Russia Defence Forum

Would you like to react to this message? Create an account in a few clicks or log in to continue.

Military Forum for Russian and Global Defence Issues


+23
Mir
Scorpius
Krepost
walle83
Sujoy
PapaDragon
flamming_python
Hole
verkhoturye51
dino00
Isos
hoom
eehnie
franco
ult
Dima
medo
TheArmenian
George1
GarryB
Viktor
runaway
KomissarBojanchev
27 posters

    Project 12700 Minesweeper thread

    flamming_python
    flamming_python


    Posts : 8988
    Points : 9050
    Join date : 2012-01-30

    Project 12700 Minesweeper thread - Page 5 Empty Re: Project 12700 Minesweeper thread

    Post  flamming_python Sun Sep 29, 2019 4:23 pm

    dino00 wrote:[size=16]The Russian Navy expects to receive 40 minesweepers of the project 12700 by 2030[/size]

    The third newest ship of the Vladimir Emelyanov series will be launched before the end of the second quarter of 2019

    This was announced on Tuesday by the commander-in-chief of the Navy, Admiral Vladimir Korolev, at a meeting on surface shipbuilding.

    "Serial construction of mine defense ships is carried out within the framework of the development and re-equipment of mine-trawling forces of the Navy. Until 2030, the Russian Navy plans to have about 40 ships of the PMO project 12700," he said

    Earlier, Vladimir Tryapichnikov, head of the shipbuilding department of the Russian Navy, said that the fleet expects to receive 40 fiberglass trawlers of the project 12700 by 2030–2050.

    The displacement of ships of this project is 890 tons, length - 62 meters, width - ten meters, crew - 44 people.

    https://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/6393370

    WOW Shocked  from 10 in 2027 to 40 in 2030.
    Now we can say, with all the latest decisions that The Future Russian Navy is being built! This deserves a flag russia

    They'll have more minesweepers than surface combat vessels at this rate. For the benefit of whom will they be cutting a path through the minefield for, it must be asked.

    And what then? Have the minesweepers do the fighting with their AK-630 gattling guns? Or more likely they'll just be sitting ducks because the rest of this mighty future Russian Navy doesn't exist.
    GarryB
    GarryB


    Posts : 38689
    Points : 39185
    Join date : 2010-03-30
    Location : New Zealand

    Project 12700 Minesweeper thread - Page 5 Empty Re: Project 12700 Minesweeper thread

    Post  GarryB Mon Sep 30, 2019 4:40 am

    Come on FP, you are complaining that they are making important vessels that most other navies neglect... it is like saying why is the air force buying trainers and transports when they should be buying lots and lots of fighters.

    Considering the closed seas the black sea fleet and the baltic fleet operate and to an extent all of their fleets really, and the number of choke points nearby and around them, I would think mine sweepers would be an even higher priority than a multi billion dollar carrier.

    Not like they are hard to make and they would certainly be needed in any realistic scenario to protect surface vessels.

    Obviously with modern high tech ships that are multi purpose it would be interesting to see if they have expanded the design to perhaps allow anti sub roles, as well as anti mine capabilities.

    Sure it only has mines and 30mm gatlings, but even if it is operating with Corvettes, a corvette with a UKSK launcher can fire off 91er1 ballistic rockets to deliver a modern and capable anti sub torpedo out to 40km in a minute or so.
    flamming_python
    flamming_python


    Posts : 8988
    Points : 9050
    Join date : 2012-01-30

    Project 12700 Minesweeper thread - Page 5 Empty Re: Project 12700 Minesweeper thread

    Post  flamming_python Fri Dec 06, 2019 3:07 am

    Some good import-substitution going on here

    http://mil.today/2019/Navy63/

    Almaz Bureau Told of New Drone Boats for Alexandrite-Class Minesweepers

    The ninth and further Project 12700 Alexandrite-class mine countermeasures ships will obtain the crucially new Russian-made unmanned boats developed by the ships’ designer, Almaz bureau, the company’s CEO, Alexander Shlyakhtenko told Mil.Press Today at the International Maritime Defense Show (IMDS-2019).

    As for him, the French unmanned boats Inspector Mk II do not meet the needs of the Russian naval mariners in full. In May, Shlyakhtenko announced that beginning from the ninth ship, Project 12700 minesweepers would get "numerous changes and absolutely new features". This includes the new drone boats, too.

    An interim solution was installation of the Russian unmanned boats Scanda. On July 10, Admiral Nikolay Evmenov, Russian Navy’s Commander-in-Chief said the Scanda’s key feature was that the robotized system was based on the massive operation experience of the fast-speed boats BL-680.

