Yaroslavl Shipyard launches landing craft of Project 21820
JSC Yaroslavl Shipyard (Managing Company FINSUDPROM) today, July 26 held a launching ceremony for the landing boat of Project 21820 (Hull No 701), the shipbuilding firm told PortNews.
The contract for this class boats package was signed on June 23 2011 Yaroslavl Shipyard (OJSC Yaroslavsky Shipbuilding Plant) and the Russian Ministry of Defense.
JSC Yaroslavl Shipyard is based in Yaroslavl in the central part of Russia on the Volga River. The company became a joint-stock company in 1993. The shipyard specializes in the construction of civil vessels and warships.
The shipbuilder’s current order book includes a sea-going tugboat of Project 745mbc, three serial landing crafts of Project 21820 for the Defense Ministry; 3 high-speed patrol boats (Project 12260) being constructed for the Russian Federal Security Service; six buoy tenders (SV 2407) and 3 bunkering barges for Rosmorrechflot.
