As reported JSC "Sredne-Nevsky Shipbuilding Plant" (SNSZ, part of JSC "United Shipbuilding Corporation" - USC), on July 11, 2022, the minesweeper "Pyotr Ilyichev" (factory number 526) of project 12700 (code "Alexandrite"), built at this enterprise, began to move by tow from St. Petersburg to the place based in the Pacific Fleet - in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. The transition to the base will pass through the Northern Sea Route and will be completed in the second half of September. After that, a control exit of the ship into the sea will be carried out, the signing of transfer documents, as well as the enlistment of the ship into the Navy of the Russian Federation.
Built by JSC Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard for the Russian Navy, the minesweeper Pyotr Ilyichev (factory number 526) of project 12700, which began the transition by tug from St. Petersburg to the Pacific Fleet base in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. The minesweeper is being towed by MB-1204 project 07521 of ARK LLC. 11.07.2022 (c) JSC "Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard"
On the part of bmpd, we recall that the minesweeper "Pyotr Ilyichev" (factory number 526), built at the SNSZ, intended for the Pacific Fleet, became the sixth ship of the 12700 project. It was laid down at the SNSZ on July 25, 2018, launched on April 28, 2021 and has been under testing since November 2021.
Earlier, the minesweeper Yakov Balyaev (factory number 525), built on the SNSZ, was transferred to the Pacific Fleet in a similar way. The ceremony of its laying was performed at the SNSZ on December 26, 2017, the launch was carried out there on January 29, 2020. From August 3 to October 22, 2020, the minesweeper Yakov Balyaev was transferred from Kronstadt around Europe to Murmansk and then by the Northern Sea Route to Vladivostok for factory sea trials and State tests. The transfer was made by the sea tug "Antey" of the Russian company LLC "Northern Alliance". Factory sea trials of the minesweeper Yakov Balyaev were launched in Vladivostok on November 12, 2020 and on December 26, 2020, the ship joined the Navy there.
In total, five Project 12700 minesweepers have been built and transferred to the Russian Navy at the SNSZ - "Alexander Obukhov" (factory number 521, commissioned by the Navy on December 9, 2016), "Ivan Antonov" (factory number 523, commissioned on January 26, 2019), "Vladimir Emelyanov" (factory number 524, commissioned on December 28, 2019), "Yakov Balyaev" (factory number 525, commissioned on December 26, 2020) and "Georgy Kurbatov" (factory number 522, commissioned on August 20, 2021). The minesweeper Alexander Obukhov is part of the Baltic Fleet, the minesweeper Yakov Balyaev is part of the Pacific Fleet, and the minesweepers Ivan Antonov, Vladimir Yemelyanov and Georgy Kurbatov are part of the Black Sea Fleet.
The construction of the minesweepers of this project "Anatoly Shlemov" (factory number 527, laid down on July 12, 2019 and launched on November 26, 2021,), "Lev Chernavin" (factory number 528, laid down on July 24, 2020), "Afanasy Ivannikov" (factory number 529, laid down on September 9 2021) and "Polar" (factory number 530, laid down on June 12, 2022).
At the laying ceremony of the minesweeper Yakov Balyaev on December 26, 2017, the then deputy head of the Russian Navy's Shipbuilding Department, Captain 1st Rank Mikhail Krasnopeev, said that the Russian Navy expects to receive 10 ships of Project 12700 by 2027 [that is, according to the State Armament Program for 2018-2027].
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Built by JSC Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard for the Russian Navy, the minesweeper Pyotr Ilyichev (factory number 526) of project 12700 at the wall of the enterprise before moving to the base in the Pacific Fleet. 09.07.2022 (c) bmpd
Built by JSC Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard for the Russian Navy, the minesweeper Pyotr Ilyichev (factory number 526) of project 12700, which began the transition by tug from St. Petersburg to the Pacific Fleet base in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. The minesweeper is being towed by MB-1204 project 07521 of ARK LLC. 11.07.2022 (c) JSC "Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard"