According to the press-office of the Amur Region Government, the Blagoveshchensk Shipyard launched the Type 19910 hydrographic vessel Alexander Rogotskiy. The
vessel was constructed for the Pacific Fleet.
It is known that the vessel was named after Alexander Rogotskiy, an admiral, hydrographer and a front-line soldier. His daughter attended the ceremony.
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The director general of the Blagoveshchensk Shipyard Vyacheslav Popov emphasized that the vessel so sized is just within the limits of the shipyard capabilities. The Alexander Rogotskiy construction started in 2016; earlier the shipyard had already fulfilled orders from the Russian Ministry of Defence. From 2013 to 2015 the shipyard delivered three large hydrographic boats about 34 meters in length to the Pacific Fleet.
It should be noted that the type 19910 vessel dimensions are 59 m in length and 12 m in beam. The crew number is 22.
According to the press-office of the Amur Region Government, the shipyard has already started construction of the next large hydrographic boat.
