Severnaya Verf carried out the technological launch of the Mercury corvette.
It happened in March, but it became known about it only now.
- As a rule, such procedures are carried out to free up the stocks for more urgent orders, - a source in the military-industrial complex explained to TASS.
The ship will be completed on the water, the source added. He did not rule out that in the future, the Mercury will return to the boathouse.
The corvette " Mercury "was laid down in 2016 under the name"Daring". This is the lead ship of the project 20386 with a modular armament, an open architecture control system and the ability to use a drone.
In 2019, it was decided to rename the ship under construction to "Mercury" - in honor of the brig of the Black Sea Fleet, which in 1829 single-handedly defeated two Turkish battleships. The decree of Nicholas I prescribed always to have a ship with this name in the Black Sea Fleet.
Anton Valagin