On June 4, Vympel Shipyard handed over the high-speed passenger hydrofoil of Project 23160 "Comet 120M" to the customer. The vessel was named "Evpatoria" in honor of the Crimean city of the same name, the company's press service reported.
The vessel was built at the Vympel Shipyard in Rybinsk in cooperation with the More Shipyard in Feodosia. It has successfully passed a full cycle of sea and acceptance tests.
Under a contract with GTLK, which was concluded as part of a program of preferential leasing of water transport with state funding, USC built two "Comet 120M" vessels. The first hydrofoil of Project 23160 "Cosmonaut Pavel Popovich" entered the Sochi-Gelendzhik route in early June this year. The "Evpatoria" will be operated by the operator company "Marine High-Speed Passenger Transportation" also in the Azov-Black Sea basin.
The high-speed passenger vessel "Comet 120M" is designed to carry up to 120 passengers in the coastal marine zone at a speed of up to 65 km/h.
Technical characteristics of the hydrofoil hydrofoil "Evpatoria":
- Length — 35.2 m.
- Width — 10.3 m.
- Displacement — 73 t.
- Navigation autonomy — 8 h.
Earlier www1.ru reported that the catamaran "Cosmonaut Pavel Popovich" went on the Sochi-Gelendzhik route.
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