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Photo: BSF floating workshop PM-56.
Black Sea Fleet (BSF) floating workshop PM-56 commanded by Capt Igor Bakuradze on Jan 31 returned to Sevastopol from a 6-month deployment in the Mediterranean Sea, BSF press service told .
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BSF Floating Workshop PM-56 Returned to Sevastopol
02/01/2012 |
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Being deployed in the Mediterranean, the vessel maintained activities of .
To provide security during the cruise, PM-56 had an anti-terror group and boarding party consisting of BSF marines.
A solemn meeting ceremony took place in Sevastopol; the crew was handed traditional bread-and-salt and a piglet roast.
BSF seagoing tanker Ivan Bubnov continues to maintain Russian Navy's carrier group in the Mediterranean Sea.
Floating workshop PM-56 was built in Szczecin, Poland in 1973.
General characteristics:
Displacement: 5,540 tons
Dimensions: length – 121.7 meters, beam - 17 meters, draft – 4.63 meters
Full speed: 14 knots
Fuel range: 7,800 miles at 10 knots
Powerplant: 3,000-shp diesel, 1 screw
Carrying capacity: 280 tons of spare parts
Crew: 193 men including 150 workers