RTO Ingushetia of the 21631 project (Buyan-M) will replenish the Black Sea Fleet at the end of December
Small rocket ship "Ingushetia" project 21631 (Buyan-M) will be part of the Black Sea fleet at the end of December 2019. This was reported in the information support department of the Black Sea Fleet.
The press service of the Black Sea Fleet reported that the Ingushetia IRC was at the final stage of state trials. The acceptance of the ship into the Black Sea Fleet is scheduled for the end of December, it will be the tenth new ship that became part of the Black Sea Fleet during the 2019 year. In 2020, the delivery and acceptance of another 16 ships and support vessels into the fleet is planned.
Earlier it was reported that the Ingushetia RTO at the end of October began factory sea trials combined with state ones. In August, the RTO was transferred from Zelenodolsk to Novorossiysk, where the ship was retrofitted, and preparations were made for the tests. The transfer of the ship to the Black Sea Fleet is scheduled for the end of the year. It is expected that the ship will be part of the 41-th crew of missile boats, which already contain the same type of RTOs "Vyshny Volochek" and "Orekhovo-Zuevo."
Ingushetia is the eighth RTO of the 21631 project (Buyan-M), built at the Zelenodolsk shipyard. The ship was laid on 29 on August 2014 of the year, launching on 11 on June 2019 of the year. The ship was previously planned to be put into operation for the 2018 year, but due to the postponement of the delivery of the small missile ships Vyshny Volochek and Orekhovo-Zuevo, which completed the Navy in the 2018 year, the completion of the construction of the Ingushetia was postponed for the 2019 year.
RTOs of this class are multipurpose ships of the "river-sea" class and are intended to protect and protect the economic zone of the state. The main armament is the Caliber-NK universal missile system on 8 missiles.
Key Features: Displacement 949 tons. 74,1 meter length, 11,0 meter width, 6,57 meter height, 2,6 meter draft. The speed of 25 knots. Sailing distance to 2500 miles. Autonomy 10 day. Crew 52 man.
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