Project 23550 Arctic patrol ship

Big news:

Two Project 23550 patrol icebreakers (Papanin-class) to be laid down in Vyborg for Coast Guard

https://bmpd.livejournal.com/3818141.html





Another photo and lot more photos and videos in link:

https://bmpd.livejournal.com/3817748.html








Couple more from Twitter:

A quick move on from June but clearly is pretty much an empty shell so it'll be tied up alongside a long time fitting out.

hoom wrote:A quick move on from June but clearly is pretty much an empty shell so it'll be tied up alongside a long time fitting out.

There is nothing relevant in your observation. Fittings are done after the ship is built and clearly the ship has been built.

Some western navies wait until the ship is officially put in service before they start the fitting procedures.

There is nothing relevant in your observation.

I've been hoping to see a progression towards modular fitouts where the sections get nearly entirely fitted out before being linked together.
I got quite excited when I saw the rapid progress vs June pics but then realised its not got any fitout & got a bit disappointed.

PapaDragon wrote:
Big news:

Two Project 23550 patrol icebreakers (Papanin-class) to be laid down in Vyborg for Coast Guard

https://bmpd.livejournal.com/3818141.html

Alexander Buzakov said that the ships will be built at the Vyborg shipyard. He also said that the design of the ships for the FSB will be different from the design of the lead icebreaker Ivan Papanin.

On the bmpd side, we recall that the project 23550 multifunctional ice-class patrol ship combines the functionality of a tugboat, patrol ship and an icebreaker capable of breaking ice up to 1.7 m thick.
Project 23550 ships are designed to protect and monitor Arctic water resources; escort and towage to the port of detained ships; escort and support of support vessels; participation in rescue operations; transportation of special goods. Project 22350 was developed by JSC CMKB Almaz (part of USC).

The lead ice class patrol ship under the revised terms of the contract"Ivan Papanin" will be transferred to the Russian Navy only in 2023. The laying of the second patrol ship , Nikolai Zubov , originally scheduled for the spring of 2018, will be done only in 2020 with a deadline of delivery in 2024.

The main tactical and technical characteristics of the project 23550:
total displacement of about 9000 tons;
length about 114 m; width about 20 m, draft about 6.0 m; full speed 18 knots;
economic speed of 10 knots;
crew / additional crew of about 60/50 people;
autonomy of swimming about 70 days;
navigation area - unlimited. Arctic ship category Arc7.

Armament:
76-mm universal automatic artillery mount AK-176MA; portable air defense systems;
helipad and helicopter hangar for basing a Ka-27 class helicopter and unmanned aerial vehicles;
two-speed air assault boats of the "Raptor" and one boat hovercraft project 23321 (type "Pallas").
It is possible to equip ships with a containerized version of the Caliber-NK missile system.

Russian Navy to use armed icebreakers in Arctic

The number of weapons on board will depend on the thickness of the ice in a particular area

MOSCOW, November 14. /TASS/. The Russian Navy will use armed icebreakers in the Arctic. The number of weapons on board will depend on the thickness of the ice in a particular area, an adviser to the CEO of the Krylov State Research Center, Valery Polyakov, told TASS on Thursday on the eve of the center’s 125th anniversary to be marked on November 15.

"There will be ice-breakers and ice-breaking ships, in other words, ships capable of moving at a sufficient speed through ice floes of certain thickness. In fact, they will be armed icebreakers," he said.

Polyakov explained that the number of weapons on board, on the one hand, and the ability to negotiate ice jams (both parameters require reserving a considerable share of the ship’s mass) on the other, will depend on the Arctic area where they would be used.

"Where the ice is thin, there will be more weapons and the other way round," Polyakov said.

The lead ship for the Arctic - an icebreaker of project 23550 The Ivan Papanin, began to be built at the Admiralty Shipyards (an affiliate of the United Shipbuilding Corporation) on April 19, 2017 and launched on October 25, 2019. It will be armed with one 76 mm or 100 mm artillery piece. The keel-laying ceremony for the first serial ship of this project The Nikolai Zubov will take place at the Admiralty Shipyards by the end of this year.

https://tass.com/defense/1088739

Armament:
76-mm universal automatic artillery mount AK-176MA; portable air defense systems;
helipad and helicopter hangar for basing a Ka-27 class helicopter and unmanned aerial vehicles;
two-speed air assault boats of the "Raptor" and one boat hovercraft project 23321 (type "Pallas").
It is possible to equip ships with a containerized version of the Caliber-NK missile system.

That small hovercraft seems to be called "Pardis" and looks rather interesting... two crew and up to 23 marines... sounds like a quick way to deploy troops on ice or sea... has armour including its structure and glass...

https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/3489289

GarryB wrote:

Armament:
76-mm universal automatic artillery mount AK-176MA; portable air defense systems;
helipad and helicopter hangar for basing a Ka-27 class helicopter and unmanned aerial vehicles;
two-speed air assault boats of the "Raptor" and one boat hovercraft project 23321 (type "Pallas").
It is possible to equip ships with a containerized version of the Caliber-NK missile system.

That small hovercraft seems to be called "Pardis" and looks rather interesting... two crew and up to 23 marines... sounds like a quick way to deploy troops on ice or sea... has armour including its structure and glass...

https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/3489289

I'm guessing it shares the same crew with the Raptors.

When the Ivan Papanin is at sea it will deploy Raptors, when amid ice it will deploy the hovercraft.

Just looking at available images I would say those raptors are better armed with a few machine guns around the deck, but those hovercraft seem to not be armed.

