The 4th "Little Rook" was launched in Vladivostok
February 13, 2025

In Vladivostok, a Project 21980 "Gračonok" anti-sabotage boat with the factory number 8005 was launched this summer — the 16th vessel in the series and simultaneously the 4th one built by JSC "Vostochnaya Verf."

The Project 21980 "Gračonok" boat is designed to combat sabotage and terrorist forces and means within the basing points' water areas and their near approaches, as well as to assist the Border Service of the Russian Federation in solving tasks related to the protection and defense of Russia's state borders. The boat's design was developed by the Nizhny Novgorod design bureau "Vimpel."

Technical characteristics:

Displacement: about 140 tons.

Main dimensions: length — 30 m, width — 7.3 m, draft — 1.8 m.

Maximum speed: 23 knots

Range: 200 nautical miles.

Autonomy: 5 days.

Crew: 6 people.

Armament:

one 14.5-mm machine gun mount MTPU

one DP-64 anti-sabotage grenade launcher

one DP-65 anti-sabotage grenade launcher

four MANPADS type "Igla"

Radiolocation equipment: NRLS MR-231, GAS "Kalmár," OGAS "Anapa"

Series.

JSC "Zelenodolsky Plant named after A.M. Gorky":

№ 981 — laid down 08.02.08 — launched 25.04.09 — delivered 11.2009 "Nakhimovets" (BF)

№ 982 — laid down 07.05.10 — launched 07.2011 — delivered 10.2011 "Kadet" (BSF)

№ 983 — laid down 06.05.11 — launched 16.06.12 — delivered 14.11.12 "Suvorovets" (BSF)

№ 984 — laid down 05.05.12 — launched 04.2013 — delivered 22.08.13 "Kursant-Kirovets" (BSF)

№ 985 — laid down 27.07.12 — launched ??.2013 — delivered 15.10.13 "Yunarmeyets Kaspiya" (KF)

№ 986 — laid down 07.05.13 — launched ??.2014 — delivered 22.08.14 "Yunarmeyets Kryma" (BSF)

№ 987 — laid down 27.07.13 — launched ??.2014 — delivered 09.10.14 "Kinelsk" (BSF)

№ 988 — laid down 12.01.15 — launched ?.2017 — "P-433" (for BF)

№ 989 — laid down 07.05.15

JSC "Vostochnaya Verf":

№ 8002 — laid down ?.2012 — launched 24.06.13 — delivered 09.2013 "P-377" (POF)

№ 8003 — laid down ?.2012 — launched 29.11.13 — delivered 02.2014 "Yunarmeyets Primorya" (POF)

№ 8004 — laid down ?.2012 — launched 04.07.14 — delivered 25.09.14 "Yunarmeyets Kamchatki" (POF)

№ 8005 — laid down ?. 201? — launched 0?.2017 — "P-?" (for POF)

№ 8006 — under construction

№ 8007 — under construction

JSC "Shipbuilding Plant "Vimpel":

№ 01221 — laid down 03.2014 — launched 07.06.16 — delivered 19.11.16 "Yunarmeyets Zapolyarya"(NF)

№ 01222 — laid down 12.2014 — launched 22.07.16 — delivered 19.11.16 "P-421" (NF)

№ 01223 — laid down 15.09.15 — launched 27.04.17 — delivered 14.07.17 "P-429" (NF)

№ 01224 — laid down 15.04.16 — launched 22.06.17 — "P-?" (for NF)