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| Frigate Admiral Golovko joins the Russian Northern Fleet |
| 2024-01-12 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] The carrier of the Zircon hypersonic missiles, the frigate Admiral Golovko, became part of the Northern Fleet, the press service of the fleet reported on January 11. “Today the Northern Fleet has been replenished with a new serial frigate of Project 22 350, Admiral Golovko. The frigate completed the inter-fleet passage from St. Petersburg and moored at the pier in the main base of the Northern Fleet in the city of Severomorsk,” the message says. At the pier, the ship's commander, captain of the second rank Andrei Slavin, reported to the commander of the Northern Fleet about the successful completion of the tasks of the inter-fleet transition. As Northern Fleet Commander Alexander Moiseev noted at the ship’s welcoming ceremony, the frigate will raise the capabilities of Russia’s surface forces to a fundamentally new level. “This is the most modern ship, representing the basis of ships in the far sea zone; it will have to solve problems in operationally important areas of the World Ocean for our state,” Moiseev emphasized. As Regnum reported, in December the frigate Admiral Golovko successfully passed tests in the Barents Sea. This is the third ship of Project 22 350, within the framework of which multi-purpose frigates of the 1st rank with guided missile weapons for the near, far sea and ocean zones are being built. Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on September 15 that 12 ships will enter the Russian Navy by the end of 2023. Among them are the frigate Admiral Golovko, the strategic missile submarine Imperator Alexander III and the nuclear submarine Krasnoyarsk. On December 25, at the Severnaya Verf shipyard, Russian President Vladimir Putin allowed the naval flag to be raised on the frigate Admiral Golovko. The head of state also gave permission to raise the flag on the Naro-Fominsk missile ship and the Lev Chernavin sea minesweeper. “Admiral Golovko” was equipped with modern Kalibr and Oniks strike missile systems, anti-aircraft missiles, anti-aircraft artillery and artillery systems. The head of state also said that five frigates, eight corvettes, 13 small missile ships and more than 50 other ships of various classes are currently at Russian shipyards in various stages of readiness. |
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