'Sergey Kotov' named in & nbsp; honor of the participant of the Great Patriotic War, Rear Admiral, Hero of the Soviet Union Sergei Nikolaevich Kotov. He & nbsp; will become the fourth ship of Project 22160, the first three: Vasily Bykov, Dmitry Rogachev and & nbsp; “ Pavel Derzhavin. ''
Their & nbsp; can be used to & nbsp; escort groups of ships and & nbsp; ships, and & nbsp; also for & nbsp; search and rescue and & nbsp; anti-piracy operations.
They are capable of speeds up to & nbsp; 25 knots, the crew includes about & nbsp; 80 people. The ship is armed with a 76mm artillery mount, grenade launchers and & nbsp; Kord machine guns. It is possible to base the Ka-27PS helicopter on it. The ship is adapted and & nbsp; for & nbsp; use of underwater and & nbsp; air drones. Thanks to this, he & nbsp; becomes an ideal scout: crews can in real time monitor the surface and & nbsp; underwater situation in a & nbsp; radius of hundreds of kilometers.
All ships of the project 22160 were built to & nbsp; serve on the & nbsp; Black Sea, but & nbsp; they can act not & nbsp; only in & nbsp; warm latitudes. In & nbsp; last year, Vasily Bykov passed tests in the & nbsp; Arctic. According to the & nbsp; results of the events, it was concluded that & nbsp; the ships of the project can be used in the & nbsp; & nbsp; Arctic region.