Minesweeper "Leonid Balyakin" Laid Down at Sredne-Nevsky Shipbuilding Plant

The Project 12700 vessel will receive the world's largest monolithic fiberglass hull

In St. Petersburg, at the Sredne-Nevsky Shipbuilding Plant (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation, USC), the laying down of the Project 12700 minesweeper "Leonid Balyakin" took place. The vessel will join the Russian Navy.

Minesweeper «Леонид Балякин»
Minesweeper «Леонид Балякин»
Project 12700 ships belong to a new generation of mine-countermeasure forces and are designed to combat naval mines, which can be detected both in the water of marine areas and in the seabed, without entering a dangerous zone.
Press Service of USC

Nevsky shipbuilders use unique technologies that have no analogues in world shipbuilding. For example, "Leonid Balyakin", like other Project 12700 vessels, will receive the world's largest monolithic fiberglass hull, formed by vacuum infusion.

The weight of the fiberglass hull will be lower than that of a metal one. The minesweeper is not afraid of corrosion, and its service life is unlimited.

Characteristics of the vessel:

  • Length — 61.75 m
  • Width — 10.8 m
  • Draft — 3.68 m
  • Speed — 15 knots
  • Endurance — 10 days
  • Crew — 51 people

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Sources
OSK

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