The Black Sea Fleet’s
frigate Admiral Essen has set off for its home base in Sevastopol.
MOSCOW, December 25.
/TASS/. The Black Sea Fleet’s frigate Admiral Essen has accomplished missions
as part of Russia’s permanent Mediterranean taskforce and has set off for its
home base in Sevastopol, the Fleet’s press office reported on Tuesday.
"The warship has
started to pass through the Black Sea’s Dardanelles and Bosporus straits, heading
for the Black Sea Fleet’s permanent naval base - the city of Sevastopol,"
the press office said.
The frigate Admiral
Essen performed missions as part of Russia’s permanent Mediterranean taskforce
from August 2018.
In 2018, the frigate
spent about 300 days at sea. During its stay as part of Russia’s Mediterranean
Squadron, the Admiral Essen took part in the inter-fleet drills in the
Mediterranean Sea under the direction of the Russian Navy commander-in-chief.
During the drills,
the warship’s crew practiced conducting a battle by a sole ship and as part of
a naval group. The frigate also held artillery fire against naval and air
targets and practiced anti-submarine warfare.
The Admiral Essen
represents a new series of Project 11356R/M frigates (the Project 11357
designation is also used). These frigates are designed to destroy enemy surface
ships and vessels, submarines and ground installations, carry out patrols and
defend sea lanes.
The frigates of this
Project are armed with eight launchers of Kalibr-NK cruise missiles that are
capable of striking surface, coastal and underwater targets at a distance of up
to 2,600 km.
The warships of this
Project are also armed with Shtil-1, Palash and AK-630M air defense missile and
artillery systems, A-190 100mm universal artillery guns, torpedo tubes and
RBU-6000 rocket launchers. The frigates also have a take-off and landing strip
and a hangar for an anti-submarine warfare helicopter (Ka-27 or Ka-31).
Source: ITAR-TASS
26-12-2018
