Russia launches last Kilo submarine built for Vietnam
On the morning of September 28, at the Admiralty Verfi shipyard in St Petersburg, the launching ceremony of the submarine HQ-187 Ba Ria-Vung Tau of Project 636, Varshavyanka class (NATO name Kilo) built for Vietnam took place.
 |
| The heavy transport ship Rolldock Star carrying the Kilo-class submarine Hai Phong has arrived at Cam Ranh Bay (Khanh Hoa). (Photo: Tien Minh/VNA) |
Attending the launching ceremony on the Vietnamese side were Commander of the Vietnam Navy, Rear Admiral Pham Hoai Nam; Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Ba Ria-Vung Tau Provincial Party Committee Nguyen Tuan Minh; Vietnamese Ambassador to Russia Nguyen Thanh Son.
On the Russian side were Commander of the Russian Navy, Viktor Chirkov; General Director of the Admiralty Verfi Plant, Aleksandler Buzakov; Deputy General Director of the arms export company Rosoboronexport, Igor Sevaschianov.
HQ-187 Ba Ria-Vung Tau is the last submarine in the batch of 6 Varshavyanka-class submarines built by Russia for Vietnam.
Vietnam has received four submarines, including HQ-182 Hanoi; HQ-183 Ho Chi Minh City; HQ-184 Hai Phong; and HQ-185 Da Nang. The fifth, HQ-186 Khanh Hoa, is undergoing trials in the Baltic Sea.
The above submarines are part of a contract signed between Russia and Vietnam to manufacture and supply 6 modern Varshavyanka-class diesel-electric submarines to the Vietnamese Navy worth 2 billion USD, signed in 2009.
The contract includes training of submarine crews as well as providing necessary equipment./.
According to VietnamPlus
