It is reported that in early March, 2021 in St. Petersburg, JSC "Shipbuilding plant "Severnaya Verf" (part of JSC "United shipbuilding Corporation") without publicity has been produced by technical descent to the water body under construction for the Russian Navy Corvette head "mercury" of the project 20386 (former "Bold", serial number 1009).
The hull of the project 20386 Mercury lead corvette (former "Daring", factory number 1009), which is being built for the Russian Navy, was temporarily launched at the Severnaya Verf Shipbuilding Plant. Saint Petersburg, 04.04.2021 (c) Curious / forums.airbase.ru
Recall that the ceremony of laying the head corvette of the project 20386 called "Daring" (factory number 1009) was made at the shipyard "Severnaya Verf" on October 28, 2016. The developer of the project is JSC "CMKB "Almaz", which on April 17, 2014 signed a contract with the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation./1/1/0201/ GC-14-DGOZ for the implementation of experimental design work "Project 20386".
The ship actually turned into a long-term construction and to date, the prospects for project 20386 remain unclear. On April 23, 2019, in the presence of Russian President Vladimir Putin, a ceremony was held at the plant [...] for the docking of the hull blocks of this corvette, now renamed Mercury. The ship is not expected to be commissioned until 2023-2024 at the earliest.
We will point out that technical descents are carried out at the Northern Shipyard in order to change the slipways and the ship can then be lifted back to the boathouse. A year ago, at the beginning of 2020, a similar [...] technical descent was made of the corvette "Strict" under construction of the modified project 20380 (factory number 1008).
