On July 16, 2024, JSC Sredne-Nevsky Shipbuilding Plant (SNSZ, part of JSC United Shipbuilding Corporation - USC) in St. Petersburg hosted the laying ceremony for the Russian Navy of the mine defense ship (minesweeper) Viktor Korner project 12700 (cipher "Alexandrite") with the factory number 533. This is the thirteenth ship in the series of Project 12700.
The mortgage board was laid on 07/16/2024 at JSC Sredne-Nevsky Shipbuilding Plant (SNSZ, part of JSC United Shipbuilding Corporation) in St. Petersburg for the Russian Navy mine defense ship (minesweeper) "Victor Corner" project 12700 (code "Alexandrite") with factory number 533. The company stubbornly continues to refer to the ships of the 12700 project as "base minesweepers" (c) Curious / forums.airbase.ru
The minesweeper was named in honor of Viktor Dmitrievich Korner (1912 - 1984), who received the title Hero of the Soviet Union as commander of the river monitor "Sun Yat-sen" of the Amur Military Flotilla for participating in hostilities against Japan in August 1945. Based on this, it can be assumed that the minesweeper Victor Corner is planned to be commissioned into the Pacific Fleet.
To date, eight 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 Yemelyanov" (factory number 524, commissioned on December 28, 2019), "Yakov Balyaev" (factory number 525, commissioned on December 26, 2020), "Georgy Kurbatov" (factory number 522, commissioned on August 20, 2021), "Peter Ilyichev" (factory number 526, commissioned on 16 November 2022), "Anatoly Shlemov" (factory number 527, commissioned on December 29, 2022) and "Lev Chernavin" (factory number 528, commissioned on December 25, 2023).The lead minesweeper Alexander Obukhov and the minesweeper Lev Chernavin are part of the Baltic Fleet, the minesweepers Yakov Balyaev, Pyotr Ilyichev and Anatoly Shlemov are 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 minesweepers of this project Afanasy Ivannikov (factory number 529, laid down on September 9, 2021), Polyarny (factory number 530, laid down on June 12, 2022), Dmitry Lysov (factory number 531, laid down on June 19, 2023) and Semyon Agafonov (factory number 532, laid down on January 18, 2024).
The laying ceremony at JSC Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard (SNSZ, part of JSC United Shipbuilding Corporation) in St. Petersburg for the Russian Navy mine defense ship (minesweeper) "Victor Corner" project 12700 (code "Alexandrite") with factory number 533. St. Petersburg, 07/16/2024 (c) JSC "United Shipbuilding Corporation" and www.korabel.ru
