Introduced into the Border Service of the FSB of Russia, the eighth border patrol ship PPK-831 (factory number 057) of the project 22120 (presumably planned name “Roman Chemeryuk”) was built at PJSC Shipbuilding Company Almaz. Saint Petersburg, 30.09.2022 (c) Curious / forums.airbase.ruRecall that this project is 22120 (code “Blizzard”)
It was originally developed by PKB Petrobalt LLC as a large customs vessel by order of the Federal Customs Service of the Russian Federation (FCS of the Russian Federation) on the assignment of 2005. After the refusal of the Federal Customs Service of the Russian Federation in 2009 from this project, the financing of the project continued from the Border Service of the FSB of Russia, and initially the units of the project 22120 were classified in the Border Service as border patrol vessels (PPS), and since 2018 – as border patrol ships (PPK) of the 2nd rank, but periodically even officially sometimes referred to as border patrol vessels. The revision of the project for the needs of the Border Service was carried out under the auspices of CJSC “Spetsstroyproekt” (Moscow).
The lead patrol vessel of Project 22120 with the factory number 050 was laid down at the Almaz Marine Plant OJSC (currently the Vasileostrovskaya Site of SF Almaz PJSC) initially for the Federal Customs Service of the Russian Federation on June 25, 2006 and after completion for a new customer, it became part of the Coast Guard of the Border Service of the FSB of Russia on April 29, 2011 like PS-581. In the autumn of 2011, by the Northern Sea Route, the vessel moved to the place of permanent basing in Nevelsk on Sakhalin, then it was renamed PPS-824, then PS-824, and in July 2017 it received the name “Rear Admiral Kolchin E.S.”.Following him, since 2011, to date, six more patrol ships of this project have been built at SF Almaz under various contracts for the Coast Guard of the Border Service of the FSB of Russia, somewhat different from each other – Rear Admiral Dianov (originally PS-825, factory number 051, commissioned on July 5 2013), “Kamchatka” (factory number 052, commissioned on November 23, 2018), “Transbaikalia” (factory number 053, commissioned in July 2019), “Taimyr” (factory number 054, commissioned on July 10, 2020), “Admiral Ugryumov” (factory number 055, commissioned on August 16, 2021) and Ladoga (factory number 056, commissioned on September 29, 2021).
Currently, the PPK “Rear Admiral Kolchin E.S.”, “Rear Admiral Dianov” and “Admiral Ugryumov” are based on Nevelsk on Sakhalin, and “Kamchatka”, “Transbaikalia” and “Taimyr” are based on Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky on Kamchatka. It was reported that the Ladoga PKK should be based in Murmansk, but so far it remains in the Baltic.
Commissioned on September 30, 2022, PPK-831 with factory number 057 was launched on April 26, 2022 and entered factory sea trials on August 25. It became the eighth ship of Project 22120. Currently, the ninth ship of this project, Ufa (factory number 058), is being built at SF Almaz, and a number of serious changes have been made to its design, and in particular, it is reported that the ship should receive armament in the form of a 30-mm AK-630 artillery installation. Its launching is scheduled for 2023.
Introduced into the Border Service of the FSB of Russia, the eighth border patrol ship PPK-831 (factory number 057) of the project 22120 (presumably planned name “Roman Chemeryuk”) was built at PJSC Shipbuilding Company Almaz. Saint Petersburg, 30.09.2022 (c) Curious / forums.airbase.ru
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The eighth border patrol ship PPK-831 (factory number 057) of project 22120 (presumably planned name “Roman Chemeryuk”) was built for the Border Service of the FSB of Russia at PJSC Shipbuilding Company Almaz during the testing period. Kronstadt, 11.09.2022 (c) Alexey Akentiev / akentyev_alex@mail.ru / vk.com/marinist_spb
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