    Development of unmanned motorboats for minesweepers and other Russian Navy’s ships is currently going on a competitive basis, two industry insiders told Mil.Press Today. The tactical specifications of the drone boats are jointly elaborated by the naval personnel, scientists, designers and representatives of industry.

    One of the interviewees emphasized that the new unmanned boats would be mounted for test operation even on the fourth or fifth Alexandrite-class sweepers. The expert did not specify what exactly drone boat was in question, though said it was created on a new platform.

    The third ship of this class, Vladimir Yemelyanov, will get the Russian-made drone boats based on BL-680, announced on May 30 Vladimir Tryapichnikov, director of the Russian Navy’s shipbuilding department. The second Alexandrite-class minesweeper, Ivan Antonov, was equipped with the boats based on BL-680, they are undergoing trials.

    http://mil.today/2019/Navy35/


    Alexandrite-Class Minesweepers to Get Russian-Made Deck Cranes

    Project 12700 Alexandrite-class mine countermeasure ships must be equipped with home-produced low-magnetic deck cranes, concluded representatives of the Russian Navy and military industry convened at the United Shipbuilding Corporation’s meeting in the 2018 yearend, the two informed insiders told Mil.Press Today.

    The meeting was attended by the naval officials, delegates from Almaz design bureau, Sredne-Nevsky shipyard, United Shipbuilding Corporation, and potential crane manufacturers. According to one of Almaz designers in charge for minesweeper projects, there was a fundamental decision as of switching to the Russian deck equipment. Further, the question will be related to the industry, he summarized. Along with that, the import substitution terms still remain cloudy.

    The first two ships in series were equipped with foreign-made cranes. In the latter case, the matter is the low-magnetic (titanium) version of HTFC-2.2T10M-A-LM hydraulic telescopic-boom crane.

    Among other missions, the device is designed for lifting of an unmanned distant-controlled boat. According to the specifications, the crane’s capacity is at least 2.2 tons, max handling radius from the stand axis is 9 meters. Materials of the crane’s components should be made of low-magnetic alloys like aluminum or titanic ones.

    On May 31, 2016, Sredne-Nevsky shipyard announced the request for proposals regarding supplies of such cranes. The trigger price was 82 mln rubles. Four companies submitted bids then. On August 19, Sredne-Nevsky shipyard posted a notice of refusal from procurement.

    On April 17, 2018, the yard tied a contract with the Singapore company named Titan Offshore Equipment Pte Ltd for supervision and adjustment works and participation in mooring trials and revision stage of HTFC-2.2T10M-A-LM cranes. Cost of works is 126,300 SGD, which is about 6 mln rubles.

    An informed insider told Mil.Press Today that Sredne-Nevsky shipyard had been tasked to prepare information about delivery terms and purchase procedures for other three minesweepers.

    GarryB likes this post

    GarryB
    GarryB


    Posts : 38689
    Points : 39185
    Join date : 2010-03-30
    Location : New Zealand

    Project 12700 Minesweeper thread - Page 5 Empty Re: Project 12700 Minesweeper thread

    Post  GarryB Fri Dec 06, 2019 7:02 am

    George1
    George1


    Posts : 18257
    Points : 18754
    Join date : 2011-12-22
    Location : Greece

    Project 12700 Minesweeper thread - Page 5 Empty Re: Project 12700 Minesweeper thread

    Post  George1 Mon Dec 16, 2019 10:29 pm

    Russia’s latest minesweeper enters state trials in Baltic Sea


    The minesweeper Vladimir Yemelyanov built at the Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard in St. Petersburg is the Project 12700 third warship

    MOSCOW, December 16. /TASS/. The Project 12700 latest minesweeper Vladimir Yemelyanov has entered state trials in the Baltic Sea, Russian Navy Spokesman Igor Dygalo said on Monday.

    "Under the program of trials, the ship’s crew and the shipyard’s delivery team will check the operation of all the systems and mechanisms and test the radio-technical armament and the onboard sonar system," the spokesman informed.
    Read also
    Russia to float out latest minesweeper on May 30

    Russia’s Defense Ministry reported in October that the minesweeper Vladimir Yemelyanov had arrived in Baltiysk for the final stage of its trials. The minesweeper was expected to fulfil the program of state trials in November. The shipbuilders are set to deliver the warship to the Navy by late 2019.

    The minesweeper Vladimir Yemelyanov built at the Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard in St. Petersburg is the Project 12700 third warship. In 2016, the Shipyard delivered the Project’s lead ship Alexander Obukhov to the Navy and in January 2019 the St. Andrew’s Russian naval flag was hoisted aboard the minesweeper Ivan Antonov.

