It is planned that this will happen before the end of this year
Moscow. December 17. INTERFAX - Shipyard "Severnaya Verf" (St. Petersburg) has started the final stage of construction of the lead corvette "Gremyashchy" project 20385 before the transfer to the customer-revision of the ship.
"During the audit, the shipbuilders will check the power plant, the main mechanisms of the corvette, its weapons systems and special equipment. also, the final painting of the " rattling "will be carried out," the press service of the plant said in a statement distributed on thursday.
According to her, the audit should be completed by December 25.
After the state commission has signed the acceptance certificate and issued the order of the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy on the admission of the corvette "Gremyashchy" to the Navy, its crew will begin preparations for the ceremony of raising the St. Andrew's flag. This is the main event in the life of the ship should take place before the end of 2020, the report says.
The Project 20385 corvette is designed to perform escort and strike missions in the sea zone, patrol coastal waters, and patrol service. On the "Gremyashchy" there are artillery, anti-missile, anti-submarine, sonar and radar systems, a hangar for the Ka-27 helicopter, the press service informs.
It was reported that the carrier "Caliber" corvette "Gremyashchy" will be accepted into the Navy at the end of December.
On December 10, the ship hit a cruise missile in the Baltic Sea during a state test.
Earlier, the crew of the ship fired Kalibr and Onyx cruise missiles at coastal and marine targets in the White Sea. In the Barents Sea, he conducted artillery and torpedo firing.
Gremyashchy is the lead ship of Project 20385. This is an improved version of the corvettes of the previous project 20380. From its predecessors, the new corvette is distinguished by enhanced strike capabilities, as well as an air defense system.
Earlier it was reported that the corvette received a universal missile system "Caliber "(eight missiles) instead of anti-ship missiles "Uranus". From 12 to 16, the number of launchers of the anti-aircraft complex "Redut"has increased. It is also armed with a 100-mm artillery unit, two 30-mm anti-aircraft artillery complexes AK-630M and anti-submarine complex "Package". The ship provides for the deployment of the Ka-27PL helicopter in the deck hangar.
the "rattler" has a displacement of 2,200 tons, a length of 104 meters, and a width of 13 meters. Speed-up to 27 knots, cruising range-3500 nautical miles. The crew is 107 people.
It was laid down at the Severnaya Verf in St. Petersburg in 2012. Launched on 30 June 2017. Mooring trials started in January 2018. Factory sea trials began at the end of April 2019. PJSC "Shipbuilding Plant" Severnaya Verf "expects to transfer to the Russian Navy the lead corvette of Project 20385 "Gremyashchy" on December 25, General Director of the shipyard Igor Orlov told reporters on November 12.
"It passes state tests. We have a contract (transfer, - "IF") - December 25. We expect that we will meet this deadline, "Orlov said, adding that" everything is going according to plan."
