Project 12700 Minesweeper thread

Russia’s latest minesweeper enters state trials in Baltic Sea

The minesweeper Vladimir Yemelyanov built at the Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard in St. Petersburg is the Project 12700 third warship

MOSCOW, December 16. /TASS/. The Project 12700 latest minesweeper Vladimir Yemelyanov has entered state trials in the Baltic Sea, Russian Navy Spokesman Igor Dygalo said on Monday.

"Under the program of trials, the ship’s crew and the shipyard’s delivery team will check the operation of all the systems and mechanisms and test the radio-technical armament and the onboard sonar system," the spokesman informed.
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Russia to float out latest minesweeper on May 30

Russia’s Defense Ministry reported in October that the minesweeper Vladimir Yemelyanov had arrived in Baltiysk for the final stage of its trials. The minesweeper was expected to fulfil the program of state trials in November. The shipbuilders are set to deliver the warship to the Navy by late 2019.

The minesweeper Vladimir Yemelyanov built at the Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard in St. Petersburg is the Project 12700 third warship. In 2016, the Shipyard delivered the Project’s lead ship Alexander Obukhov to the Navy and in January 2019 the St. Andrew’s Russian naval flag was hoisted aboard the minesweeper Ivan Antonov.

Project 12700 Alexandrit-class coastal-type minesweepers are referred to the new generation of minesweeping forces and are designated to fight sea mines, which they can encounter in the sea and at the seabed without entering the dangerous zone. The minesweepers can employ various sweeps, as well as remotely controlled and autonomous underwater drones. The minesweepers of this Project displace 890 tonnes, are 62 meters long and ten meters wide and have a crew of 44 men.

Project 12700 mine countermeasures vessels (minesweepers) have their hull made of glass-fiber reinforced plastic. As its advantage, this solution provides for the ship’s higher strength compared to the steel hull. The hull made of the monolith glass-fiber reinforced plastic has a longer service life (up to 30 years) than the hull made of low-magnetic steel while its weight is considerably smaller.

https://tass.com/defense/1099823

Vladimir Yemelyanov has been commissioned.



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"Vladimir Emelyanov" will also be part of the 68th of ​​the Black Sea Fleet.

The crew of the new mine ship "Yakov Balyaev" formed in Kamchatka

Sailors will soon be trained at the Joint Training Center of the Navy in St. Petersburg

TASS, December 29th. The crew of the latest Yakov Balyaev mine defense ship has been formed in Kamchatka, and the personnel will soon go to St. Petersburg for training, the press service of the Eastern Military District (BBO) in the Pacific Fleet said on Sunday.

"A crew (44 people) of the latest Yakov Balyaev ship was formed. In the near future, personnel will undergo training at the Joint Training Center of the Navy in St. Petersburg. Naval sailors will study the principles of building a new project ship and the basics of operation on basic specialties, "the press service said.

The minesweeper "Yakov Balyaev" is the fourth production ship of Project 12700, has a unique hull made of monolithic fiberglass and is designed to deal with any type of modern sea mines. The new ship was named in honor of the Hero of the Soviet Union, the sailor of the 355th separate battalion of the Marines of the Pacific Fleet, Yakov Illarionovich Balyaev.

The ships of this project have been in operation at the Navy for several years; they have established themselves as reliable, capable of effectively fulfilling assigned tasks.

Shipbuilders float out latest minesweeper in Russia’s northwest

The shipbuilders will build a series of several dozen mine countermeasures ships of this Project for the Russian Navy

ST. PETERSBURG, January 29. /TASS/. The Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard in St. Petersburg in Russia’s northwest has floated out the Project 12700 fourth serial-produced minesweeper Yakov Balyayev, the Shipyard’s press office announced on Wednesday.

"We are already producing these ships in series. As you see, we are moving towards developing and assimilating new technologies and each new ship gets even better," Shipyard CEO Vladimir Seredokho said at the minesweeper’s launch ceremony.

Project 12700 Alexandrit-class coastal-type minesweepers are referred to the new generation of minesweeping forces and are designated to fight sea mines, including smart naval mines, which the new ships can encounter in the sea and on the seabed without entering the dangerous zone. The minesweepers can employ various sweeps, as well as remotely controlled and autonomous underwater drones. The minesweepers of this Project displace 890 tonnes, are 62 meters long and ten meters wide and have a crew of over 40 men.

