Detachment of ships of the Northern Fleet, led by the frigate “Admiral Gorshkov” on Monday, safely returned to Severomorsk after circumnavigation. It is reported by the press service of the Northern Fleet.
Russian frigate “Admiral Gorshkov” together with a multifunctional logistic support vessel “Elbrus” and rescue tug “Nicholas Chicker”, after a long journey returned to the main base of the Northern Fleet Severomorsk, thereby completing the circumnavigation. According to the data, presented by the press service of the Federation Council, the sailors stayed on a long voyage 175 day.
Around the world sailing has become an excellent maritime practice and life school for the North Sea residents, as well as a good test for new Russian marine technology. Frigate “Admiral Gorshkov” and transport “Elbrus” on such a long hike were for the first time
– said the commander of the Northern Fleet, Vice Admiral Alexander Moiseev, who met the detachment in Severomorsk.
A detachment of ships led by a frigate “Admiral Gorshkov” went on a long hike 26 February from Severomorsk. Since the beginning of the hike, more than 40 thousand nautical miles. The frigate at the head of the detachment visited the ports of Djibouti, Sri Lanka, China, Ecuador, Cuba and Trinidad and Tobago, Cape Verde. Passed the Suez and Panama Canals, crossed Indian, Pacific and Atlantic oceans, frigate 8 June crossed the equator in the eastern Pacific, moving from the northern hemisphere to the southern. The ship participated in the naval parade in China, Main naval parade in St. Petersburg. Took part in the inter-naval exercise “Ocean Shield 2019” on the Baltic Sea.
