Northern Fleet surface ship activity summary
Northern Fleet surface ship activity summary
Reporting period: January 1st to February 16th 2023
This article is a summary of Northern Fleet surface ships activity, both warships and auxiliaries, so far in 2023. Local area activity is based on press-releases so don't consider this article exhaustive, though it is likely accurate for larger ships.
Deployed - Mediterranean
Gorshkov-class FFG Admiral Kasatonov
Project 23130 AO Akademik Pashin
Yuri Ivanov-class AGI Yuri Ivanov
Deployed - Due to participate in exercises off South Africa Feb 17 - 27
Gorshkov-class FFG Admiral Gorshkov
Kaliningradneft-class AO Kama
Deployed - Trapped in the Black Sea
Ivan Gren-class LST Pyotr Morgunov
Ropucha-class LST Olenegorskiy Gornyak
Ropucha-class LST Georgiy Pobedonosets
Ships noted active in local waters
Warships
Udaloy-class DDG Admiral Levchenko: Training/work-up including helo ops1, gunnery and SA-N-9 live firing.23
Grisha-class FFL Brest: Training/work-up in along with the Snezhnogorsk including gunnery and ASW exercises with interaction with Naval Aviation.4
Grisha-class FFL Snezhnogorsk: Training/work-up along with the Brest including gunnery and ASW exercises with interaction with Naval Aviation.
Nanuchka-class Rassvet: Training/work-up including gunnery exercises.5
Sonya-class MSC Yadrin: Training/work-up including gunnery6 and minesweeping and lead-through together with the Solovetsky Yunga.7
Sonya-class MSC Solovetsky Yunga: Training/work-up including gunnery8 minesweeping and lead-through together with the Yadrin.
Auxiliaries
Ingul-class rescue tug Pamir: Supported the work-up/training of the Admiral Levchenko.9
Mikhail Rudnitsky-class sub rescue ship Mikhail Rudnitsky: Exercises with the DSRV AS-34 while remaining alongside in Severomorsk.10
PRIPs / NAVWARNs
Here is a map of the areas that PRIPs/NOTAMs have been issued for, on several occasions, so far in 2023. These are typical for the activities listed above and I include this map here to help others interpret PRIPs/NOTAMs for Northern Fleet activity.
Summing up
Local waters training and exercise activity usually has a slow start following Orthodox Christmas and this year has been no exception.
Activity in the reporting period is well within normal patterns.
Hope someone finds such summaries useful.
Regards
The Lookout
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