Two
new vessels have arrived for the Coast Guard of the Federal Security
Service in the Russian Far East, Coast Guard spokesperson Albina Proskurenko
told TASS on Monday. The vessels were built by the Vostochnaya Shipyard
in accordance with Russian projects, the spokesperson added. One of
them is a Rubin-class patrol boat (Project 22460). |
"The
Rank 2 ship Korall and a patrol boat will operate in the area of responsibility
of the Federal Security Service’s Coast Guard Department in the
Sakhalin Region [in the Russian Far East] and defend Russia’s
territorial sea, exclusive economic zone and continental shelf,"
Proskurenko said.
The Korall is a Rubin-class patrol boat (Project 22460). The class been
developed by the Severnoye Design Bureau in St. Petersburg in northwest
Russia. The Severnoye Design Bureau is a subsidiary of the United Ship-Building
Corporation.
The Rubin class incorporates advanced information, communications and
automation technologies. The patrol ship Korall has a displacement of
more than 700 tons, a maximum speed of 30 knots and a seaworthiness
of 8. It is armed with a 30mm artillery system and can carry a helicopter.
The smaller patrol boat has a displacement of more than 160 tons, a
maximum speed of 11 knots and a seaworthiness of 4-5. The boat has been
developed by the Central Research and Design Institute of the Navy in
St. Petersburg. The two vessels passed dock, operational and state trials
successfully.
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