    Project 12700 Alexandrit-class coastal-type minesweepers are referred to the new generation of minesweeping forces and are designated to fight sea mines, which they can encounter in the sea and at the seabed without entering the dangerous zone. The minesweepers can employ various sweeps, as well as remotely controlled and autonomous underwater drones. The minesweepers of this Project displace 890 tonnes, are 62 meters long and ten meters wide and have a crew of 44 men.

    Project 12700 mine countermeasures vessels (minesweepers) have their hull made of glass-fiber reinforced plastic. As its advantage, this solution provides for the ship’s higher strength compared to the steel hull. The hull made of the monolith glass-fiber reinforced plastic has a longer service life (up to 30 years) than the hull made of low-magnetic steel while its weight is considerably smaller.

    https://tass.com/defense/1099823
    avatar
    ult


    Posts : 837
    Points : 877
    Join date : 2015-02-20

    Project 12700 Minesweeper thread - Page 5 Empty Re: Project 12700 Minesweeper thread

    Post  ult Sat Dec 28, 2019 2:44 pm

    Vladimir Yemelyanov has been commissioned.

    Project 12700 Minesweeper thread - Page 5 CMD1zP2

    https://ria.ru/20191228/1562973963.html
    Hole
    Hole


    Posts : 10461
    Points : 10439
    Join date : 2018-03-24
    Age : 47
    Location : Scholzistan

    Project 12700 Minesweeper thread - Page 5 Empty Re: Project 12700 Minesweeper thread

    Post  Hole Sat Dec 28, 2019 4:33 pm

    A lot of X-mas presents this year for the navy. Very Happy
    George1
    George1


    Posts : 18257
    Points : 18754
    Join date : 2011-12-22
    Location : Greece

    Project 12700 Minesweeper thread - Page 5 Empty Re: Project 12700 Minesweeper thread

    Post  George1 Mon Dec 30, 2019 11:15 am

    "Vladimir Emelyanov" will also be part of the 68th of ​​the Black Sea Fleet.

    Project 12700 Minesweeper thread - Page 5 76754910
    Project 12700 Minesweeper thread - Page 5 76758910
    George1
    George1


    Posts : 18257
    Points : 18754
    Join date : 2011-12-22
    Location : Greece

    Project 12700 Minesweeper thread - Page 5 Empty Re: Project 12700 Minesweeper thread

    Post  George1 Mon Dec 30, 2019 3:25 pm

    The crew of the new mine ship "Yakov Balyaev" formed in Kamchatka

    Sailors will soon be trained at the Joint Training Center of the Navy in St. Petersburg

    TASS, December 29th. The crew of the latest Yakov Balyaev mine defense ship has been formed in Kamchatka, and the personnel will soon go to St. Petersburg for training, the press service of the Eastern Military District (BBO) in the Pacific Fleet said on Sunday.

    "A crew (44 people) of the latest Yakov Balyaev ship was formed. In the near future, personnel will undergo training at the Joint Training Center of the Navy in St. Petersburg. Naval sailors will study the principles of building a new project ship and the basics of operation on basic specialties, "the press service said.

    The minesweeper "Yakov Balyaev" is the fourth production ship of Project 12700, has a unique hull made of monolithic fiberglass and is designed to deal with any type of modern sea mines. The new ship was named in honor of the Hero of the Soviet Union, the sailor of the 355th separate battalion of the Marines of the Pacific Fleet, Yakov Illarionovich Balyaev.

    The ships of this project have been in operation at the Navy for several years; they have established themselves as reliable, capable of effectively fulfilling assigned tasks.
    George1
    George1


    Posts : 18257
    Points : 18754
    Join date : 2011-12-22
    Location : Greece

    Project 12700 Minesweeper thread - Page 5 Empty Re: Project 12700 Minesweeper thread

    Post  George1 Wed Jan 29, 2020 3:53 pm

    Shipbuilders float out latest minesweeper in Russia’s northwest


    The shipbuilders will build a series of several dozen mine countermeasures ships of this Project for the Russian Navy

    ST. PETERSBURG, January 29. /TASS/. The Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard in St. Petersburg in Russia’s northwest has floated out the Project 12700 fourth serial-produced minesweeper Yakov Balyayev, the Shipyard’s press office announced on Wednesday.

    "We are already producing these ships in series. As you see, we are moving towards developing and assimilating new technologies and each new ship gets even better," Shipyard CEO Vladimir Seredokho said at the minesweeper’s launch ceremony.

