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Ships and units of the coastal troops of the Black Sea Fleet (BSF) went to sea and to combat training grounds during the initial stage of the exercise, which is conducted under the leadership of the commander of the Black Sea Fleet, Admiral Igor Osipov. As part of the exercise, warships, boats and fleet support vessels as part of ship…
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The logistic support vessel “Vsevolod Bobrov” arrived at its permanent base – at the Novorossiysk Naval Base (NVMB). The crew completed the inter-fleet transition from the Baltic to the Black Sea Fleet together with the mine defense ship Georgy Kurbatov. In August 2021, the Vsevolod Bobrov was accepted into the Navy, and the Andreevsky flag was hoisted on it. During…
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The crew of the new small missile ship (MRK) “Cyclone” of the “Karakurt” project, built for the Black Sea Fleet at the Zaliv Shipyard in Kerch, made the transition from Novorossiysk to Sevastopol to continue state tests The crew of the ship, formed at the Black Sea Fleet from servicemen under the contract, after completing training at the Joint Training…
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In connection with the sharp increase in wind, stormy weather and sea waves at the point of basing of the ships of the Black Sea Fleet in the Novorossiysk area, the fleet command took additional measures to prevent the possible consequences of the disaster, and also took measures to ensure the safe parking of ship forces. On the ships and…
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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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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 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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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 23, 2020 (Google Translation) – The joint exercise “Bridge of Friendship – 2020” between the Russian Navy and the Naval Forces (Navy) of the Arab Republic of Egypt has ended at the Black Sea Fleet. The objectives of the exercise, which took place for the first time in the Black Sea, were to strengthen and develop military cooperation between…
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