July 12, 2023 in Kerch at JSC "Shipbuilding Plant named after B.E. Butoma" (shipbuilding plant "Gulf", under the control of JSC "Shipbuilding Corporation "Ak Bars") A solemn ceremony was held for the admission to the Russian Navy of the small rocket ship "Cyclone" (factory number 801) of project 22800 (code "Karakurt") and the raising of the St. Andrew's Naval flag on it. The ceremony was held under the leadership of the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, Admiral Nikolai Evmenov. The Cyclone became the first ship of Project 22800 in the Black Sea Fleet.
Included in the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Navy is a small rocket ship "Cyclone" (factory number 801) of project 22800 (code "Karakurt"), built at JSC "Shipbuilding Plant named after B.E. Butoma" (shipbuilding plant "Gulf", under the control of JSC "Shipbuilding Corporation "Ak Bars"). Kerch, 12.07.2023 (c) Telegram channel "Russian Fleet"
The honorary guests of the ceremony were the Head of Crimea Sergey Aksenov, Acting Minister of Industrial Policy of the Republic of Crimea Elena Elekchyan, Head of the Kerch administration Svyatoslav Brusakov and the head of the municipality Olga Solodilova. Speaking at the ceremony, the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy Nikolai Evmenov emphasized the professionalism and skill of the Kerch shipbuilders and presented the distinguished factory workers with the medal "Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union S.G. Gorshkov".
According to naval tradition, Admiral Nikolai Evmenov handed over the naval flag to the commander of the ship. This ceremony became a kind of starting point for the service of the MRC "Cyclone" and its crew. By order of the Commander-in-chief of the Navy, the ship was enlisted in the Black Sea Fleet.
Admiral Nikolay Evmenov noted at the ceremony that "the ship will strengthen the surface component of the Black Sea Fleet and will effectively perform tasks for its intended purpose as part of detachments and groupings of the fleet."
The MRK "Cyclone" for the Kerch Shipbuilding Plant became the first warship in the last 25 years to undergo a full construction cycle at the enterprise, including a complex of tests.
On the part of bmpd, we recall that the Cyclone is the head unit built under the contract signed on August 5, 2016 by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation with JSC Zelenodolsk Plant named after A.M. Gorky (Zelenodolsk) for the construction of five serial small missile ships of project 22800 for the Russian Navy. Since the Kerch shipyard "Gulf" has been under the management of the Zelenodolsk Plant named after A.M. Gorky since the end of 2014, and now it is under the control of the head structure of the Zelenodolsk SSZ in the form of JSC "Ak Bars Shipbuilding Corporation" (SCAB) through the structure of JSC "B.E. Butoma Shipbuilding Plant", the construction of three out of five The MRC ordered under this contract is conducted in Kerch.
The main MRK of the 22800 Cyclone project (factory number 801) under this contract was laid down without much publicity at the Zaliv shipyard in Kerch on July 26, 2016. The launch of the MRK Cyclone was carried out in Kerch on July 24, 2020, and in September 2021 the ship was towed from Kerch to Novorossiysk for testing and commissioning there. At the end of November 2021, the Cyclone entered factory sea trials, but the ship's testing process dragged on for more than a year and a half. The ship's acceptance certificate was signed on July 4, 2023.
The second Askold MRK (factory number 802) was laid down in Kerch on November 18, 2016, launched there on September 21, 2021 and entered factory sea trials in October 2022. Both ships have not yet been transferred to the Navy. The third Kerch MRK Amur (factory number 803) was laid down on July 30, 2017 and launched on December 26, 2022. Initially, the contract deadlines for the delivery of these three ships were 2019-2020.
On February 26, 2019, the MRK "Cloud" (factory number 804) was laid down at the Zelenodolsk SSZ, which became the first ship of the 22800 project, which is actually being built in Zelenodolsk, it was launched on June 30, 2023. On September 11, 2019, a Typhoon of the same type was laid in Zelenodolsk (factory number 805). The contract deadline for the delivery of ships with factory numbers 804 and 805 was 2021.
According to the statement of the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy Admiral Nikolai Evmenov at the flag-raising ceremony at the Cyclone MRC, all five ships of the 22800 project ordered by the Zelenodolsk SSZ should now become part of the Black Sea Fleet.
The MRK of project 22800 (code "Karakurt") was designed by JSC "Central Marine Design Bureau "Almaz" (St. Petersburg) and was supposed to replace the MRK of project 21631 (code "Buyan-M") developed by JSC "Zelenodolsk Design Bureau" in construction for the Russian Navy. The Russian Ministry of Defense initially contracted 18 MRCS of the 22800 project from 2014, but in September 2020 canceled the contract for two units ordered by Vostochnaya Shipyard JSC in Vladivostok.
Due to the fact that the MRK project 22800 is equipped with the main power plant as part of high-speed diesel engines M507D-1, the difficulties of PJSC Zvezda (St. Petersburg) for the production of these engines in the required volumes have led to the fact that the project 22800 series has turned into a long-term construction, and the hulls of ships already launched have been idle for years in waiting for these engines.
The construction of the first seven MRCS of the 22800 project has been carried out since 2015 by JSC Leningrad Shipbuilding Plant Pella (JSC Pella), which has now commissioned the first three ships of this type that entered the Baltic Fleet - Mytishchi (laid under the name Hurricane, renamed in 2018, factory number 251, commissioned by the Navy on December 17, 2018), "Sovetsk" (laid down under the name "Typhoon", factory number 252, commissioned on October 12, 2019) and "Odintsovo" (factory number 253, laid down under the name "Squall", commissioned on November 21, 2020). The fourth MRK Burya built on the Pella (factory number 257) was transferred to factory sea trials in October 2022, but has not yet been handed over to the Navy.
Three ships of project 22800 - "Storm" (factory number 254, planned to be renamed "Kozelsk", but it is unclear whether it was carried out), "Okhotsk" are in the delayed completion due to problems with the supply of main diesel engines and problems with financing with unknown completion dates at the Pella plant (factory number 254, planned to be renamed "Kozelsk", but it is unclear whether it was carried out), "Okhotsk" (factory number 255) and "Whirlwind" (factory number 256), - the hulls of which were built at the FSUE "Shipbuilding Plant "Sea" in Feodosia (Crimea) and then towed by inland waterways to "Pella" for completion in November 2019 - May 2020.
Four more MRCS of project 22800 are being built at the Amur Shipbuilding Plant JSC (ASZ) in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, where they were laid down in 2019-2020 - Rzhev, Udomlya, Pavlovsk and Ussuriysk (factory numbers 201 to 204). The launch of the first two of them is expected in 2023.
The ceremony of the entry into the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Navy of the small rocket ship "Cyclone" (factory number 801) project 22800 (code "Karakurt"), built at JSC "Shipbuilding Plant named after B.E. Butoma" (shipyard "Gulf", under the control of JSC "Shipbuilding Corporation "Ak Bars"). Kerch, 12.07.2023 (c) TV "Center" and JSC "Shipbuilding Plant named after B.E. Butoma"
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