The shipbuilders will build a series of several dozen mine countermeasures ships of this Project for the Russian Navy in the immediate future.

Project 12700 mine countermeasures vessels (minesweepers) have their hull made of glass-fiber reinforced plastic. As its advantage, this solution provides for the ship’s higher strength compared to the steel hull. The hull made of the monolith glass-fiber reinforced plastic has a longer service life (up to 30 years) than the hull made of low-magnetic steel while its weight is considerably smaller.

The Project 12700 lead ship Alexander Obukhov was delivered to the Navy in 2016. In late 2018, the Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard transferred the Project’s second (first serial-produced) minesweeper Ivan Antonov to the Navy.

https://tass.com/defense/1114081

Launch of Project 12700 4th serial-produced minesweeper Yakov Balyayev



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In 2020, the Nevsky Shipyard will launch at least two Alexandrit-class minesweepers

https://flotprom.ru/2020/%D0%A1%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B73/

Shipbuilders to deliver five latest minesweepers to Russian Navy by 2023

These are the Yakov Balyayev, the Georgy Kurbatov, the Pyotr Ilyichev, the Anatoly Shlemov and the minesweeper with the factory No. 528, according to the shipyard

ST. PETERSBURG, June 23. /TASS/. The Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation) plans to deliver five Project 12700 mine countermeasures ships to the Russian Navy in 2020-2022, the shipyard said in its annual report published on Tuesday.

The shipyard’s materials indicate the timeframe of delivering the minesweepers to the Navy: the Yakov Balyayev in 2020, the Georgy Kurbatov in 2020, the Pyotr Ilyichev in 2021, the Anatoly Shlemov in 2022 and the minesweeper with the factory No. 528 in 2022.

Russia’s Project 12700 Alexandrit-class coastal-type minesweepers are referred to the new generation of minesweeping forces and are designated to fight sea mines, which the new ships can encounter in the sea and on the seabed without entering the dangerous zone. The minesweepers can employ various sweeps, as well as remotely controlled and autonomous underwater drones. The minesweepers of this Project displace about 800 tonnes, are 62 meters long, have a crew of 44 men and an operating range of 1,500 miles.

The Project 12700 minesweepers developed by the Almaz Central Marine Design Bureau are under construction at the Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard in northwestern Russia (both companies are part of Russia’s United Shipbuilding Corporation). The Russian Navy has already received three minesweepers of this Project.

The Project 12700 mine countermeasures vessels (minesweepers) have the world’s biggest hull made of monolithic fiberglass formed by vacuum infusion. As its advantage, this solution provides for the ship’s higher strength compared to the steel hull. The hull made of the monolithic fiberglass has a longer service life (up to 30 years) than the hull made of low-magnetic steel while its weight is considerably smaller.

This year, the Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard plans to lay down the eighth Project 12700 Alexandrit-class minesweeper.

https://tass.com/defense/1170953

8th ship has been laid down. "Lev Chernavin"



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Minesweeper "Yakov Balyaev" arrived in Murmansk

It is reported that on August 19, 2020, a new sea minesweeper Yakov Balyaev of project 12700 arrived in Murmansk , making the transition by tug from the Baltic to its permanent base in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, where factory sea trials and state tests will be carried out. The transfer of the ship to the customer and enrollment in the Russian Navy should take place at the end of 2020 .. Arrived in Murmansk, the Yakov Balyaev sea minesweeper of project 12700 (serial number 525), is making the transition in tug from the Baltic to the place of permanent basing in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, 19.08 .2020 (c) Gogs / forums.airbase.ru

The transfer of the minesweeper "Yakov Balyaev" from Kronstadt around Europe to Murmansk and further by the Northern Sea Route to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky is carried out by the sea tug "Antey" of the Russian company "Northern Alliance" LLC. The caravan, according to known data, departed from Kronstadt on August 3 and passed the Baltic straits on August 6. Arrival to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky is expected by the end of September.

It is interesting to note that the Antey tugboat, acquired by Northern Alliance LLC in Panama , arrived in St. Petersburg only on June 26, and the towing of the Yakov Balyaev minesweeper to the Far East became the first voyage for the tug under the Russian flag.

