05.02.2009
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RusNavy.com
The Russian antisubmarine vessel Admiral Vinogradov is escorting a convoy of three ships in the pirates-infested waters of the Horn of Africa, Igor Dygalo, an aide to the commander of the Russian Navy, told Ria Novosti.
The Russian warship is at the moment escorting the Ukrainian ship
Boris Babochkin, the Russian ship
Cherkassi, and the
Ocean Starling, a ship flying the flag of Grenada, said Dygalo.
The
Admiral Vinogradov will join the Russian-Indian exercises
Indra-2009 scheduled in the Arabian Sea after completing the escort mission.
The
Admiral Vinogradov completed the previous day the escort of a convoy of five ships: The
Ocean Lane, flying the Liberian flag; the tanker
Stault Confederation, flying the flag of the Cayman Islands; the tanker
Maier Pheonix, flying the Singaporean flag; the
Skalo, flying the Libyan flag; and the
Stepan Dezhnev, under the Russian flag.
