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On Wednesday, 11th of April, there will take a place
launching and name giving ceremony of patrol ship
"VIESITE"
"P-07 Viesite" is the first Latvian completely built warship and
the third of a total of five such patrolships Navy flotilla will
receive till 2014. Patrolships length is 25 m and width 13m. It
will make 20 knots of the speed and it will be serviced by eight
man team. Ship construction scheduled for completion in August
2012, but by the end of the year it will already be taking up the
Navy fleet tasks.
The vessel is not only going used for military purposes, but also
for human Search& Rescue in the sea.
Latvia is able! The new patrol ship Viesīte is a proof for Latvia
ability to build even war ships. The successful take over of German
engeneering.
"Latvia can! The new patrol vessel "Viesite" - is a vivid proof of
Latvian ability to build warships. The successful takeover of
German engineering, employees of JSC “Rīgas kuģu būvētava”
completely from the keel, have built the vessel, which will serve
the needs of the Latvian Naval Forces! It is important to note that
the ship building process involved more than 220 employees! There
are aprox. 700 employees of Rīgas kuģu būvetava, but if we take
into account the co - organizations, 2000 employees are in total
Total Rīgas kuģu būvētava “The shipyard has been announced a
breakthrough in economics long time ago already .” – says Chairman
of the Board JSC "Rīgas kuģu būvētava" Vasilijs Melniks.
One of the most interesting traditions of the Navy is that each
ship has its own godmother, who is elected once, regardless of the
size of the ship's fate. For patrol craft P - 07 "Viesite"
godmother has been chosen Daina Vitola, - local office
manager and Registry Office and the County Registry office
Head. Choice is due to the fact that D. Vītola is a
local resident, was born and raised in Viesīte, her working life to
relate to our city, county community is recognizable as the same
are a public asset - both participating and involved in various
district events. As the ship's name given in Viesites in 1919th
the Latvian liberation battles, the choice of ship godmother
also takes into account the fact that the Daina’s grandfather
A. Abiļevičs, who also had a home - Viesites district - resident of
the heroism of the 1919th the Latvian liberation battles was
awarded the Lāčplēša Order.
Construction of patrol vessels is in line with the Ministry of
Defence (MoD) and RKB Coast Guard patrol boats construction and
supply contracts, which was concluded on 21st of December 2007. The
agreement shall provide that all five ships scheduled to AM 2014.
year.
Patrolships are names given - Skrunda, Cesis, Viesite, Jelgava and
Rezekne, the most important fight of Freedom venues in Latvian
historical regions.
Ceremony will start at. 14.30 Ceremony is going to be
attended by President Andris Berzins, the Minister of Defense,
Artis Pabriks, the National Armed Forces Commande Raymond Graube,
Navy fleet commander Navy Captain Rimants Štrimaitis, RKB Chairman
Vasily Melnik, and other officials.
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