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The newest mine defense ship “Georgy Kurbatov” has arrived at the main base of the Black Sea Fleet (Black Sea Fleet) – Sevastopol. The crew completed the inter-fleet transition from the Baltic to the Black Sea fleet, during which the ship sailed more than 5 thousand nautical miles, having overcome a 7-point storm twice, once a 6-point storm and three…
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On November 26, at the Sredne-Nevsky shipyard (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation), the launching ceremony of the seventh mine defense ship (PMO) of project 12700 Anatoly Shlemov took place. The event was attended by: Vice Governor of St. Petersburg Anatoly Poveliy, General Director of JSC SNSZ Vladimir Seredokho, Director of the Department of State Defense Order of JSC USC…
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Project 12700 Petr Ilyichev, a mine defense ship (PMO), built by the Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation), is carrying out a program of factory sea trials (ZHI) in the water area of the Gulf of Finland. The test program is designed for a month and a half. During this period, the shipbuilders of the SNSZ and the…
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At the Sredne-Nevsky shipyard (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation), the laying ceremony of the mine defense ship (PMO) of project 12700 took place September 9, 2021. The ceremony was attended by the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, Admiral Nikolay Evmenov, General Director of JSC SNSZ Vladimir Seredokho, First Deputy General Director of JSC USC Andrei Buzinov, Chief Adviser to…
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January 22, 2021 (Google Translation) – The shipbuilders of the Sredne-Nevsky shipbuilding plant (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation) brought the mine defense ship (PMO) “Pyotr Ilyichev” of project 12700 “Alexandrite” out of the workshop. By the end of 2020, the shipyard specialists completed work on the formation of the hull and part of the superstructure of the ship, their…
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