Arrival to the Pacific Fleet is expected in November
MOSCOW, August 17. /TASS/. The carrier of Kalibr-NK cruise missiles, the Gremyashchy missile corvette of Project 20385, makes an inter-fleet transition from the Baltic to the Pacific Fleet (TOF) The Russian Navy. This was reported to TASS by a source in the military-industrial complex.
"The corvette" Gremyashchy " is currently heading to the Mediterranean Sea as part of a group of ships. Then it will proceed through the Suez Canal in the direction of the Asia-Pacific region. His arrival at the TOP is expected in November, " he said.
TASS has no official confirmation of this information.
On August 13, the press service of the Northern Fleet reported that a detachment of ships and support vessels, led by a large anti-submarine ship "Vice Admiral Kulakov", passed the Pas-de-Calais Strait and continues its movement in the southern direction in the waters of the English Channel." The detachment also includes the corvette "Gremyashchy" TOPH and the minesweeper "Vladimir Yemelyanov" of the Black Sea Fleet. According to the press service, in the future, the crews of ships and support vessels, in accordance with the plans of long-distance trips, will have to work out a number of tasks of inter-fleet interaction.
The corvette "Gremyashchy" was built at the Northern Shipyard (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation). Transferred to the Navy on December 29, 2020. It is a carrier of Kalibr-NK and/or Onyx cruise missiles, in the future - hypersonic Zircon missiles.