    Project 12700 Alexandrit-class coastal-type minesweepers are referred to the new generation of minesweeping forces and are designated to fight sea mines, including smart naval mines, which the new ships can encounter in the sea and on the seabed without entering the dangerous zone. The minesweepers can employ various sweeps, as well as remotely controlled and autonomous underwater drones. The minesweepers of this Project displace 890 tonnes, are 62 meters long and ten meters wide and have a crew of over 40 men.

    The shipbuilders will build a series of several dozen mine countermeasures ships of this Project for the Russian Navy in the immediate future.

    Project 12700 mine countermeasures vessels (minesweepers) have their hull made of glass-fiber reinforced plastic. As its advantage, this solution provides for the ship’s higher strength compared to the steel hull. The hull made of the monolith glass-fiber reinforced plastic has a longer service life (up to 30 years) than the hull made of low-magnetic steel while its weight is considerably smaller.

    The Project 12700 lead ship Alexander Obukhov was delivered to the Navy in 2016. In late 2018, the Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard transferred the Project’s second (first serial-produced) minesweeper Ivan Antonov to the Navy.

    https://tass.com/defense/1114081
    George1
    George1


    Posts : 18257
    Points : 18754
    Join date : 2011-12-22
    Location : Greece

    Project 12700 Minesweeper thread - Page 5 Empty Re: Project 12700 Minesweeper thread

    Post  George1 Thu Jan 30, 2020 10:31 pm

    Launch of Project 12700 4th serial-produced minesweeper Yakov Balyayev



    https://bmpd.livejournal.com/3918521.html
    PapaDragon
    PapaDragon


    Posts : 13230
    Points : 13272
    Join date : 2015-04-26
    Location : Fort Evil, Serbia

    Project 12700 Minesweeper thread - Page 5 Empty Re: Project 12700 Minesweeper thread

    Post  PapaDragon Wed Feb 05, 2020 9:58 pm


    In 2020, the Nevsky Shipyard will launch at least two Alexandrit-class minesweepers

    https://flotprom.ru/2020/%D0%A1%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B73/
    George1
    George1


    Posts : 18257
    Points : 18754
    Join date : 2011-12-22
    Location : Greece

    Project 12700 Minesweeper thread - Page 5 Empty Re: Project 12700 Minesweeper thread

    Post  George1 Tue Jun 23, 2020 10:18 pm

    Shipbuilders to deliver five latest minesweepers to Russian Navy by 2023


    These are the Yakov Balyayev, the Georgy Kurbatov, the Pyotr Ilyichev, the Anatoly Shlemov and the minesweeper with the factory No. 528, according to the shipyard

    ST. PETERSBURG, June 23. /TASS/. The Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation) plans to deliver five Project 12700 mine countermeasures ships to the Russian Navy in 2020-2022, the shipyard said in its annual report published on Tuesday.

    The shipyard’s materials indicate the timeframe of delivering the minesweepers to the Navy: the Yakov Balyayev in 2020, the Georgy Kurbatov in 2020, the Pyotr Ilyichev in 2021, the Anatoly Shlemov in 2022 and the minesweeper with the factory No. 528 in 2022.

    Russia’s Project 12700 Alexandrit-class coastal-type minesweepers are referred to the new generation of minesweeping forces and are designated to fight sea mines, which the new ships can encounter in the sea and on the seabed without entering the dangerous zone. The minesweepers can employ various sweeps, as well as remotely controlled and autonomous underwater drones. The minesweepers of this Project displace about 800 tonnes, are 62 meters long, have a crew of 44 men and an operating range of 1,500 miles.

    The Project 12700 minesweepers developed by the Almaz Central Marine Design Bureau are under construction at the Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard in northwestern Russia (both companies are part of Russia’s United Shipbuilding Corporation). The Russian Navy has already received three minesweepers of this Project.

    The Project 12700 mine countermeasures vessels (minesweepers) have the world’s biggest hull made of monolithic fiberglass formed by vacuum infusion. As its advantage, this solution provides for the ship’s higher strength compared to the steel hull. The hull made of the monolithic fiberglass has a longer service life (up to 30 years) than the hull made of low-magnetic steel while its weight is considerably smaller.

