The second vessel of the
project, the Admiral Essen, is being constructed at the Yantar shipyard
in Kaliningrad. Trukhachyov reminded that a total of six ships of
that class are going to be built for the Black Sea Fleet in the coming
years.
Besides, the fleet is expected
to receive two small-size missile ships, the Zelyoniy Dol and the
Serpukhov, whose construction is being finalized at the Tatarstan-based
Zelenodolsky shipyard.
Two new Project 636.3 diesel-electric submarines (Kilo-class), the
Novorossiysk and the Rostov-on-Don, are also expected to be commissioned
by the fleet. Also, in 2015 the Black Sea Fleet sailors should be
introduced to a modern tug boat “Professor Nikolay Muru”
(project 22870).
The Fleet received more
than ten motor vessels and auxiliary ships over the past year and
a half, among them anti-sabotage motor boats, speed patrol boats,
diving boats and tugs.
