Corvette “Prompt” project 20385, injured in a fire last December, will be built on “Northern shipyard”. This decision was made by a special commission to identify the causes and consequences on the ship., said USC Deputy General Director for Military Shipbuilding Vladimir Korolev.
The main conclusion of the special commission, examining the corvette after the fire – the corvette will be completed, construction will continue “Severnaya Verf”, where the ship was laid down. About the start date of work on the ship, and other details are not reported, previously, restoration and completion of the ship will take several years.
Commission to identify the causes and consequences of a technical incident (…) main conclusion made: about the possibility of completing the ship. We will complete the construction and transfer it to the Navy- TASS quotes Korolev as saying.
Recall, what 17 December last year on a corvette “Prompt”, located on “Northern shipyard”, a big fire broke out. As a result of the incident, the ship's superstructure was completely destroyed, the hull was not damaged. Later, preliminary dates for the restoration of the ship were announced. – Not earlier 2026 years depending on the damage caused.
In April of this year information appeared, what “Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard” received an order to manufacture a new superstructure for the corvette “Prompt” and it will be sent to “Northern shipyard” already this year.
Corvette “Prompt” project 20385 is the second in the series and the first production after the lead ship “reverberating”. Embedded in 2013 year, technical launching took place in 2019, it was planned to transfer it to the Russian fleet at the end of this year. Now the ship delivery deadlines have been shifted significantly to the right, essentially the corvette needs to be built anew.