    This year, the Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard plans to lay down the eighth Project 12700 Alexandrit-class minesweeper.

    https://tass.com/defense/1170953

    dino00 likes this post

    avatar
    ult


    Posts : 837
    Points : 877
    Join date : 2015-02-20

    Project 12700 Minesweeper thread - Page 5 Empty Re: Project 12700 Minesweeper thread

    Post  ult Fri Jul 24, 2020 5:54 pm

    8th ship has been laid down. "Lev Chernavin"

    Project 12700 Minesweeper thread - Page 5 PjuGba3

    https://flotprom.ru/2020/%D0%A1%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B716/

    George1, Big_Gazza, marat and LMFS like this post

    George1
    George1


    Posts : 18257
    Points : 18754
    Join date : 2011-12-22
    Location : Greece

    Project 12700 Minesweeper thread - Page 5 Empty Re: Project 12700 Minesweeper thread

    Post  George1 Sat Jul 25, 2020 9:27 am

    George1
    George1


    Posts : 18257
    Points : 18754
    Join date : 2011-12-22
    Location : Greece

    Project 12700 Minesweeper thread - Page 5 Empty Re: Project 12700 Minesweeper thread

    Post  George1 Thu Aug 20, 2020 2:15 pm

    Minesweeper "Yakov Balyaev" arrived in Murmansk


    It is reported that on August 19, 2020, a new sea minesweeper Yakov Balyaev of project 12700 arrived in Murmansk , making the transition by tug from the Baltic to its permanent base in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, where factory sea trials and state tests will be carried out. The transfer of the ship to the customer and enrollment in the Russian Navy should take place at the end of 2020 .. Arrived in Murmansk, the Yakov Balyaev sea minesweeper of project 12700 (serial number 525), is making the transition in tug from the Baltic to the place of permanent basing in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, 19.08 .2020 (c) Gogs / forums.airbase.ru

    The transfer of the minesweeper "Yakov Balyaev" from Kronstadt around Europe to Murmansk and further by the Northern Sea Route to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky is carried out by the sea tug "Antey" of the Russian company "Northern Alliance" LLC. The caravan, according to known data, departed from Kronstadt on August 3 and passed the Baltic straits on August 6. Arrival to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky is expected by the end of September.

    It is interesting to note that the Antey tugboat, acquired by Northern Alliance LLC in Panama , arrived in St. Petersburg only on June 26, and the towing of the Yakov Balyaev minesweeper to the Far East became the first voyage for the tug under the Russian flag.

    Recall that the sea minesweeper "Yakov Balyaev"(serial number 525) was the fourth ship built at Sredne-Nevsky Shipbuilding Plant (SNSZ, part of United Shipbuilding Corporation - USC) in St. Petersburg for the Russian Navy by a Project 12700 ship (code Alexandrite). The ship was officially laid down at SNSZ on December 26, 2017 and launched there on January 29, 2020. It will become the first Project 12700 minesweeper in the Pacific Fleet.

    https://bmpd.livejournal.com/4116778.html
    Hole
    Hole


    Posts : 10461
    Points : 10439
    Join date : 2018-03-24
    Age : 47
    Location : Scholzistan

    Project 12700 Minesweeper thread - Page 5 Empty Re: Project 12700 Minesweeper thread

    Post  Hole Wed Sep 30, 2020 8:16 pm

    Project 12700 Minesweeper thread - Page 5 12700_10
    Project 12700 Minesweeper thread - Page 5 12700_11
    Project 12700 Minesweeper thread - Page 5 12700_12
    Kurbatov is in the water.

    GarryB, George1, Big_Gazza and LMFS like this post

    George1
    George1


    Posts : 18257
    Points : 18754
    Join date : 2011-12-22
    Location : Greece

    Project 12700 Minesweeper thread - Page 5 Empty Re: Project 12700 Minesweeper thread

    Post  George1 Fri Oct 02, 2020 1:31 pm



    Synopsis. From first contract in 2014 we have

    First ship "Alexander Obukhov", commissioned on December 9, 2016, Baltic Fleet.

    Second ship (first sserial) "Georgy Kurbatov" (serial number 522). A fire delayed its construction


    Third ship  "Ivan Antonov" (serial number 523) commissioned on January 26, 2019, Black Sea Fleet. (arrived in Sevastopol on September 7, 2019.)

    Fourth ship "Vladimir Emelyanov" (serial number 524), commissioned  on December 28, 2019. Black Sea Fleet.



    2016 contract for 3 ships of the project 12700 (serial numbers 525-527).

    First ship 'Yakov Bala " (serial number 525), the ship will be commissioned. The ship is to arrive in Vladivostok on October 7.

    The second minesweeper Pyotr Ilyichev"(serial number 526), launched on July 24, 2020.


    At the laying ceremony for the minesweeper Yakov BalyaevDecember 26, 2017 Deputy Chief of the Russian Navy shipbuilding Captain 1st Rank Mikhail Krasnopeev said that Russia's naval fleet counts until 2027 [that is, through the state program of armaments in the years 2018-2027] get 10 12700. ships of the project

    in its turn, speaking on May 30, 2019 during the launching ceremony of the minesweeper Vladimir Yemelyanov, the general director of the project developer Almaz TsMKB JSC, Alexander Shlyakhtenko, said that starting from the ninth hull (that is, from the serial number 529), mine countermeasures defense project 12700 ("Alexandrite") changes will be made, while the ship will receive "an absolutely new quality".On August 25, 2020, at the Army-2020 International Military-Technical Forum, the Russian Ministry of Defense signed a contract with SNSZ for the construction of two modernized minesweepers of Project 12700 (with presumptive serial numbers 529 and 530).

