Russia Launches Steregushchiy-Class Corvette For Pacific Fleet After 5 Years Of Construction
The launch ceremony of the ship was held on October 23 at the Amur Shipbuilding Plant in Komsomolsk-on-Amur.
Russia has launched a Project 20380 Steregushchiy-class guided-missile corvette, the Grozny, being built for the Pacific Fleet, adding another vessel to the country’s programme to expand its naval presence in the Far East.
The launch ceremony of the ship was held on October 23 at the Amur Shipbuilding Plant in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, where the ship will undergo further construction and testing before entering service. The vessel’s keel was laid on August 23, 2021.
As reported by Interfax, citing the Pacific Fleet press service, the Grozny is the fifth serial-produced Project 20380 corvette constructed at the Amur shipyard and the ninth ship of the project as a whole.
The ship was rolled out of the construction slipway with the help of Amurets pontoon dock and transferred to the outfitting pier of the factory.
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