ST. PETERSBURG, December 25. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin has taken part in a naval flag-raising ceremony on The Admiral Golovko frigate at the Severnaya Verf shipyard in St. Petersburg.

Also, he watched by video link similar procedures on the small missile ship Naro-Fominsk and the sea-going minesweeper Lev Chernavin.

The naval flag raising ceremony heralds their incorporation into the Russian Navy. After an opening speech at the beginning of the event Putin gave permission to hoist the flags.

Ships’ profiles

The Admiral Golovko frigate, a multi-purpose surface ship of Project 22350, was built for the Russian Navy at the Severnaya Verf shipyard. It is equipped with modern Kalibr and Oniks strike missile weapon systems, anti-aircraft missile, anti-aircraft artillery and artillery systems, as well as the latest anti-submarine weapon systems, and electronic warfare and jamming systems. The frigate boasts high maneuverability and excellent controllability and is equipped with a modern navigation system.

The small missile ship Naro-Fominsk of project 21631 Buyan-M was designed by the JSC Zelenodolsk Design Bureau, which opted for water-jet propulsion systems to meet the customer’s requirements, such as high seaworthiness and the ability to be used in shallow areas in the northern part of the Caspian Sea and the Volga River delta. The ship is capable of making long voyages along the entire length of the Volga and the Caspian Sea.

The project 12700 Alexandrit mine defense ship The Lev Chernavin was built at the Sredne-Nevsky Shipbuilding Plant in St. Petersburg under contract with the Russian Navy for mine countermeasures support in a minesweeping group or in combination with other countermeasures and means in littoral zones.