Serpukhov / Alex Guikalov (cropped)
Zelenodolsk shipyard is preparing to launch another small missile ship (RTO) project 21631 "Buyan-M". The ship will join the fleet towards the end of the year.
In Zelenodolsk, the construction of the RTO "Naro-Fominsk" is being completed, the ship is being prepared for launching and completion already afloat. The ship will have to go to trials in the first half of this year, and join the Navy in the fall, the exact dates have not yet been determined, they depend on the completion of outfitting work. The RTO was laid down on February 23, 2018.
According to Izvestia, The Ministry of Defense has already decided on the place of further service of the Naro-Fominsk RTOs, the eleventh Buyan-M will go to serve in the Baltic, although it was originally planned to send the ship to the Black Sea Fleet or the Caspian Flotilla. A crew has already been formed for the ship, and the necessary infrastructure has been prepared at the naval base in Baltiysk. Most likely, Naro-Fominsk will become part of the 36th RTO Brigade, which includes the 1st Guards Missile Boat Battalion and the 106th Small Missile Ship Battalion.
To date, the Russian Navy has nine RTOs of project 21631 Buyan-M, three more are being completed in Zelenodolsk. The tenth "Grad" and the eleventh "Naro-Fominsk" fleet will receive in 2022, another one - the twelfth "Stavropol" - in 2023.
Earlier, the Navy announced that RTOs of project 22800 Karakurt were ordered to replace the Buyan-M.
Ships of Project 21631 Buyan-M are a modernization of Project 21630 Buyan and belong to multi-purpose ships of the river-sea class. Designed to protect the economic zone of the state. The main armament is the Kalibr-NK universal long-range missile system for eight vertical shafts. Displacement 949 tons. Length 74.1 meters, width 11.0 meters, height 6.57 meters, draft 2.6 meters. The maximum speed is 25 knots. Cruising range - 2500 miles, autonomy - 10 days. Crew - 52 people. A water jet has been installed.
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