Alexandrit-class minesweeper

Class overview
Name: Aleksandrit class (Project 12700)
Builders: Sredne-Nevsky shipyard
Operators:  Russian Navy
Building: 1
Planned: 8[1]
Completed: 1
General characteristics
Type: Minesweeper
Displacement:
  • standard 620 tons
  • full dicplacement 890 tons
Length: 61 m (200 ft)
Beam: 10.2 m (33 ft)
Draught: 2.68 m (8 ft 10 in)
Installed power: 1 × 2500 h.p., diesel, 2 diesel generators x315 kW, 2 diesel generators x210 kW
Speed: 16.5 knots (31 km/h)
Range: 1,600 nmi (3,000 km; 1,800 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Endurance: 10 days
Crew: 45
Armament:
  • 1 × 6 30 mm AK-306
  • SAM system "Igla"
  • Mines

Aleksandrit class minesweeper (Project 12700) is a new Russian minesweeper class being constructed for the Russian navy. The first ship was laid down on September 22, 2011 and was launched in June 2014. A total of 4 ships are planned to be constructed. The ship's hull is made of monolithic fiberglass and shaped by vacuum infusion which gives it advantage in minesweeping. According to the shipyard's representatives the first ship's hull was shaped within 1.5 days, making it a world record.[2]

On June 7 2016 a fire started on the second ship under construction, the Georgiy Kurbatov. Accourding the shipyard officials the fire would not delay the construction time, however the launch date was later presponed.[3]

Export

India has shown intrest in the new minesweeper and has been in talks about starting producing the class under licence. India need about 10 ships. In September 2016 the talks was suspended as the country is waiting to obtain the results of the operational evaluation of the first same-type ship in Russia.[4]

Ships

Name Builders Laid down Launched Commissioned Fleet
Aleksandrit Sredne-Nevsky shipyard, St. Petersburg 22 September 2011[5] 27 June 2014[6] 2015[7] Northern Fleet
Georgiy Kurbatov Sredne-Nevsky shipyard, St. Petersburg 24 April 2015[8] 2016 september 2017[9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "-". Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  2. ↑ "Armalit-1 To Supply New Minesweeper With Valves". Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  3. ↑ http://www.janes.com/article/61117/russian-shipyard-fire-damages-project-12700-minesweeper
  4. ↑ http://www.defenseworld.net/news/17002/India_Suspends_Talks_With_Russia_On_Alexandrit_Class_Minesweeper_Production
  5. ↑ "Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard Lays Down New Minesweeper". Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  6. ↑ "Thirty Minesweepers to Join Russian Navy by 2050". Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  7. ↑ "New Minesweepers to Join Russian Navy since 2015". Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  8. ↑ "-". Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  9. ↑ http://sputniknews.com/russia/20160524/1040186199/russia-minesweeper-ship.html


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