The Navy (Navy) Russia handed over the first serial frigate (“Admiral Kasatonov”) of project 22350, reports TASS. Appropriate collection act on the “Severnaya Verf” signed by Chairman of the state Commission of acceptance of Victor Ivanov and responsible deliverer Denis Tsvetkov.
Raising St. Andrew’s flag on the ship and his admission to the Northern fleet is scheduled for July 21 after signing the acceptance act of the commander-in-chief of the Navy Nikolai by Evmenova. “Today is a very significant event, because shortly thereafter, on 21 July this year will be the 110th anniversary of the birth of Admiral of the fleet Kasatonov, Vladimir Afanasevich,” โ reminded the Deputy chief of the Navy Vice Admiral Igor Mukhametshin.
In September 2018, the General Director “Northern shipyard” Igor Ponomarev said that only the fourth Russian project 22350 frigate will get a Russian powerplant, in contrast to the previous three ships, equipped with turbines of Ukrainian production.
In July, the 2019 edition of the Drive, wrote that the head frigate “Admiral Gorshkov” project 22350, is the most modern Russian military ship, but not sent on a long voyage without towing equipment, which exposes problems of the Russian Navy.
In may 2016 Vice-President on military shipbuilding of the United shipbuilding Corporation Igor Ponomarev said that Russia has received from Ukraine after the aggravation of relations in March 2014, the equipment for the first two frigates and partially for the third one.
Project 22350 frigates are designed the North design Bureau and built at the shipyard “Severnaya Verf” in St. Petersburg. Currently, the Navy has, in addition to a serial “Admiral Kasatonov”, another head (“Admiral Gorshkov”), a frigate of the project 22350. The plan is to build six to eight ships of the project 22350.
Replacement of the Ukrainian engines in Russia is engaged (for frigates of project 22350) of the Rybinsk enterprise “Saturn” (the Yaroslavl region).
A significant part of imported to Russia, offshore energy installations produced “Zorya โ Mashproekt” in Nikolaev Ukrainian. The company has released a marine gas turbine engines, marine gearboxes and complete propulsion system for almost all types of ships. “Zorya โ Mashproekt” was actually the monopolist in the former USSR in the design and manufacture of gas turbines for ships of the Navy.
Military-technical cooperation of Russia and Ukraine stopped through official channels after the annexation of Crimea and the events in the Donbass.