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Warships 'Typhoon' and 'Victor the Great' were launched in Tatarstan
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.[Regnum] In Tatarstan, at the Zelenodolsk plant named after A. M. Gorky, a small missile ship of Project 22 800 “Typhoon” and a patrol ship of Project 22 160 “Victor the Great” were launched. This was reported by the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Russian Ministry of Defense. “On behalf of the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy (Navy), Admiral Alexander Moiseev, the shipbuilders and crews of the ships were congratulated on this significant event by the head of the Navy shipbuilding department, Rear Admiral Ilyas Shigapov,” the message says. The defense department added that, according to tradition, they smashed bottles of champagne on the stems of the ships before descending. As Regnum reported, at the beginning of the year the newest mine defense ship Semyon Agafonov was laid down in St. Petersburg as part of project 12,700 code Alexandrite. The event took place at the Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard on January 18. The minesweeper became the twelfth ship within the project. They decided to name the ship itself after the Hero of the Soviet Union Semyon Agafonov, a participant in the Great Patriotic and Soviet-Japanese Wars. In early January, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that the Russian Navy in 2024 will be replenished with the small missile ship Burya and the submarine Kronstadt. It was noted that this year the Russian Navy will continue the planned increase in its strength. It was specified that the Baltic, Pacific and Black Sea fleets will be strengthened by several small missile and patrol ships, as well as sea minesweepers. On December 25, 2023, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that five frigates, eight corvettes, 13 small missile ships and more than 50 other ships of various classes are currently in various stages of readiness at Russian shipyards. At the flag-raising ceremony on the frigate Admiral Golovko, the small missile ship Naro-Fominsk and the minesweeper Lev Chernavin, which are entering service with the Navy, the president said that Russian shipbuilding has entered a new important stage - serial production of warships of various classes. The President also said that the country will strengthen its naval power in all strategic directions and will implement all plans for the construction of ships. The head of state thanked the workforce of the enterprises for their professionalism and high dedication, and wished the ship crews worthy service for the benefit of Russia. Posted by: badanov 2024-05-08 |
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