According to the press service of the Southern Military District, on September 6, 2021, the newest mine defense ship "Vladimir Yemelyanov" of project 12700 (factory number 524) arrived in Sevastopol to the place of permanent basing after the transition from the Baltic to the Black Sea Fleet. It became the second base minesweeper of the project 12700 in the Black Sea Fleet after the ship "Ivan Antonov" (factory number 523), which arrived in Sevastopol on September 7, 2019.
Arrival in Sevastopol to the place of permanent basing of the base minesweeper "Vladimir Yemelyanov" of project 12700 (factory number 524), 06.09.2021 (c) Erne / forums.airbase.ru
The press release of the press service of the Southern Military District says that the ship "Vladimir Yemelyanov" under the command of Lieutenant Commander Denis Gainutdinov, after participating in the Main Naval Parade in St. Petersburg on July 25 and conducting pre-navigation training, began to perform the tasks of the inter-fleet transition.
During the period of being part of the permanent Naval grouping in the Mediterranean Sea, the crew successfully completed a training course and confirmed their readiness to perform tasks for their intended purpose.
In Sevastopol, in the bay of Streletskaya, where the Vladimir Yemelyanov moored, the crews of the ships of the water area protection unit, the honor guard company were built.
The ship's welcoming ceremony was attended by the commander of the Crimean Naval Base, Rear Admiral Felix Menkov, veterans of the Black Sea Fleet Water Area Protection unit, representatives of public organizations, and the clergy.
On the part of bmpd, we recall that the base minesweeper " Vladimir Yemelyanov "(factory number 524) became the third actually built ship of the project 12700 (code"Alexandrite"). It was laid down at JSC Sredne-Nevsky Shipbuilding Plant (SNSZ, part of JSC United Shipbuilding Corporation-USC) in St. Petersburg on January 25, 2017, launched there on May 30, 2019 and transferred The Russian Navy on December 28, 2019, with enrollment in the Black Sea Fleet. However, then the Vladimir Yemelyanov was defended for a long time in Kronstadt due to the failure of one of the main engines and only at the beginning of August 2021 went into the transition to the Black Sea around Europe.
On August 20, 2021, a ceremony was held in Baltiysk for the commissioning of the base minesweeper project 12700 "Georgy Kurbatov" with the factory number 522, built on the SNSZ, into the Russian Navy. It became the fifth ship of the project 12700 commissioned by the Navy and was enlisted in the Black Sea Fleet, which will become the third base minesweeper of this type.
Arrival in Sevastopol to the place of permanent basing of the base minesweeper "Vladimir Yemelyanov" of project 12700 (factory number 524), 06.09.2021 (c) Erne / forums.airbase.ru
Two new base minesweepers of the project 12700 of the Black Sea Fleet "Vladimir Yemelyanov" (left) and "Ivan Antonov" (right) together in the Streltskaya Bay of Sevastopol, 06.09.2021 (c) Erne / forums.airbase.ru
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