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The Soviet Navy, and the Russian Navy which inherited its traditions, had a different attitude to operational status than many Western navies. Ships went to sea less and maintained capability for operations while staying in harbor. [1] The significant changes which followed the collapse of the Soviet Union then complicated the picture enormously.
In February 2008 a Russian Northern Fleet naval task force completed a two-month deployment in the Mediterranean Sea and the North Atlantic which started on 4 December 2007. The operation was the first large-scale Russian Navy deployment to the Atlantic and the Mediterranean in 15 years.
The Northern Fleet (Russian: Северный флот, Severnyy flot) is the fleet of the Russian Navy in the Arctic. [ 2 ] According to the Russian ministry of defence: "The Northern Fleet dates its history back to a squadron created in 1733 to protect the territories of the Russian Empire , sea trade routes and fisheries in the White Sea ...
The Baltic Fleet (Russian: Балтийский флот, romanized: Baltiyskiy flot) [3] is the fleet of the Russian Navy in the Baltic Sea. Established 18 May 1703, under Tsar Peter the Great as part of the Imperial Russian Navy , the Baltic Fleet is the oldest Russian fleet. [ 4 ]
SSV-33 (Pacific Fleet communications ship, based upon the Kirov-class battlecruiser hull) Lun -class ekranoplan (Commissioned as a ship and used as one). VMF Kommuna is a salvage vessel, and having been launched in 1915, one of the oldest naval vessels still in service in a major navy of the world.
The Baltic Fleet was built under Peter the Great during the Great Northern War of 1700 - 1721. Constructions of galley fleets were launched in 1702 until 1704. A sailing fleet of ships built in Russia and bought in other countries was created to protect the conquered coasts and to attack the enemy sea routes of communication in the Baltic Sea.
US Navy fleets are numbered odd in the Pacific or West, and even in the Atlantic or East: United States Second Fleet (HQ Norfolk, Virginia) – North Atlantic Ocean, Arctic Ocean, & Homeland Defense. United States Third Fleet (HQ San Diego, California) – East Pacific; United States Fourth Fleet (HQ Mayport, Florida) – South Atlantic
The warships are part of the Russian Navy Northern fleet and departed on May 17 on “a long voyage... to demonstrate the Russian flag and ensure naval presence in important areas of the distant ...