Sovershennyy has been launched.

The ceremonial launch and naming of icebreaker Murmansk, Project 21900М, will be held on March 25, 2015, in Helsinki (Finland), IAA PortNews journalist cites Aleksandr Solovyov, Director General of Vyborg Shipyard, as saying at the extended meeting of Rosmorrechflot’s Board.

According to him, the ship readiness is 78%.

The Murmansk is the second ship in the series of three icebreakers of Project 21900М. The delivery of the lead icebreaker Vladivostok is scheduled for July 2015. Its readiness is 92%. The readiness of the third serial ship, Novorossiysk, is 63%.

http://en.portnews.ru/news/196693/

It’s been well over a year since the 5th project 11356 were laid down. Any idea when is Admiral Kornilov going to be laid down? I remember reading back in 2013 that the 6th frigate may be cancelled but there is no officials news about that.

So, according to recent news the ship was indeed cancelled.

Later on, one of the projected vessels was cancelled as Russia decided to replace it with a stronger Admiral Gorshkov class frigate, also known as Project 22350.

http://sputniknews.com/russia/20150313/1019449504.html

Krylov Shipbuilding Research Institute together with CDB “Iceberg” and FSUE “Atomflot” are designing a new nuclear-powered icebreaker “Leader”. Future icebreaker “Leader” will have a capacity of 110 MW and will be able to overcome the ice thickness of 4.5 meters. The icebreaker will be used for wiring large tankers, since the width of his body will be about 50 meters. Thus, the “Leader” by its characteristics will surpass the universal icebreaker of latest generation LC-60 constructed at “Baltic Shipyard”. In total it is planned to build three such icebreakers, the first of which will be commissioned before the end of 2017.

What a monstrous megabeast.

Type 051B destroyer Shenzhen under modernization.

It will be interesting to see how the Sovs will look after deep modernization. The modernization of the Sovs is expected to start this year.

Latest pic on new type 903A replenishment ships. The latest ship might be 7th type 903 ship, although it seems to be a new variant. Or it might be the 1st ship of a new class of replenishment ships. Maybe it is the 1st type 901 ship, which was listed earlier pic. I don’t know what ship class that is.

The ship in the 2nd pic is rumored to be the 4th type 904 replenishment ship.

http://flotprom.ru/2015/183372/

2 more project 20385 to be laid down in february. At least I assume they are talking about project 20385s not 20380s.

It’s been well over a year since the 5th project 11356 were laid down. Any idea when is Admiral Kornilov going to be laid down? I remember reading back in 2013 that the 6th frigate may be cancelled but there is no officials news about that. So, I assume the delay has something to do with the new gas turbine plant. Hopefully they can figure out the the gas turbine plant problem fast, so, that it will not become a problem for India when negotiating a possible new frigate deal with them.