10.07.2012
Northern Fleet (NF) destroyer Admiral Chabanenko and three Russian amphibious assault ships left NF Main Base Severomorsk on July 10. The high official from Russian Ministry of Defence told Central Navy Portal.
Three amphibious assault ships transport Marine Corps submits on-board. Baltic Fleet guard frigat
Yaroslav Mudry and auxiliary ships, based in Baltiysk, will join
Admiral Chabanenko later. According to information available to Central Navy Portal, naval ships move into the Mediterranean Sea, into Syria water area.
? crew member from one of the ships confirmed the information. He also noticed, that the three-months mission in the Mediterranean Sea for
Admiral Chabanenko and three Russain amphibious assault ships was planned in advance.
Recall that in 2012 Russian warships called at Tartus port many times. To replenish supplies, destroyer
Admiral Chabanenko, frigate
Ladny, and tanker
Lena, being deployed with the Russian Navy's carrier group in the Mediterranean, visited the port in Jan 2012. Aircraft-carrying cruiser
Admiral Kuznetsov and rescue tug
Nikolai Chiker were anchored off the Tartus port then.