    Initially, the ships of Project 12700 were listed in the Russian Navy as basic minesweepers, then they were reclassified as sea minesweepers, but, according to unofficial reports, they were recently transferred again by the decision of the Navy command to the subclass of basic minesweepers. Launching at Sredne-Nevsky Shipbuilding Plant JSC (SNSZ) of the project 12700 Georgy Kurbatov sea minesweeper under construction for the Russian Navy with serial number 522. St. Petersburg, 09/30/2020 (c) Administration of St. Petersburg and JSC United shipbuilding corporation "

    https://bmpd.livejournal.com/4153481.html

    LMFS likes this post

    George1
    George1


    Posts : 18257
    Points : 18754
    Join date : 2011-12-22
    Location : Greece

    Project 12700 Minesweeper thread - Page 5 Empty Re: Project 12700 Minesweeper thread

    Post  George1 Mon Dec 07, 2020 2:55 pm

    Pacific fleet mine defense ship (minesweeper) of project 12700 "Yakov Balyaev" has begun the final stage of state tests.

    It will join the Navy on December 26, 2020.

    https://en.topwar.ru/177857-novyj-aleksandrit-dlja-tof-zakanchivaet-gosispytanija.html

    George1
    George1


    Posts : 18257
    Points : 18754
    Join date : 2011-12-22
    Location : Greece

    Project 12700 Minesweeper thread - Page 5 Empty Re: Project 12700 Minesweeper thread

    Post  George1 Sat Dec 26, 2020 6:45 pm

    Andreevsky flag was raised on the mine defense ship "Yakov Balyaev"


    The Yakov Balyaev mine defense ship raised the Andreevsky flag. The solemn ceremony took place in Vladivostok. The press service of the Pacific Fleet reports.

    The Pacific Fleet was replenished with a mine defense ship (minesweeper) Yakov Balyaev, project 12700. The ceremony of raising the Andreevsky flag took place on Korabelnaya embankment in Vladivostok. It was attended by the commander of the Pacific Fleet, Admiral Sergei Avakyants, personnel, veterans of the Navy.

    After the signing of the act of acceptance of the ship from the industry and the solemn ceremony of raising the Andreevsky flag, on the basis of the order of the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, the ship was included in the combat composition of the Pacific fleet
    - said in a statement.

    Marine minesweeper "Yakov Balyaev" is the fourth serial (fifth in a row) ship, which was laid down on the stocks of the Sredne-Nevsky shipyard, however, due to a fire on the first serial minesweeper "Georgy Kurbatov", "Yakov Balyaev" became the fourth mine defense ship in the line of the project 12700 "Alexandrite". Laid down on December 26, 2017, launched on January 29, 2020. He arrived in the Far East on October 22, passing the Northern Sea Route.

    Named in honor of Yakov Illarionovich Balyaev, Hero of the Soviet Union, sailor, light machine gunner of the 355th separate battalion of the Pacific Fleet Marine Corps.

    The ship is designed to combat all types of modern sea mines, it is equipped with modern hydroacoustic stations and an automated mine action control system. The ship's displacement is 890 tons, length - 62 meters, width - 10 meters, full speed - 16 knots, crew - 44 people.

    https://en.topwar.ru/178541-na-korable-protivominnoj-oborony-jakov-baljaev-podnjat-andreevskij-flag.html

    LMFS and Hole like this post

    Hole
    Hole


    Posts : 10461
    Points : 10439
    Join date : 2018-03-24
    Age : 47
    Location : Scholzistan

    Project 12700 Minesweeper thread - Page 5 Empty Re: Project 12700 Minesweeper thread

    Post  Hole Sat Dec 26, 2020 8:42 pm

    Project 12700 Minesweeper thread - Page 5 015911
    Project 12700 Minesweeper thread - Page 5 016010
    Project 12700 Minesweeper thread - Page 5 016311
    George1
    George1


    Posts : 18257
    Points : 18754
    Join date : 2011-12-22
    Location : Greece

    Project 12700 Minesweeper thread - Page 5 Empty Re: Project 12700 Minesweeper thread

