large test cycle, but we are sure that in 2018 (the shipyard - TASS comment)" Pella "this the ship will give the fleet, and the Typhoon, too, "he said.

Bursuk specified that 18 ships of this type will be built in total, six of which will begin to be built in the Far East in 2018.

He also said that the construction of a second rescue vessel of the "Igor Belousov" type is included in the draft of the new state armament program (GWP) for 2018-2027, the fleet expects to receive it after 2023.

Project 20386 is designed to conduct combat operations in the near and far sea zones, protect communications and economic activities in the sea, artillery support troops. In particular, the ship of project 20386 must strike combat surface ships and vessels with cruise missiles of the ship missile complex, search for and destroy enemy submarines with torpedoes of a small anti-submarine complex, ensure the combat stability of ships and ships from air strikes against enemy air defense missile systems. The corvette will be equipped with an A-190-01 artillery installation of 100 mm caliber developed by the Central Research Institute "Burevestnik". The principle of modularity is based on the project developed by the Almaz Central Design Bureau. This suggests that the corvette will be able to carry temporarily installed weapons, which will expand the range of tasks to be performed by the ship. The ship will have a displacement of 3,400 tons, and a length of 109 meters. The ship will be equipped with a combined gas turbine unit with partial electromotor, it will receive two gas turbine engines M90FR (27,500 horsepower each) and two electric motors (2,200 horsepower). The range of the voyage of the corvette will be 5000 nautical miles, the crew will consist of 80 people.

Original post: tass.com

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