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During the exercise, the crew of the Veliky Novgorod submarine of the Novorossiysk military naval base of the Black Sea Fleet practiced striking a strike with Kalibr-PL missiles at a detachment of imaginary enemy ships. The submariners, using electronic missile launches, carried out a conditional missile strike from a submerged position on the “enemy” ships, the role of which was…
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Rescue tugboat (sb) “Kapitan Guriev” from the squadron of the rescue vessels of the Novorossiysk naval base of the Black Sea Fleet returned to the base after completing missions in the Indian Ocean. The crew of the tug ensured the participation of the combined team of the Navy in the international diving all-around competition “Depth-2021”, which was held in the…
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Crews of more than 40 ships and boats of the Black Sea Fleet (BSF) took part in a large-scale bilateral exercise with troops (forces) of the Southern Military District at the Opuk training ground in Crimea. As part of the exercise, the coastal forces of the Black Sea Fleet worked out practical actions in counter-sabotage defense of a section of…
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According to the plan of the exercise in difficult weather conditions, a signal was received from one of the ships of the formation of the protection of the water area about an emergency situation associated with the flow of outboard water. The duty search and rescue forces of the Novorossiysk naval base were alerted and sent to the area of…
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The newest naval logistics support vessel Vsevolod Bobrov, on which the St. Andrew’s flag was raised on August 21, will begin an inter-fleet passage from Kronstadt to the Black Sea Fleet by the end of August. Currently, the vessel is being prepared for the passage. This was announced by the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, Admiral Nikolai Evmenov, following a…
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The Black Sea Fleet has completed preparations for testing a new small missile ship (MRK) Ciklon of the Karakurt project, which was built at the Zaliv shipyard in Kerch and launched in the summer of 2020. At present, the new MRK is based at the Novorossiysk Naval Base (NVMB) of the Black Sea Fleet, where state tests of the ship…
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A subsidiary of the USC holding, the Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard, handed over to the Russian Navy the latest project 12700 Georgy Kurbatov mine defense ship. The ceremony of raising the Navy flag took place on August 20 in Baltiysk. According to the plans of the command of the Navy, the newest sea minesweeper will soon begin to perform tasks as part…
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May 29, 2021 (Google Translation) – Today, in the main base of the Black Sea Fleet (PF) – Sevastopol, a small naval tanker (MT) “Vitse-Admiral Paramov” has been accepted into the auxiliary fleet’s support vessel squad. Before the start of the raising of the St. Andrew’s flag, the rank of its consecration was held, which was attended by: the command…
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May 31, 2021 (Google Translation) – The crew of the black Sea Fleet’s “Ladnyy” patrol ship (SKR) went out to sea as part of the completion of the test of ship systems and mechanisms, weapons systems after the completion of planned repair works. At sea, the crew will perform a comprehensive inspection of the equipment and mechanisms of all combat…
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May 22, 2021 (Google Translation) – Guards missile cruiser (4kr) “Moscow” and frigate (Fr) “Admiral Grigorovich” returned to the main base of the Black Sea Fleet – Sevastopol after performing planned ship combat exercises in the black Sea marine ranges. During the exercises, the crews of the ships successfully worked out the tasks of searching and tracking the submarine, with…
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