Yantar Shipyard (PCZ) is planning to conduct mooring trials, ordered by the Russian Ministry of Defense, for Research & Survey Vessel Seliger in January 2012.
‘Seliger’ is a heading vessel of Project 11982 elaborated by the Central Marine Design Bureau ‘Almaz’. Shipyard ‘Yantar’ has signed the Shipbuilding Contract with the Ministry of Defense of RF in February 2009. Laying the keel took place on July 08.2009.
The R/V Seliger is the first of two research / oceanographic survey vessels of Project 11982 and Project 22010 to be built under the RUB 7bn contract between Yantar Shipyard and the Defense Ministry signed in February 2009.
Vessel Particulars:
length – 59.7 m,
beam – 10.8 m,
displacement – about 1117 tons,
operational speed – 13 knots,
cruising range – 1,000 nm
crew – 16 + 9 researchers.
Main propulsion:
diesel generators BA 840 (3 x 840 kW) and BA 280 (2 x 280 kW).
Propulsion & Steering system:
rudder propeller Rolls Royce 12 FP (2 x 700 kW), Schottel Transverse Thrusters STT 170 T-LK (2 x 200 kW).
Shipyard Yantar was established on the base of the Konigsberg branch of Schichau Werft in 1945 after World War II finishing. Several generations of Kaliningrad shipbuilders put their labour in development of new enterprise and production of hundreds of ships. For more than 50 years of its history “Yantar” has become a famous builder and repairer of the modern war ships and high-effective civil vessels.
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Subsea World News Staff , January 02 , 2012; Image: Yantar