The laying of the second pair of medium reconnaissance ships of Project 03182R for the Russian fleet took place in Zelenodolsk

Zelenodolsk shipyard began construction of the second pair of medium reconnaissance ships (SRZK) of project 03182R in the interests of the Russian fleet. The groundbreaking ceremony for the buildings took place on October 19, 2023 and was timed to coincide with the celebration of the 128th anniversary of the founding of the enterprise.

The Zelenodolsk Shipyard began construction of the second pair of medium reconnaissance ships of Project 03182R, developed at the Zelenodolsk Design Bureau. The contract for the first pair of SRZKs was signed at the Army-2021 forum, the laying took place on June 12, 2022. The first two ships are named after the admirals who at different times served as the head of naval intelligence of the USSR Navy - Leonid Bekrenev and Boris Bobkov ". The contract for the second pair was signed at Army-2022 with the laying of the bookmark in the same year, but then it was postponed to this year. The second pair received the names "Mikhail Nefedov" and "Nikolai Zuikov" in honor of the Soviet military leader, captain 1- rank, head of military highway No. 101 "Road of Life" Mikhail Aleksandrovich Nefedov and Soviet military intelligence officer, rear admiral, participant in the Civil and Great Patriotic Wars Nikolai Ivanovich Zuikov.

On October 19, at JSC "Zelenodolsk Plant named after A.M. Gorky" a solemn ceremony of laying the hulls of two research vessels of project 03182R was held, timed to celebrate the 128th anniversary of the founding of the enterprise

- said in the message of the press service of the enterprise.

Project 03182R of a medium reconnaissance ship is a revised project of a small sea supply vessel, according to which four tankers are being built for the Black Sea and Pacific fleets. SRZK are laid down as research vessels, the official purpose is to carry out comprehensive research of the world's oceans. The vessel's displacement is at least 4 thousand tons, ice class Arc4, crew - 24 people, has a helipad. Recently, a decision was made to equip Project 03182R vessels with remotely controlled combat modules capable of combating sea surface drones. The decision was made after attacks by the Ukrainian Navy on reconnaissance vessels.

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[seamen2]

I remembered the book "Charlie-Charlie-Bravo"

[Uncle lee]

Zelenodolsk Shipyard began construction of the second pair of medium reconnaissance ships (SRZK) of project 03182R

This is the ship

[KCA]

Beautiful. But is it really a ship, or a vessel? No weapons are visible, although they can equip them later; the bathyscaphe in the side compartment, the crane at the stern are not clear, but how is the bathyscaphe lowered and raised into the water? Or is there some kind of conveyor at the stern?

[Mitrich73]

In the side cutout is not a bathyscaphe, but a rescue boat.

[KCA]

Well, not the point, but how do they launch it into the water? Reset? And how do they lift it back into the compartment?

[Amateur]

Great book!

USA Mahlon Pizdale calling Soviet ship

[Vladimir_2U]

The defenseless “dove of peace” has become a little more toothy, just a little...

[tralflot1832]

The main purpose of reconnaissance ships is to be a thorn in the side of the NATO Navy in peacetime. To accompany their exercises, to graze in likely areas of deployment of SSBNs and nuclear submarines, to control naval bases, to find and map the underwater infrastructure of NATO countries. The latest embarrassment with the Balticconnect pipeline and communication line caused in the west hysteria. But they can’t prove anything. We didn’t open this Pandora’s box. England and Norway depend most on pipelines in Europe. Ours have a place to frolic.

[Gomunkul]

Recently, a decision was made to equip Project 03182R vessels with remotely controlled combat modules capable of fighting sea surface drones.

Can the author share information about where he got such data? There is not a word in open sources about installing modules.
I’ll add some more official data about these ships to the article:

It is officially stated that these new ships will be used to study the bottom of the world's oceans, as well as the shelf zone, which means that they are actually research ships. Typically, in terms of reconnaissance, such ships examine the bottom for the presence of various cables and equipment, and can also look for problems and breakdowns in underwater equipment.
This ship will also be able to participate in rescue operations, picking people on board, will be able to provide technical support in areas that are considered dangerous for navigation, for example, in the Arctic, and will also be able to provide complex transport operations in ports.
The Ka-27 helicopter is located on the deck, and the possibility of using unmanned aerial vehicles is also provided.

[Maks1995]

There were just a bunch of articles about the weakness of “reconnaissance ships” - and here’s a bookmark.
I hope they will be successful no matter what

[UAZ 452]

In peacetime, he does not need combat modules, but in wartime, they will not save him. It is better to carry out scientific functions under a civilian flag, and conduct intelligence activities... Something tells me that in the foreseeable future the military-political situation for our country will be such that it would be impossible to imagine such a ship operating without security at a distance from its bases It’s difficult, and now there’s also nothing special to protect it with, unless the same Black Sea Fleet can protect itself in its main base.
So it seems that the ships were laid down by inertia - the decision was made a long time ago, the money was included in the budget, so we will build it. At least let's start.

[Constantine N]

We simply don’t have our own electronics to build different drones for all occasions. accounted for ships apparently

[Chief Officer Lom]

Quote: UAZ 452

In peacetime, he does not need combat modules, but in wartime, they will not save him.

And during “strange” wars they will come in handy.