Of course the operational models might have the odd gun around the place of course, but both types would be useful for moving men around fast.
If it is just moving from boat to boat with boarding parties or landing on the beach the Raptors would be all you would need, but in awkward places like estuaries and places where there are unexpected features like sand bars, or even anti landing boat structures and land mines the hovercraft earns its expensive fuel bill...

Second Papanin-class 23350 patrol ship (Nikolai Zubov) laid down in Admiralty Shipyards

https://twitter.com/dimsmirnov175/status/1199720527734214658?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1199720527734214658&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fs9e.github.io%2Fiframe%2F2%2Ftwitter.min.html%231199720527734214658

Putin also took part in the ceremony






Speech by V. Putin at the ceremony of laying the patrol ship of the ice class Nikolai Zubov:

Good afternoon, dear friends.

I am sincerely glad to welcome you and congratulate you on the laying of the new Russian warship Nikolai Zubov. This is a solemn, pleasant event for the Navy and for the Admiralty Shipyards enterprise. For 315 years, ships of various classes and purposes have been built here: from sailing ships to submarines and icebreakers, continue the business and traditions of many generations of talented, skilled shipbuilders, and increase the glory of Russia as a great sea power.

Today we are launching the construction of the second newest, unique in its characteristics, powerful ice class patrol ship. It was conceived, designed so as to serve in difficult, sometimes dangerous and unpredictable northern conditions, to efficiently solve the widest possible range of tasks, provide commercial shipping on the Northern Sea Route, scientific work and, of course, reliably protect our borders and Russia's national interests in arctic latitudes.

Pioneers, explorers of the Russian North, legendary polar scientists, naval officers could only dream of such a technique, such ships, courage, courage and will of which nature itself obeyed. One of them was Nikolai Nikolayevich Zubov, a strong, determined man, an explorer of the Arctic. His name, I am sure, will honor and will carry a new ship.

I emphasize that the further development of the Russian Navy in all its components has been and remains among our priorities. We will solve this strategic state task further in a consistent and high-quality manner. And we always count on experience, a high professional level, clear, well-coordinated work of labor collectives of both the Admiralty Shipyards and our other shipbuilding enterprises.

I sincerely wish good luck and success to everyone who will build this ship: engineers, workers, and, of course, its future crew. As they say, seven feet under the keel. Congratulations.

On the bmpd side, we recall that the project 23550 multifunctional ice-class patrol ship combines the functionality of a tugboat, patrol ship and an icebreaker capable of breaking ice up to 1.7 m thick. Project 23550 ships are designed to protect and monitor Arctic water resources; escort and towage to the port of detained ships; escort and support of support vessels; participation in rescue operations; transportation of special goods. Project 22350 was developed by JSC CMKB Almaz (part of USC).

The contract for the construction of a series of two patrol ships of project 23550 was signed by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation with JSC Admiralty Shipyards on April 25, 2016. The construction of the head ship Ivan Papanin with serial number 02460 was launched at the Admiralty Shipyards in September 2016, the official laying ceremony was performed on April 19, 2017, and its launch on October 25, 2019.

The initial contract deadline for both ordered ships was the end of 2019 and the end of 2020, respectively. However, in 2018 and 2019, the Director General of Admiralty Shipyards JSC Alexander Buzakov said that, “due to financing”, under the revised terms of the contract, the head ice class patrol ship Ivan Papanin would be transferred to the Russian Navy only in 2023. The laying of the second patrol ship Nikolai Zubov, which was originally scheduled for the spring of 2018, was completed only now, with a deadline of delivery in 2024.

At the same time, during the launch ceremony on October 25, 2019, the head ship Ivan Papanin, Alexander Buzakov also said that two more ships of project 23550 would be built for the Border Service of the FSB of Russia.

The main tactical and technical characteristics of the project 23550:
total displacement of about 9000 tons; length about 114 m; width about 20 m, draft about 6.0 m; full speed 18 knots; economic speed of 10 knots; crew / additional crew of about 60/50 people; autonomy of swimming about 70 days; navigation area - unlimited. Arctic ship category Arc7.

Armament:
76-mm universal automatic artillery mount AK-176MA; portable air defense systems; helipad and helicopter hangar for basing a Ka-27 class helicopter and unmanned aerial vehicles; two high-speed assault boats of the Raptor type and one hovercraft of Project 23321 (of the Manul type). It is possible to equip ships with a containerized version of the Caliber-NK missile system.

Model of Papanin-class icebreaker with additional firepower, UKSK and CIWS(?) in the front:


Also awesome Polar Bear decal on the side

Looks like a Duet turret in front of the bridge, behind the UKSK launcher

Would be weird if they build this version for the Coast Guard.

During the launching ceremony of the lead ship, it was announced that two additional ships of slightly revised design would be built for the Border Service of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation by Vyborg Shipyard.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_23550_patrol_ship

Would be weird if they build this version for the Coast Guard.

To be fair they do have a huge coastline...

GarryB wrote:

Would be weird if they build this version for the Coast Guard.

To be fair they do have a huge coastline...

Of course, but the naval version has a 76mm gun and the coast guard version air defence missiles…

Here is another image, it also has another CIWS in the back on the hangar and what could be torpedo tubes under the helipad but I can't tell for certain:

No, those r life rafts.

Tsavo Lion wrote:No, those r life rafts.

Behind them

PapaDragon wrote:

Tsavo Lion wrote:No, those r life rafts.

Behind them

Consider the following scenario:

Sonar Officer: Enemy submarine bearing 270 degrees
Captain : prepare to launch torpedo
Weapon's Officer: Launch torpedo on ice??????

No, I don't think these are torpedo tubes.