Project 12700 Minesweeper thread

[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  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

Minesweppers are very important in narrow and congested hostile seas surrounding Russia. Minefield cutting of BF and BSF mustn't be an option.

I guess they solved the last problems with the fiberglass hulls and can now accelerate their production.

Hole wrote:I guess they solved the last problems with the fiberglass hulls and can now accelerate their production.  

They say that they can produce 3 ships per year, and that full production cycle including trials is 2,5 years.

СНСЗ уже законтрактовал семь "Александритов", рассказал в февральском интервью Mil.Press FlotProm гендиректор предприятия Владимир Середохо. Он добавил, что сегодня завод способен строить три тральщика в год. При этом цикл строительства сократили с учетом испытаний до 2,5 лет.

https://flotprom.ru/2019/%D0%A1%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B734/

I guess they solved the last problems with the fiberglass hulls and can now accelerate their production.

What problems? The fire?

I thought the main issue is the question of the drone boat since the French one seems to be a bit iffy in capability, too big to be carried onboard & anyway in need of import substitution.

The 40 number has been floating around for a while.

I don't see them being built elsewhere given it uses a huge mould & infusion gear.

With "problems" I meant the quality and speed of the work. You have to be very careful when forming the hull with that stuff (no bubbles and so on).

Or they could just complete them in-loca & sail/ship them complete to permanent base.

Aleksandrit-ISPUM anti-mine drone http://charly015.blogspot.com/2019/05/robot-de-desminado-para-los-dragaminas.html
Pics look like a show model rather than prototype or production


According to http://tass.com/defense/1057943 these are already on both 1st & 2nd, being delivered to 3rd with orders for 6 (unclear whether that includes the first 3 or in addition to them) and looking at adding to older mine-sweepers in refits.

Can't seem to find any info on what capabilities it has

Russia to float out latest minesweeper on May 30

More:
http://tass.com/defense/1059253

The sea trawler "Vladimir Emelyanov" of the project 12700 was launched

May 30, 2019 in St. Petersburg at JSC "Sredne-Nevsky Shipbuilding Plant" (SNSP), part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation JSC - USK) the ceremony of launching the sea minesweeper "Vladimir Emelyanov" under construction for the Russian Navy took place ) Project 12700 (cipher "Alexandrite"), which became the third ship of this type.







https://bmpd.livejournal.com/3660360.html

About the repair for burnt one https://flotprom.ru/2019/%D0%9A%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9%D0%A6%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%807/

7th 12700 to be laid down on 12th July https://flotprom.ru/2019/%D0%A1%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B740/

Edit: https://www.vesti.ru/doc.html?id=3163674

The minesweeper of the Baltic Fleet "Alexander Obukhov" discovered and defused 10 German naval mines in the Gulf of Finland, which had been laid there during World War II. As the military clarified, the ship was looking for ammunition with the help of the modern Alexandrite hydro-acoustic complex and the SeaScan underwater drone, the agency reports.TASS .

The press service of the Baltic Fleet explained that minesweepers are regularly engaged in demining those areas of the Gulf of Finland where the battles of World War II took place.

And a pic

And a lot of old chemical weapons from Germany in the Baltic Sea, sunk by the british after WWI.

Laid sea trawler "Anatoly Shlemov" of project 12700

July 12, 2019 at the Sredne-Nevsky Shipbuilding Plant JSC (SNSZ, part of United Shipbuilding Corporation JSC - USK) in St. Petersburg held a solemn laying ceremony for the Russian Navy anti-mine ship (sea minesweeper) "Anatoly Shlemov" of project 12700 ("Alexandrite") with serial number 526. This is the seventh ship of the project 12700.


Mortgage board of the sea-sweeper “Anatoly Shlemov” (serial number 527) of project 12700, laid on 07/12/2019 for the Russian Navy at Sredne-Nevsky Shipbuilding Plant JSC (c) Krymchanin 333 / forums.airbase.ru

By the order of the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, the future sea-minesweeper was given the current name Anatoly Shlemov in honor of the former head of the Shipbuilding Directorate of the Russian Navy, Vice Admiral Anatoly Fedorovich Shlemov (1949–2018).