Recall that the sea minesweeper "Yakov Balyaev"(serial number 525) was the fourth ship built at Sredne-Nevsky Shipbuilding Plant (SNSZ, part of United Shipbuilding Corporation - USC) in St. Petersburg for the Russian Navy by a Project 12700 ship (code Alexandrite). The ship was officially laid down at SNSZ on December 26, 2017 and launched there on January 29, 2020. It will become the first Project 12700 minesweeper in the Pacific Fleet.

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Synopsis. From first contract in 2014 we have

First ship "Alexander Obukhov", commissioned on December 9, 2016, Baltic Fleet.

Second ship (first sserial) "Georgy Kurbatov" (serial number 522). A fire delayed its construction

Third ship  "Ivan Antonov" (serial number 523) commissioned on January 26, 2019, Black Sea Fleet. (arrived in Sevastopol on September 7, 2019.)

Fourth ship "Vladimir Emelyanov" (serial number 524), commissioned  on December 28, 2019. Black Sea Fleet.



2016 contract for 3 ships of the project 12700 (serial numbers 525-527).

First ship 'Yakov Bala " (serial number 525), the ship will be commissioned. The ship is to arrive in Vladivostok on October 7.

The second minesweeper Pyotr Ilyichev"(serial number 526), launched on July 24, 2020.


At the laying ceremony for the minesweeper Yakov BalyaevDecember 26, 2017 Deputy Chief of the Russian Navy shipbuilding Captain 1st Rank Mikhail Krasnopeev said that Russia's naval fleet counts until 2027 [that is, through the state program of armaments in the years 2018-2027] get 10 12700. ships of the project

in its turn, speaking on May 30, 2019 during the launching ceremony of the minesweeper Vladimir Yemelyanov, the general director of the project developer Almaz TsMKB JSC, Alexander Shlyakhtenko, said that starting from the ninth hull (that is, from the serial number 529), mine countermeasures defense project 12700 ("Alexandrite") changes will be made, while the ship will receive "an absolutely new quality".On August 25, 2020, at the Army-2020 International Military-Technical Forum, the Russian Ministry of Defense signed a contract with SNSZ for the construction of two modernized minesweepers of Project 12700 (with presumptive serial numbers 529 and 530).

Initially, the ships of Project 12700 were listed in the Russian Navy as basic minesweepers, then they were reclassified as sea minesweepers, but, according to unofficial reports, they were recently transferred again by the decision of the Navy command to the subclass of basic minesweepers. Launching at Sredne-Nevsky Shipbuilding Plant JSC (SNSZ) of the project 12700 Georgy Kurbatov sea minesweeper under construction for the Russian Navy with serial number 522. St. Petersburg, 09/30/2020 (c) Administration of St. Petersburg and JSC United shipbuilding corporation "

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Pacific fleet mine defense ship (minesweeper) of project 12700 "Yakov Balyaev" has begun the final stage of state tests.

It will join the Navy on December 26, 2020.

https://en.topwar.ru/177857-novyj-aleksandrit-dlja-tof-zakanchivaet-gosispytanija.html

Andreevsky flag was raised on the mine defense ship "Yakov Balyaev"

The Yakov Balyaev mine defense ship raised the Andreevsky flag. The solemn ceremony took place in Vladivostok. The press service of the Pacific Fleet reports.

The Pacific Fleet was replenished with a mine defense ship (minesweeper) Yakov Balyaev, project 12700. The ceremony of raising the Andreevsky flag took place on Korabelnaya embankment in Vladivostok. It was attended by the commander of the Pacific Fleet, Admiral Sergei Avakyants, personnel, veterans of the Navy.

After the signing of the act of acceptance of the ship from the industry and the solemn ceremony of raising the Andreevsky flag, on the basis of the order of the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, the ship was included in the combat composition of the Pacific fleet

- said in a statement.

Marine minesweeper "Yakov Balyaev" is the fourth serial (fifth in a row) ship, which was laid down on the stocks of the Sredne-Nevsky shipyard, however, due to a fire on the first serial minesweeper "Georgy Kurbatov", "Yakov Balyaev" became the fourth mine defense ship in the line of the project 12700 "Alexandrite". Laid down on December 26, 2017, launched on January 29, 2020. He arrived in the Far East on October 22, passing the Northern Sea Route.

