In Feodosia on the Shipyard "Sea" completed the construction of all three MRK project 22800
In Crimea in Feodosia at the shipbuilding plant "More" the construction of all three missile defense systems of the 22800 project (code "Karakurt") was completed. The launching ceremony of the last construction of the Whirlwind MRK took place on November 13 of this year without wide publicity.
Earlier it was reported that at the More shipyard in Feodosia, under the contract with Pella for the construction of seven ships, three RTOs are under construction: Storm (renamed Kozelsk), Okhotsk and Whirlwind. The head Kozelsk MRC was launched on October 9 on October 2019 and on October 17 began towing from Feodosia along inland waterways to the Pella head plant (Otradnoye, Leningrad Region) for completion and testing. The second RTO Okhotsk was launched on October 29.
However, in connection with the termination of navigation on the Volga-Baltic Canal from the 15 of November 2019, the Okhotsk and Vikhr RTOs were towed along the Don River to Aksai (Rostov Region), where they were put on wintering until the opening of the 2020 navigation of the year. After the ice melts, the ships will be transferred to Pella, where they will be completed.
RTOs of this project have a length of 67 meters, a width of 11 meters and a draft of 4 meters. Displacement - about 800 tons, cruising range - up to 2500 miles, autonomy - 15 days. The main armament is one UKKSK (universal ship complex) 3X14 missile launcher on the 8 KR Caliber, one 76-mm AK-176MA gun mount, ZRAK Panzir-M, two 14.5-mm or 12,7-mm machine-gun mounts MTTPU.
The ships of project 22800 Karakurt are actually replacing in the construction for the Russian Navy the MRK of project 21631 (code "Buyan-M"), of which only 12 were ordered. According to the plans of the Russian Navy fleet no less than 18 RTOs of project 22800 should be included, however, ship construction is slowed down due to insufficient production rates of M507 diesel engines for them at Zvezda PJSC.
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