Russian Navy Commander-in-Chief Admiral Nikolai Yevmenov thanked Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard for a successful towing of the superstructure of the Strogy corvette of project 20380 built by Severnaya Verf Shipyard, the Defense Ministry said.
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The superstructure of the Project 20380 corvette Strogy (Picture source: Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard)
The superstructure is made of composite materials to decrease the signature and the weight of the warship. Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard has been building composite superstructures since 2003. It has supplied 11 superstructures of polymeric composite materials for project 20380 and 20385 corvettes to Severnaya Verf and Amur shipyards.
In the near future, the Soviet Black Sea fleet will receive three new corvettes of projects 20380 and 20386. The Retivy has to join the fleet in 2020. The Strogy and the Mercury will follow. The latter is the first warship of project 20386. It is a new generation ship with a compartment for various combat modules. Project 20386 corvettes have to comprise the backbone of the Russian fleet.
The fleet is to get four project 22160 corvettes and up to 10 corvettes of projects 21631 and 22800 in the coming years. It will then receive several big warships, such as project 22350 frigates. The Black Sea fleet will get at least two frigates.
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