Admiral Nikolai Yevmenov confirmed the arrival of 46 new units for the Russian Federation Navy in 2022 - 50 ships are already in various stages of construction at the country's shipyards.
The Russian naval commander made these statements during a multiple keel-laying ceremony for no fewer than six units, which was held in St. Petersburg and broadcast to the media via video conference. This was the only way to keep a navy ready for Supreme Commander Vladimir Putin that consisted of at least 70 per cent modern platforms.
Three in one fell swoop
In Saint Petersburg, Yevmenov initiated the start of construction at the Admiralty shipyard for two conventional diesel-electric submarines of project 677 (Lada class, type boat: Saint Petersburg), one of which has already been in service with the Northern Fleet for over ten years and two others are still waiting to be commissioned after much toing and froing. The smallest Russian submarine type (2,700 tonnes submerged), which also flopped as an export hit as the Amur class, is thus experiencing a revival. The names "Volgoda" and "Yaroslavl" have already been finalised - however, technical details regarding the armament are still unknown.
Not far away, the same ceremony was held for the minehunting unit "Poliarnyy", the tenth boat of the Aleksandrit class (project 12700, 900 tonnes) destined for the Northern Fleet.
Keel laying of new Russian research/reconnaissance units project 03182r. Photo: Zelenodolsk Shipyard
If it's possible, then it's possible!
The video link continued in Komsomolsk-on-Amur (east coast) at the Amur shipbuilding plant with the Steregushchiy II-class corvette "Razumnyy" (project 20385) and in Zelenodolsk (near Kazan, 500 kilometres east of Moscow) with two new reconnaissance platforms (scientific research vessels) of project 03182r named "Leonid Bekrenev" and "Boris Bobkov". Both ships are initially intended for the Northern Fleet, but other fleets will certainly also be served, as a series of twelve units is probably planned. These could be a successor model for the ELINT trawlers of the "Moma" and "Alpinist" classes, which have been known for half a century. Technical documentation is also not yet known - but the graphic on the shipyard photo can be taken as a rough indication of the appearance!
Business as usual
Even if it is war - which, as we all know, does not apply in our own country - the show must go on! At Christmas time, some things will be quickly launched or put into service - but in the current situation, that's still half an eternity away.
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