MOSCOW, 17 Feb-RIA Novosti, Sergey Safronov. The second pair of large amphibious assault ships (BDK) of Project 11711 will be transferred to the Russian Navy in 2023-2024, the ships will have 40% more displacement and, accordingly, landing capacity, Ilya Samarin, General Director of the Yantar Shipbuilding Plant (Kaliningrad), told RIA Novosti.
Two ships of the project 11711 "Vladimir Andreev" and "Vasily Trushin" were laid down on the "Yantar" in April 2019.
"The third and fourth ships of this project are currently under construction, the delivery date is 2023-2024," Samarin said.
He stressed that the second pair of BDK will be built according to the modernized project.
"They have increased the amphibious capacity and the workload of equipment. Displacement is increased by 30-40%, with a slightly different layout, the add-in is a little different. The helicopter deck will be enlarged, it will have two hangars for the simultaneous deployment of at least two helicopters, " the general director said.
Currently, the Russian Navy has two ships of this project, "Ivan Gren" and "Pyotr Morgunov", which were transferred to the fleet in 2018 and 2020, respectively.
The first ships of the project 11711 have a displacement of 5,000 tons, a speed of 18 knots, a range of 4,000 miles, an autonomy of 30 days, a crew of 100 people, a landing capacity of 13 tanks or 300 marines.