The solemn laying ceremony was held with the participation of the Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation on the defense industry Yury Borisov, the head of shipbuilding, armament and weapons operation - Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Navy for armaments Igor Mukhametshin, Acting Governor of St. Petersburg Alexander Beglov, President of the United Shipbuilding Corporation Alexey Rakhmanov, representatives of the Almaz Central Maritime Design Bureau, also "SNSZ" JSC employees and veterans.

The minesweeper Anatoly Shlemov became the seventh ship of the project 12700, and the third laid down at the SNSZ under an additional contract for three ships of the project 12700, concluded by the company with the Russian Ministry of Defense in March 2016. Delivery of the ship of the Navy under the terms of the contract is scheduled for November 2020. Earlier, on December 26, 2017, the minesweeper Yakov Balyaev (serial number 525) was laid first under the contract on SNSZ, and the minesweeper Petr Ilichyov (serial number 526) was laid down on July 25, 2018.

Officially, the ships of the project 12700 (designer - Almaz Central Marine Design Bureau) are now classified as naval trawlers in the Russian Navy, but in fact both the naval and the construction plant continue to call them naval or basic trawlers, and the SNSS prefers the neutral term " mine defense ship. "

Earlier, as part of the first contract for the construction of the first three 12700 production ships (serial numbers 522 - 524) concluded in April 2014 with the Ministry of Defense of Russia, the company began building minesweepers Georgy Kurbatov (serial number 522, officially laid on April 24 2015, the ship's hull was seriously injured in a fire on June 7, 2016), “Ivan Antonov” (serial number 523, laid down on January 25, 2017, launched on April 25, 2018, commissioned by the Russian Navy on January 26, 2019) and “ Vladimir Emelyanov "(serial number 524 , laid on April 20, 2017, launched on May 30, 2019).

Prior to that, the SNSZ, under a contract with the Ministry of Defense of Russia dated March 30, 2007, renegotiated on June 10, 2014, carried out the construction of the lead minesweeper of the project 12700 “Alexander Obukhov” (factory number 521). The minesweeper "Alexander Obukhov" was started by construction on SNSZ in 2007, officially laid on September 22, 2011, launched on June 27, 2014, and began factory sea trials on April 29, 2016. The transfer of “Alexander Obukhov” to the Russian Navy took place in Kronstadt on December 9, 2016.

https://bmpd.livejournal.com/3705688.html

Aleksandr Obukhov


Ivan Antonov



Navy Day parade

Ivan Antonov apparently left for BSF, seems to be via river/canal system.

hoom wrote:Ivan Antonov apparently left for BSF, seems to be via river/canal system.

Nope, apparently took the Med route with Bykov.

Passing through Bosphorus

“Ivan Antonov” arrived in Sevastopol

According to the press service of the Southern Military District, on September 7, 2019, the newest sea minesweeper Ivan Antonov of project 12700, for the first time after joining the Black Sea Fleet (Black Sea Fleet), arrived at a permanent deployment center in Sevastopol. The ceremonial ritual dedicated to the arrival of the ship was led by Rear Admiral Sergey Lipilin, Deputy Commander of the Black Sea Fleet.

The meeting of the new ship was attended by the command and veterans of the fleet, families and relatives of the crew members of the ship.

The commander of the vessel [sic!] “Ivan Antonov”, captain of the 3rd rank Sergey Pinyutin, informed the deputy fleet commander about the successful completion of the inter-naval transition and the fulfillment of tasks in the far sea zone.

Earlier, the minesweeper’s crew presented the latest Russian shipbuilding in the Main Naval Parade in honor of the celebration of the Navy’s day in St. Petersburg.





https://bmpd.livejournal.com/3765689.html

3rd ship of Project 12700 sea minesweeper Vladimir Emelyanov went to factory sea trials



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