Saturday, 4 November 2017

Russian Navy Project 20380 Corvettes Conduct First Mediterranean Cruise

The project 20380 corvette "Soobrazitelniy" and the project 160 medium tanker "Kola" of the Russian Navy during the passage of the Strait of Gibraltar in the Mediterranean Sea on the evening of 28.10.2017. Picture by Erne / forums.airbase.ru

Published: Friday, 03 November 2017 09:00

On the evening of October 29, 2017, a task force of the Baltic Fleet, which comprised the Project 20380 guided missile corvettes ‘Boikiy’ and ‘Soobrazitelniy’ escorted by the ‘Kola’ tanker, passed by the Rock of Gibraltar and entered the Alboran Sea, the western bound of the Mediterranean Sea. Then, the tanker will replenish the task force at the assigned anchoring point. One cannot be surprised by long-rang cruises of all the fleets of the Russian Navy; however, this one stands apart, as two Project 20380 ships have visited the Mediterranean Sea for the first time, Ilya Kramnik, an expert, writes for the Izvestia newspaper……Read rest of article: HERE

Erne / forums.airbase.ru

Project 20381 Soobrazitel’niy Corvette: Details

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