Russia’s Coast Guard in Far East Receives a Rubin-class Patrol Boat (Project 22460) - TASS

: Posted On Monday, 25 January 2016 12:27

Naval Forces News - Russia

Russia’s Coast Guard in Far East Receives a Rubin-class Patrol Boat (Project 22460)

Two new vessels have arrived for the Coast Guard of the Federal Security Service in the Russian Far East, Coast Guard spokesperson Albina Proskurenko told TASS on Monday. The vessels were built by the Vostochnaya Shipyard in accordance with Russian projects, the spokesperson added. One of them is a Rubin-class patrol boat (Project 22460).

Rubin-class patrol boat (Project 22460) Korall of the Russian Coast Guard

"The Rank 2 ship Korall and a patrol boat will operate in the area of responsibility of the Federal Security Service’s Coast Guard Department in the Sakhalin Region [in the Russian Far East] and defend Russia’s territorial sea, exclusive economic zone and continental shelf," Proskurenko said.

The Korall is a Rubin-class patrol boat (Project 22460). The class been developed by the Severnoye Design Bureau in St. Petersburg in northwest Russia. The Severnoye Design Bureau is a subsidiary of the United Ship-Building Corporation.

The Rubin class incorporates advanced information, communications and automation technologies. The patrol ship Korall has a displacement of more than 700 tons, a maximum speed of 30 knots and a seaworthiness of 8. It is armed with a 30mm artillery system and can carry a helicopter.

The smaller patrol boat has a displacement of more than 160 tons, a maximum speed of 11 knots and a seaworthiness of 4-5. The boat has been developed by the Central Research and Design Institute of the Navy in St. Petersburg. The two vessels passed dock, operational and state trials successfully.

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