The launching of the frigate "Admiral Makarov" project 11356 will be held in early fall, said Last news the press-Secretary of shipyard "Yantar" Sergei Mikhailov.

"Admiral Makarov" is the third of a series of six frigates of project 11356, built for the black sea fleet. The ship was built at the company "Yantar" in February 2012.

"in the beginning of autumn, we will launch the frigate" Admiral Makarov ", the transfer of the ship to the Navy planned in the coming year, " said Mikhailov.

the construction of the second of three frigates is delayed due to Ukraine's refusal to supply gas turbine engines for ships. Mass production of Russian analogues of the Ukrainian power plants is expected to build by 2018.

These ships are designed for doing in ocean and sea areas of combat operations against surface ships and submarines of the enemy, and repel air attack both in house and from the connection of the courts.

Frigates of project 11356 have a displacement of 4,000 tons, speed of stroke of 30 knots, the autonomy of 30 days, the crew of 200 people. On the armament of the ship are cruise missiles with long range "Caliber" or " Onyx ", artustanovkoy caliber of 100 millimeters anti-aircraft complex " Dirk ", torpedoes caliber 533 mm, one rotorcraft Ka-31

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