Second submarine on its way to Vietnam
(VOV) - The second Kilo-class submarine has left the St. Petersburg-based Admiralty Verfi Shipyard’s port en route to a naval base in Vietnam.
The vessel named HQ-183 Ho Chi Minh City set sail to Kaliningrad where it will be loaded onto a large ship to transport to Vietnam, according to Russia’s news agency Interfax-AVN.
Interfax-AVN said the vessel is due to arrive in a Vietnamese naval base in six weeks’ time.
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Vietnam and Russia signed a document verifying the result of the vessel’s technical tests at the Admiralty Verfi Shipyard on January 16.
This is the second of the six Kilo-class submarines Vietnam is purchasing from Russia under a contract signed in 2009.
The first submarine dubbed HQ-182 Hanoi was delivered to Vietnam in November 2013. It was transported to Cam Ranh port on December 31, 2013 and successfully made its first maiden voyage on January 8, 2014.
The third vessel, named HQ-184 Haiphong, was launched in Russia on August 28, 2013, and will be delivered to Vietnam this year.