frigate “Intrepid” project 11540 code “hawk”, will return to the Baltic Fleet after extensive repairs in the middle 2020 of the year. This is reported by TASS with reference to the statement of the representative of the Baltic Shipyard “Amber” Sergei Mikhailov.
According to the representative of plant, on which the ship is being repaired, broadcast “Undaunted” scheduled for mid-next year, after a series of factory tests. The watchdog is under repair since 2014 of the year, it was originally planned to return to service at the end 2016 of the year, but the need for a large amount of additional work and ship repair was detected while inspecting extended. Also, a large delay in the repair of the ship caused the repair ship propulsion installation, produced in Ukraine. According to the latest data, the ship was supposed to start mooring tests at the end 2018 of the year, however, later the delivery of the ship was again postponed.
Expected, what “Intrepid” will be transferred to the fleet in the middle 2020 of the year
– It leads the agency source as saying.
“Intrepid” - the parent patrol ship project 11540 “hawk”, built in 1993 year “amber”. Designed to search, detection, tracking and destroying enemy submarines, for antiship and antisubmarine combat ships at sea, attacking underwater and surface targets at sea, and the bases, support ground combat, ensuring the landing, as well as to cover the naval assault forces.
ship's displacement is 3590 tonnes, speed up 30 knots, autonomy 30 day, crew 210 human. armed with: gun mount AK-100, missiles “Dagger”, “cortico”, torpedo 533 millimeter, The Ka-27 helicopter. Will the ship be re-equipped during the repair, not previously reported.
