The second MRK project 22800 "Sovetsk" went on sea trials
RTO "Sovetsk" ("Typhoon") was laid down at the Shipyard "Pella" on December 24, 2015 at the same time as the head RTO "Hurricane". The lead ship was launched on July 29, 2017 and became part of the Baltic fleet December 17 last year under the name "Mytishchi". The second RTO Typhoon (Sovetsk) was launched on November 24, 2017, and its commissioning is expected by the end of 2019.
Currently, two more RTOs of this project are under construction at the Pella CVC: Squall (renamed Odintsovo) laid / launched on July 29 2016 / 5 in May 2018 of the year and Storm was laid / launched on December 24 2016 / 23 October 2018, respectively. At the same time, at the SSZ “More” in Feodosia under the contract for the construction of seven ships concluded with “Pella”, three MRCs are under construction: “Storm” (renamed to “Kozelsk”), “Okhotsk” and “Whirlwind”.
5 August 2016, the Ministry of Defense signed a contract for the construction of five more RTOs of the 22800 project with AO Gorky Zelenodolsk Plant (Zelenodolsk). The order is distributed between Zelenodolsk and the GCC “Zaliv” in Kerch, on which the Cyclone MRK (July 26 2016 of the year) and Monsoon (Askold) were laid, and November 12 18 of the Passat (Amur) were laid down , laid 2016 July 30 of the year). In Zelenodolsk tab IRC "Tucha" was 2017 February 26 of the year.
In August, the Ministry of Defense 2018 entered into contracts for the construction of six more RTOs for the Pacific Fleet. Four of them will be built at JSC "Amur Shipbuilding Plant" (Komsomolsk-on-Amur) with delivery on 2026 year, and two ships on JSC "Eastern Shipyard" (Vladivostok) with delivery on 2023 year.
The ships of the 22800 "Karakurt" project are actually being replaced in the construction for the Russian Navy of the RTOs of the 21631 project (cipher "Buyan-M"), of which only 12 units have been ordered. According to the plans of the Russian Navy, the fleet should include no less than 18 of the IRC project 22800, however, the construction of the ships is hampered due to insufficient production rates for them of МХNUMX diesel engines at PJSC Zvezda.
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