Third Patrol Ship (corvette) project 22160 “Pavel Derzhavin” delivered by tow from Kerch to Novorossiysk. This was reported by the portal Korabli.eu with reference to the press service of the Federal State Budgetary Institution “Maritime passport”.
according to the report, sea tug “Mercury” Azovo-Chernomorsky Branch of the Federal State Budgetary Institution “Maritime passport” at the shipyard of the shipyard “bay” in Kerch took a patrol ship for towing (corvette) project 22160 “Pavel Derzhavin”, then towed it from Kerch to Novorossiysk, where he handed over to auxiliary ships of the Black Sea Fleet. Towing took place in normal mode.
“Mercury” took over the towing of the project corvette 22160 tail number 363 at the pier of the shipyard “bay”. Having successfully passed the arch of the Kerch bridge, the tug brought the ship to the Black Sea and delivered to the area of the port of Novorossiysk
– It said in a statement.
patrol ship “Pavel Derzhavin” is the third ship of the project 22160 and the second serial in a series of five units. The construction contract was signed in 2014 year, the whole series is intended for the Black Sea Fleet.
This corvette is the first, under construction at the Kerch Shipyard “bay”. laid 18 February 2016 of the year, launched 21 February 2019 of the year. The transfer of the ship to the customer is scheduled for this year..
The lead ship and the first serial “Vasily Bykov” and “Dmitry Rogachev” are already serving in the Black Sea Fleet.
Recall, that the construction of the entire series of these ships was delayed due to import substitution of the power plant. All ships of the series, except for the head “Vasily Bykov”, on which German MAN diesel gear units are installed, will receive diesel geared units manufactured by the Kolomna plant.
