The Severnaya Verf plant in St. Petersburg officially announced that the hull of the corvette under construction for the Pacific Fleet was not damaged during the fire.
The burned-out part of the superstructure, where there were radars and the captain's bridge, will be dismantled on the ship, shipbuilders will install a new one in its place.
"On the weekend after the completion of the fire extinguishing work on the Nimble corvette, the specialists of the Northern Shipyard conducted its initial inspection. Factory services have previously established that due to the installed fire insulation between the superstructure and the deck, the hull of the ship was not damaged. The superstructure is subject to dismantling. There was no equipment in the superstructure. With JSC "SNSZ" (Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard in St. Petersburg. - Approx. VL.ru ) negotiations are underway on the construction of a new superstructure.
To prevent freezing of the water that got into the holds during fire extinguishing, heating and electricity were supplied to order on Saturday and Sunday, about 100 workers provided pumping of water and drying of surfaces. They also cleaned the premises from the consequences of the fire," the press service of the shipyard reported.
Thus, the ship for the Pacific Fleet is going to be restored and put into operation, contrary to many opinions about the expediency of recycling the hull and building a new corvette.
The exact timing of the corvette's commissioning is not announced. This will require additional financial resources and probably several more years of work. In this situation, both the military department and the shipyard can act as a source of funding.
To assess the damage, a commission was created from representatives of the plant and the United Shipbuilding Corporation - it started working. While the exact cause of the fire is being established. The authorized commission will take several weeks to study the circumstances and determine the cause.
Recall that a strong fire occurred on the corvette "Agile", which was built for almost eight years for the Pacific Fleet and was already being prepared for testing at sea. The fire, according to preliminary data, occurred in the superstructure, after which the fire spread to the deck. Judging by the pictures from the scene of the incident, the deck was seriously burned, but the command post got the most, from which the flames left almost nothing. The IC on transport opened a criminal case on the incident. Before the incident, the corvette was supposed to enter the fleet at the end of 2022.
The crew formed in the Far East has been preparing for service on the ship for the last two months.
