TSAMTO, April 10. In June of this year, the solemn laying of the next serial mine defense ship of project 12700 "Dmitry Lysov" will take place at the Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard (SNSZ) in St. Petersburg.
According to the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Seredokho, Director General of the Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard, reported to the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy Admiral Nikolai Evmenov about the preparations for the laying of the Dmitry Lysov PMO ship during a meeting dedicated to the serial construction of surface ships of all classes.
In addition, on April 14, a solemn ceremony of launching the 8th and 7th serial mine defense ship (PMO) "Lev Chernavin" project 12700 for the Russian Navy will take place at the Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard.
It is planned that the ceremony of launching the ship of the PMO "Lev Chernavin" will be attended by: representatives of the Main Command of the Navy, the leadership of the United Shipbuilding Corporation, the leadership of the Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard, the Central Marine Design Bureau "Almaz", representatives of the administration of St. Petersburg, veterans and shipbuilders.
"The PMO ships of Project 12700 are being built at the Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard as part of the implementation of the program for equipping the minesweeping forces of the Russian Navy. These ships have already proven their effectiveness in practice and have a number of unique characteristics," said Admiral Nikolai Evmenov, Commander–in-Chief of the Russian Navy.
The 12700 Alexandrite project was developed by the Almaz Central Marine Design Bureau. These ships belong to a new generation of minesweeping forces and are designed to combat sea mines, which new PMO ships can detect both in the water of marine waters and in the sea soil without entering the danger zone. To combat mines, ships can use various types of trawls, as well as remote-controlled and autonomous uninhabited underwater vehicles.
During the construction of these ships at the Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard, the latest Russian technologies are used, which have no analogues in the world shipbuilding. The ships of this project have a unique, the world's largest hull made of monolithic fiberglass, formed by vacuum infusion. In comparison with metal, the weight of the composite case is 20 percent. below. It has high strength, is not exposed to aggressive chemical environments and corrosion, and the service life, subject to operating standards, is unlimited. Other advantages of the composite hull include its "non-magnetism", which provides greater survivability of the ship when searching for mines.
According to the plans of the Main Command of the Russian Navy, the new generation PMO ships in the near term will form the basis of the minesweeping forces of the fleets of the Russian Navy, significantly increasing the efficiency of tasks.
By order of the Ministry of Defense of Russia and the Russian Navy, 51 Central Design and Technology Institute of Ship Repair is engaged in the development of sets of repair and technical documentation and documentation for many other types of maintenance of ships of the 12700 project, as well as surface ships of other projects.
The displacement of the mine defense ships of project 12700 "Alexandrite" is about 890 tons, length – 62 m, width – 10 m, full speed – 16 knots, crew – 44 people.
