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December 10, 2020 (Google Translation) – A planning conference on the participation of the Navy in the international exercise AMAN-2021 (AMAN-2021), which will be held in February 2021 in the water area of the Pakistani port of Karachi, was held in Sevastopol online. The initiators of working out joint actions were the Naval Forces of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan,…
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November 27, 2020 (Google Translation) – In the Novorossiysk naval base (naval base), solemn events were held to admit the new patrol ship “Pavel Derzhavin” to the Black Sea Fleet. Before the commencement of the ceremony of raising the Andreevsky flag, the rite of its consecration was held on the pier. On the beginning of service in the Russian Navy,…
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November 25, 2020 (Google Translation) – The crew of the oldest rescue vessel, Kommuna, of the Black Sea Fleet makes the transition to the Sevastopol basing point after taking on board the AS-28 deep-sea vehicle in the Novorossiysk naval base. The AS-28 device earlier arrived by rail to Novorossiysk from St. Petersburg, where it was modernized at one of the…
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November 10, 2020 (Google Translation) – Rescue vessel Kommuna of the Black Sea Fleet (BSF) is making the transition from Sevastopol to the Novorossiysk naval base to receive aboard the deep-water vehicle AS-28, which arrived by rail after the completion of modernization at a shipyard in St. Petersburg. The rescue vessel left Sevastopol to receive the AS-28 on the “Kommuna”,…
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September 19, 2020 (Google Translation) – The crew of the newest small missile ship (MRK) “Graivoron” of the Buyan-M project, built for the Black Sea Fleet (Black Sea Fleet), makes the first exit to the sea to undergo factory sea trials (ZHI). In the course of the implementation of the ZHI plan, the operation of power plants, steering gear, auxiliary…
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September 11, 2020 (Google Translation) – The Guards Order of Nakhimov Missile Cruiser (GRKR) “Moskva” successfully passed the elements of the course task “Swimming and combat by a single ship” in the Black Sea after the completion of the scheduled repair. The elements of the course task were worked out in the maritime training grounds. Now the cruiser is returning…
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August 18, 2020 (Google Translation) – The sea minesweeper of the Black Sea Fleet “Ivan Golubets” has completed the passage of the Black Sea straits and began to perform tasks as part of the permanent grouping of the Russian Navy in the Mediterranean Sea. Based on the planned rotation, the crew of the mtch “Ivan Golubets” arrived to replace the…
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August 7, 2020 (Google Translation) – Until the end of this year, the Black Sea Fleet (BSF) will include two new large hydrographic boats (BGC) of project 23040G “Vladimir Kozitsky” and “Boris Slobodnik”. The boats have a length of 33 m and are designed for high-precision areal surveying of the bottom relief and survey of navigation hazards at depths of…
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August 1, 2020 (Google Translation) – The crew of the frigate of the Black Sea Fleet (Black Sea Fleet) “Admiral Essen” conducted test artillery fire at invisible coastal targets in the area of the “Opuk” training ground in the Crimea. In the course of the firing, the crews of the frigate’s artillery warhead received target designation and worked out the…
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August 1, 2020 (Google Translation) – The crew of the patrol ship (PC) “Vasily Bykov” of the Black Sea Fleet (BSF) left the area of responsibility of the Baltic Fleet and headed in the direction of the Black Sea. The ship returns to the Black Sea Fleet at the base of the Novorossiysk naval base after participating in the Main…
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