Newsletter navale

ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) -- Kaliningrad's Yantar Shipyard announced Thursday the start of construction work on the Russian Navy's latest landing vessel, christened Pyotr Morgunov.

According to Russian News Agency ITAR-TASS, 11711, Pyotr Morgunov, the second craft commissioned under the Russian Navy's Project, follows Ivan Gren which is due for completion by the end of 2015.

Under the terms of the construction contract for Pyotr Morgunov, the landing craft must be ready for delivery to the Russian Navy by 2018.

The large landing ships built under the auspices of Project 11711 will be able to carry up to 300 Marines, 36 armored personnel carriers and 13 tanks as well as a Ka-29 helicopter.

KALININGRAD, November 7 - RIA Novosti. The ceremony of launching the patrol ship (SKR) "Admiral Essen" Project 11356 will be held on Friday in Kaliningrad on the Baltic Shipyard "Yantar", the press service of the company.

"This is the second ship in the series, being built for the Navy of Russia. The ceremony will be attended by representatives of the United Shipbuilding Corporation, the Ministry of Defence, Navy command, regional authorities," - said in a statement.

Under two contracts signed with the Ministry of Defense of Russia, COR "Amber" to build a series of patrol ships of Project 11356, developed by JSC "Northern Design Bureau." Currently, based on five of the six vessels. Complete construction of the plant should Series in 2017.

TFR "Admiral Essen" was built at the plant in July 2011. His name, he was in honor of the outstanding Russian Admiral Nikolai von Essen, under whose command the fleet in readiness met the beginning of the First World War. Essen was the commander of the battleship "Sevastopol" in the defense of Port Arthur and the commander of the Baltic Fleet in 1909-1915 years.

Names of Russian naval commanders receive the entire series of six frigates being built at a plant in Kaliningrad. The lead ship of the series - "Admiral Grigorovich", founded in December 2010, launched in March this year. Laid three frigates - "Admiral Makarov", "Admiral Butakov" and "Admiral Istomin." Sixth patrol planned to bookmark.

Project 11356 patrol ship is designed to maintain in the ocean and in the marine areas of combat operations against surface ships and submarines, repel attacks of air attack, both independently and as part of a compound of the ships as escorts.

The length of the frigate - 124.8 meters, width - 14.2 meters, the TFR is capable of speeds up to 30 knots. Cruising range of 4850 miles. The crew - 180 people. The frigate is armed with anti-ship, anti-aircraft and anti-missile systems, 100-mm artillery pieces, two twin-tube torpedo launchers, and the Ka-28 and Ka-31.