Shipyard's sea trials of aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya being retrofitted under Indian Navy's order will start on May 25, 2012. On that day, the 45,000-ton carrier will take the sea for the first time, said Igor E. Leonov who is in charge of the carrier's delivery.
Shipbuilders of Sevmash will have to accomplish several complicated and important tasks. One of them is preparation of main propulsion plant for the yard's sea trials. "Preparation of main propulsion plan takes several stages; one of them is starting-up of turbines. We have rotated one of four turbines using steam taken from coastal source. In the next few days we're going to test second stern turbine, and late December or early January we'll test bow turbines", said Igor Leonov at the press conference held on board the aircraft carrier.
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