Named in honor of Yakov Illarionovich Balyaev, Hero of the Soviet Union, sailor, light machine gunner of the 355th separate battalion of the Pacific Fleet Marine Corps.

The ship is designed to combat all types of modern sea mines, it is equipped with modern hydroacoustic stations and an automated mine action control system. The ship's displacement is 890 tons, length - 62 meters, width - 10 meters, full speed - 16 knots, crew - 44 people.

https://en.topwar.ru/178541-na-korable-protivominnoj-oborony-jakov-baljaev-podnjat-andreevskij-flag.html

The sixth mine defense ship (minesweeper) "Pyotr Ilyichev" of project 12700 "Alexandrite" launched in Sredne-Nevsky shipyard. This was reported by the SNSZ press service.
The transfer of the minesweeper to the customer is scheduled for the summer of 2021; the ship will become part of the Pacific Fleet.

https://en.topwar.ru/179285-shestoj-tralschik-petr-ilichev-proekta-12700-aleksandrit-vyveden-iz-ceha.html

Shipbuilders float out cutting-edge minesweeper for Russian Navy

Following the tradition, the warship was consecrated before its launch

ST. PETERSBURG, April 28. /TASS/. The Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard (part of Russia’s United Shipbuilding Corporation) has floated out the Project 12700 mine countermeasures ship Pyotr Ilyichev, a TASS correspondent reports from the scene.

"We are floating out a new ship together. It is an excellent ship with warships of this Project having proven their worth at sea," Russian Navy Commander-in-Chief Admiral Nikolai Yevmenov said at the launch ceremony.

The Project 12700 Alexandrit will be continued, the Navy chief said.

Following the tradition, the warship was consecrated before its launch. During its float-out, a gun salute lit up the sky with the colors of the Russian national flag (white, blue and red).

The minesweeper Pyotr Ilyichev was laid down in July 2018 and is the Project 12700 Alexandrit-class fifth serial-produced (sixth-built) warship. The shipbuilders are building the mine countermeasures ships on order from the Russian Navy.

Russia’s Project 12700 Alexandrit-class coastal-type minesweepers developed by the Almaz Central Marine Design Bureau are referred to the new generation of minesweeping forces and are designated to fight sea mines, which the new ships can encounter in the sea and on the seabed without entering the dangerous zone. The minesweepers can employ various sweeps, as well as remotely controlled and autonomous underwater drones. The minesweepers of this Project displace about 800 tonnes, are 62 meters long, have a crew of 44 men and an operating range of 1,500 miles.

The Project 12700 mine countermeasures vessels (minesweepers) have the world’s biggest hull made of monolithic fiberglass formed by vacuum infusion. As its advantage, this solution provides for the ship’s higher strength compared to the steel hull. The hull made of the monolithic fiberglass has a longer service life (up to 30 years) than the hull made of low-magnetic steel while its weight is considerably smaller.

https://tass.com/defense/1284197

The base minesweeper "Georgy Kurbatov" of project 12700 was put into operation

bmpd
August 21st, 6:45
As reported by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, on August 20, 2021 in Baltiysk, a ceremony was held to raise the Navy flag and enter the mine defense ship (base minesweeper) Georgy Kurbatov of project 12700 (code Alexandrite) into the Russian Navy with serial number 522, built at JSC "Sredne-Nevsky Shipbuilding Plant" (SNSZ, part of JSC "United Shipbuilding Corporation" - USC) in St. Petersburg. The minesweeper is enlisted in the Black Sea Fleet. This is the fifth Project 12700 ship commissioned by the Russian Navy. Project 12700 base minesweeper Georgy Kurbatov (serial number 522) before the commissioning ceremony for the Russian Navy. Baltiysk, 08/20/2021 (c) Vitaly Nevar / TASS



On the part of bmpd, recall that the minesweeper Georgy Kurbatov (serial number 522) was originally the second ship of Project 12700 (and the first serial one). The minesweeper was officially laid down at SNSZ on April 24, 2015, but the ship's hull was seriously damaged in a fire on June 7, 2016, after which it was almost completely restored. As a result, Georgy Kurbatov was withdrawn from the SNSZ slipway in June 2020 and launched on September 30, 2020. The minesweeper left for factory sea trials on June 1, 2021.

