Vympel Shipyard Lays Keel Of Russian Navy’s 14th Project 21980 Boat

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The Grachonok class, Russian designation Project 21980, is a class of anti-saboteur and large guard boats being built for the Russian Navy. The class is designed to combat sabotage and terrorist forces and means in the waters off bases and near the Russian approaches.

Vympel Shipyard Lays Keel Of Russian Navy’s 14th Project 21980 Boat

The Vympel Shipyard has laid down the keel of a Project 21980 (Grachonok-class) boat for the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD), according to the press department of the enterprise.

Martin Manaranche 16 Jul 2021
By TASS Russian News agency

“Director General of the Vympel Shipyard Evegeny Norenko and the head of military-technical support group of the Russian Navy’s Kuznetsov Military Scientific Center Captain 1st Rank Sergey Feoktistov,” said the press department in a news release.

The new Project 21980 boat will be the nineth Grachonok-class platform built at the Vympel Shipyard. The enterprise previously delivered four Project 21980 boats to the Northern Fleet and four more boats — to the naval units of Rosgvardiya.

The boats have to guard Russian naval bases. The modern equipment and a high seaworthiness allow engaging in a broad range of missions.

The boats have modern electronic equipment, such as Anapa sonar against hostile underwater swimmers, MP-231 radar, MTK-201 M3 optical-electronic complex, Kalmar complex to detect underwater objects.
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