Login

 

Forgot password?
Vote History of votings
Subscription

Modify subscription

submarines shipbuilding Black Sea Fleet exercise Pacific Fleet Russian Navy Northern Fleet strategy cooperation Ukraine visits Russia piracy missiles trials Sevastopol history Sevmash presence contracts drills Baltic Fleet industry incident anti-piracy shipyards Gulf of Aden training frigate Somalia India developments reforms opinion Borei procurements policy Russia - India aircraft carrier Crimea arms exports USA St. Petersburg tests France financing Bulava Yury Dolgoruky US Navy Serdiukov Mediterranean cruise Zvezdochka NATO innovations Indian Navy United Shipbuilding Corporation Medvedev Arctic agreements commission Admiralteyskie Verfi Admiral Gorshkov Vladivostok Mistral accident hijacking corvettes overhaul Admiral Kuznetsov anniversary Russia - France Vysotsky Rosoboronexport ceremony event Yantar Severomorsk defense order negotiations aircraft conflict China deployment naval aviation investigations Black Sea Putin Varyag coast guard Novorossiysk Vikramaditya landing craft Far East crime marines meeting Severnaya Verf scandals memorials traditions Syria statistics Japan escort South Korea Yasen Neustrashimy tenders Admiral Chabanenko Marshal Shaposhnikov convoys Ukrainian Navy problems Severodvinsk Chirkov reinforcement tension tragedy firings technology Almaz hostages search and rescue Caspian Flotilla Moskva provocation frontier service upgrade Baltic Sea court keel laying rumors Turkey Dmitry Donskoy death Kaliningrad Admiral Panteleyev Atalanta shipwreck Petr Veliky helicopters Kilo class World War II Admiral Vinogradov Norway Rubin patrols Russia-Norway launching
Search
Strategy strategy Combat Capability [42%], Role and Missions, Structure of the Navy, in-service ships, surface ships, submarines, chronology.
Our friends russian navy weapons world sailing ships
 
Tell a friend Print version

Home / News / News of the day

Russian Frigate Heads for Syria

Russian Frigate Heads for Syria 03.04.2012
Text: Vzglyad
Photo: Project 01090 frigate Smetlivy. Southern Military District Press Service
Black Sea Fleet (BSF) frigate Smetlivy set a course for Bosporus and Dardanelles straits last weekend and will be deployed off Syria, reported RIA Novosti referring to a military diplomat.

"The ship will pay a formal call at Syrian port Tartus where Russian Navy has a technical maintenance center", said the interviewee.

Earlier on, BSF Press Secretary Capt 1 rank Vyacheslav Trukhachev told that the frigate was heading for the Mediterranean Sea, although he did not disclose any details. As was reported by Vzglyad, Russian Navy's carrier group recently visited Tartus port.

Syrian media called that event an act of solidarity between Moscow and Damascus.

The task force led by aircraft-carrying cruiser Admiral Kuznetsov started deployment early in Dec 2011. Northern Fleet's mariners had successfully accomplished all tasks within the interfleet group in the Mediterranean Sea.

Back to the list

Related Information:

News of the day
Russian Navy News