"Georgy Kurbatov" was the first minesweeper under construction under a contract signed by SNSZ inApril 2014 with the Russian Ministry of Defense for the construction of the first three serial ships of Project 12700 (serial numbers 522 - 524). As a result of the fire on Georgy Kurbatov , the mine-sweeper Ivan Antonov (serial number 523) , laid down by the second on January 25, 2017, became the first serial ship of Project 12700, and was launched on April 25, 2018 and put into operation by the Russian Navy on January 26, 2019 of the year and, having entered the Black Sea Fleet, arrived in Sevastopol on September 7, 2019. The third built ship of Project 12700 was "Vladimir Emelyanov" (serial number 524), laid down at SNSZ on January 25, 2017,

launched on May 30, 2019 and transferred to the Russian Navy on December 28, 2019, with enrollment in the Black Sea Fleet. However, then the ship defended for a long time in Kronstadt due to the failure of one of the main engines, and only in August 2021 went into transition to the Black Sea.

Prior to that, SNSZ, under a contract with the Russian Ministry of Defense dated March 30, 2007, renegotiated on June 10, 2014, carried out the construction of the head minesweeper of Project 12700 "Alexander Obukhov" (serial number 521). The minesweeper "Alexander Obukhov" was started by construction at SNSZ in 2007, officially laid down on September 22, 2011, launched on June 27, 2014, and beganfactory sea trials on April 29, 2016. The transfer of "Alexander Obukhov" to the Russian Navy took place in Kronstadt on December 9, 2016, the ship is part of the Baltic Fleet.

In 2016, SNSZ signed another contract with the Russian Ministry of Defense for three serial mine- action ships of Project 12700 (serial numbers 525 - 527). An official welcoming ceremony of the head tab for this contract trawler 'Yakov Bala " (serial number 525) was made on SNSZ December 26, 2017, and the descent of the water was carried out there January 29, 2020. From August 3 to October 22, 2020, the transfer was mademinesweeper from Kronstadt around Europe to Murmansk and further by the Northern Sea Route to Vladivostok for factory sea trials and State tests. The translation was carried out by the sea tug "Antey" of the Russian company "Northern Alliance" LLC. Factory sea trials of the minesweeper Yakov Balyaev began in Vladivostok on November 12, 2020, and on December 26, 2020, the ship entered the Pacific Fleet, becoming the fourth Project 12700 minesweeper in the Navy. The second minesweeper under this contract "Pyotr Ilyichev" (serial number 526) was laid down at SNSZ on July 25, 2018 and launched on April 28, 2021. The third ship "Anatoly Shlemov"

(serial number 527) was laid down on 12 July 2019. On July 24, 2020, the laying ceremony of the Lev Chernavin minesweeper (serial number 528) was also held at SNSZ . At the laying ceremony for the minesweeper Yakov Balyaev on December 26, 2017, the Deputy Head of the Shipbuilding Directorate of the Russian Navy, Captain 1st Rank Mikhail Krasnopeev, said that the Russian Navy expects until 2027 [that is, according to the State Arms Program for 2018-2027] receive 10 ships of Project 12700. In turn, speaking on May 30, 2019 during the launching ceremony of the Vladimir Yemelyanov minesweeper ,



General Director of the project developer Almaz Central Marine Design Bureau Alexander Shlyakhtenko said that starting from the ninth hull (that is, from the serial number 529), the mine defense ships of Project 12700 (Alexandrite) will be changed, and the ship will receive "a completely new quality. " On August 25, 2020, at the Army-2020 International Military-Technical Forum, the Russian Ministry of Defense signed a contract with SNSZ for the construction of two modernized minesweepers of Project 12700 (with presumptive serial numbers 529 and 530).

Initially, the ships of Project 12700 were listed in the Navy Russian basic minesweepers, then were reclassified into sea minesweepers, but, according to unofficial reports,have recently been transferred again by the decision of the command of the Navy in the subclass of basic minesweepers.


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