February 3, 2015

"The third Project-636 Kilo-class has arrived in Vietnam, marking the halfway point in the Vietnamese Navy’s planned six boat, $1.8 to 2 billion deal with Russia, according to local press reports.

Pictures emerged of the Dutch heavy load carrier Rolldock Star near Vietnam’s submarine base in Cam Ranh Bay, on the Vietnamese news site, Tuoi Tre News on Jan. 29.

Rolldock Star was believed to be carrying the third Vietnamese Kilo — HQ-184 Haiphong – from the Admiralteiskie Verfi shipyard in St. Petersburg, according to a Tuesday report in Jane’s Defence Weekly."

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http://news.usni.org/2015/02/03/reports-vietnam-receives-third-kilo-attack-boat