Small missile ship floated out in northwest Russia

October 23, 2018

TASS:

ST. PETERSBURG, October 23. /TASS/. The Project 22800 small missile ship Burya has been floated out at the Pella Shipyard in the Leningrad Region in northwest Russia, TASS reports from the scene.

“This is a remarkable day for us and let me express the words of gratitude on behalf of Russian Navy Commander-in-Chief [Vladimir] Korolyov for your labor in creating the warship of this series,” Navy Shipbuilding Deputy Chief Captain 1st Rank Mikhail Krasnopeyev said, addressing the Shipyard’s staff.

“Let me also express the confidence that the pace of the construction work achieved will make it possible to start the ship’s factory and sea trials in 2019 and transfer it to us, naval sailors, in 2020,” he said.

The Burya is the Project 22800 fourth warship and the third serial-produced corvette. It was laid down in December 2016 and before that the construction of the Project’s corvettes Uragan, Taifun and Shkval was launched at the Pella Shipyard.

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