    Post  George1 Sat Jan 23, 2021 1:23 pm

    The sixth mine defense ship (minesweeper) "Pyotr Ilyichev" of project 12700 "Alexandrite" launched in Sredne-Nevsky shipyard. This was reported by the SNSZ press service.
    The transfer of the minesweeper to the customer is scheduled for the summer of 2021; the ship will become part of the Pacific Fleet.

    https://en.topwar.ru/179285-shestoj-tralschik-petr-ilichev-proekta-12700-aleksandrit-vyveden-iz-ceha.html

    LMFS likes this post

    George1
    George1


    Posts : 18257
    Points : 18754
    Join date : 2011-12-22
    Location : Greece

    Project 12700 Minesweeper thread - Page 5 Empty Re: Project 12700 Minesweeper thread

    Post  George1 Wed Apr 28, 2021 4:20 pm

    Shipbuilders float out cutting-edge minesweeper for Russian Navy


    Following the tradition, the warship was consecrated before its launch

    ST. PETERSBURG, April 28. /TASS/. The Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard (part of Russia’s United Shipbuilding Corporation) has floated out the Project 12700 mine countermeasures ship Pyotr Ilyichev, a TASS correspondent reports from the scene.

    "We are floating out a new ship together. It is an excellent ship with warships of this Project having proven their worth at sea," Russian Navy Commander-in-Chief Admiral Nikolai Yevmenov said at the launch ceremony.

    The Project 12700 Alexandrit will be continued, the Navy chief said.

    Following the tradition, the warship was consecrated before its launch. During its float-out, a gun salute lit up the sky with the colors of the Russian national flag (white, blue and red).

    The minesweeper Pyotr Ilyichev was laid down in July 2018 and is the Project 12700 Alexandrit-class fifth serial-produced (sixth-built) warship. The shipbuilders are building the mine countermeasures ships on order from the Russian Navy.

    Russia’s Project 12700 Alexandrit-class coastal-type minesweepers developed by the Almaz Central Marine Design Bureau are referred to the new generation of minesweeping forces and are designated to fight sea mines, which the new ships can encounter in the sea and on the seabed without entering the dangerous zone. The minesweepers can employ various sweeps, as well as remotely controlled and autonomous underwater drones. The minesweepers of this Project displace about 800 tonnes, are 62 meters long, have a crew of 44 men and an operating range of 1,500 miles.

    The Project 12700 mine countermeasures vessels (minesweepers) have the world’s biggest hull made of monolithic fiberglass formed by vacuum infusion. As its advantage, this solution provides for the ship’s higher strength compared to the steel hull. The hull made of the monolithic fiberglass has a longer service life (up to 30 years) than the hull made of low-magnetic steel while its weight is considerably smaller.

    https://tass.com/defense/1284197

    GarryB, PapaDragon, LMFS and Hole like this post

    George1
    George1


    Posts : 18257
    Points : 18754
    Join date : 2011-12-22
    Location : Greece

    Project 12700 Minesweeper thread - Page 5 Empty Re: Project 12700 Minesweeper thread

    Post  George1 Thu Apr 29, 2021 2:41 pm



    Project 12700 Minesweeper thread - Page 5 88805110
    Project 12700 Minesweeper thread - Page 5 88808310
    Project 12700 Minesweeper thread - Page 5 88811510
    Project 12700 Minesweeper thread - Page 5 88816510

    franco and zardof like this post

    George1
    George1


    Posts : 18257
    Points : 18754
    Join date : 2011-12-22
    Location : Greece

    Project 12700 Minesweeper thread - Page 5 Empty Re: Project 12700 Minesweeper thread

    Post  George1 Sat Aug 21, 2021 5:57 am

    The base minesweeper "Georgy Kurbatov" of project 12700 was put into operation


    bmpd
    August 21st, 6:45
    As reported by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, on August 20, 2021 in Baltiysk, a ceremony was held to raise the Navy flag and enter the mine defense ship (base minesweeper) Georgy Kurbatov of project 12700 (code Alexandrite) into the Russian Navy with serial number 522, built at JSC "Sredne-Nevsky Shipbuilding Plant" (SNSZ, part of JSC "United Shipbuilding Corporation" - USC) in St. Petersburg. The minesweeper is enlisted in the Black Sea Fleet. This is the fifth Project 12700 ship commissioned by the Russian Navy. Project 12700 base minesweeper Georgy Kurbatov (serial number 522) before the commissioning ceremony for the Russian Navy. Baltiysk, 08/20/2021 (c) Vitaly Nevar / TASS

    Project 12700 Minesweeper thread - Page 5 91238210

    On the part of bmpd, recall that the minesweeper Georgy Kurbatov (serial number 522) was originally the second ship of Project 12700 (and the first serial one). The minesweeper was officially laid down at SNSZ on April 24, 2015, but the ship's hull was seriously damaged in a fire on June 7, 2016, after which it was almost completely restored. As a result, Georgy Kurbatov was withdrawn from the SNSZ slipway in June 2020 and launched on September 30, 2020. The minesweeper left for factory sea trials on June 1, 2021.

