Bulgarian Military:
MOSCOW, the Russian Federation, (BulgarianMilitary.com) – Yesterday, the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation announced that the local Pella Shipyard, based in Saint Petersburg, will float out the fourth Project 22800 small missile corvette on 23 October, learned BulgarianMilitary.com.
The name of the new Karakurt-class corvette is Burya, by the order of the current Commander-in-Chief of Russian Navy Admiral Vladimir Korolyov. The launching ceremony will be held with the participation of official representatives of the Russian Navy’s High Command, St. Petersburg Administration, shipbuilders, and R&D organizations. Burya was laid down on 24 December 2016 and is planned to be commissioned in 2020. The new Karakurt-class ship differs from the first two of the class, because of its Pantsir-M anti-aircraft missile-gun complex, instead of the AK-630 artillery mounts.
The Project 22800 Karakurt-Class corvettes has been established by the Russia’s Defence Ministry in 2015, after an announcement of the Former Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Borisov about the plans of the department to order ocean-class small ships for the Russian Navy.