    "Georgy Kurbatov" was the first minesweeper under construction under a contract signed by SNSZ inApril 2014 with the Russian Ministry of Defense for the construction of the first three serial ships of Project 12700 (serial numbers 522 - 524). As a result of the fire on Georgy Kurbatov , the mine-sweeper Ivan Antonov (serial number 523) , laid down by the second on January 25, 2017, became the first serial ship of Project 12700, and was launched on April 25, 2018 and put into operation by the Russian Navy on January 26, 2019 of the year and, having entered the Black Sea Fleet, arrived in Sevastopol on September 7, 2019. The third built ship of Project 12700 was "Vladimir Emelyanov" (serial number 524), laid down at SNSZ on January 25, 2017,

    launched on May 30, 2019 and transferred to the Russian Navy on December 28, 2019, with enrollment in the Black Sea Fleet. However, then the ship defended for a long time in Kronstadt due to the failure of one of the main engines, and only in August 2021 went into transition to the Black Sea.

    Prior to that, SNSZ, under a contract with the Russian Ministry of Defense dated March 30, 2007, renegotiated on June 10, 2014, carried out the construction of the head minesweeper of Project 12700 "Alexander Obukhov" (serial number 521). The minesweeper "Alexander Obukhov" was started by construction at SNSZ in 2007, officially laid down on September 22, 2011, launched on June 27, 2014, and beganfactory sea trials on April 29, 2016. The transfer of "Alexander Obukhov" to the Russian Navy took place in Kronstadt on December 9, 2016, the ship is part of the Baltic Fleet.

    In 2016, SNSZ signed another contract with the Russian Ministry of Defense for three serial mine- action ships of Project 12700 (serial numbers 525 - 527). An official welcoming ceremony of the head tab for this contract trawler 'Yakov Bala " (serial number 525) was made on SNSZ December 26, 2017, and the descent of the water was carried out there January 29, 2020. From August 3 to October 22, 2020, the transfer was mademinesweeper from Kronstadt around Europe to Murmansk and further by the Northern Sea Route to Vladivostok for factory sea trials and State tests. The translation was carried out by the sea tug "Antey" of the Russian company "Northern Alliance" LLC. Factory sea trials of the minesweeper Yakov Balyaev began in Vladivostok on November 12, 2020, and on December 26, 2020, the ship entered the Pacific Fleet, becoming the fourth Project 12700 minesweeper in the Navy. The second minesweeper under this contract "Pyotr Ilyichev" (serial number 526) was laid down at SNSZ on July 25, 2018 and launched on April 28, 2021. The third ship "Anatoly Shlemov"

    (serial number 527) was laid down on 12 July 2019. On July 24, 2020, the laying ceremony of the Lev Chernavin minesweeper (serial number 528) was also held at SNSZ . At the laying ceremony for the minesweeper Yakov Balyaev on December 26, 2017, the Deputy Head of the Shipbuilding Directorate of the Russian Navy, Captain 1st Rank Mikhail Krasnopeev, said that the Russian Navy expects until 2027 [that is, according to the State Arms Program for 2018-2027] receive 10 ships of Project 12700. In turn, speaking on May 30, 2019 during the launching ceremony of the Vladimir Yemelyanov minesweeper ,



    General Director of the project developer Almaz Central Marine Design Bureau Alexander Shlyakhtenko said that starting from the ninth hull (that is, from the serial number 529), the mine defense ships of Project 12700 (Alexandrite) will be changed, and the ship will receive "a completely new quality. " On August 25, 2020, at the Army-2020 International Military-Technical Forum, the Russian Ministry of Defense signed a contract with SNSZ for the construction of two modernized minesweepers of Project 12700 (with presumptive serial numbers 529 and 530).

    Initially, the ships of Project 12700 were listed in the Navy Russian basic minesweepers, then were reclassified into sea minesweepers, but, according to unofficial reports,have recently been transferred again by the decision of the command of the Navy in the subclass of basic minesweepers.


    https://bmpd.livejournal.com/4376531.html

    medo, dino00 and LMFS like this post


    Sponsored content


    Project 12700 Minesweeper thread - Page 5 Empty Re: Project 12700 Minesweeper thread

    Post  Sponsored content


      Current date/time is Tue Mar 19, 2024 4:50 am