The Russian frigate "Marshal Shaposhnikov" and the tanker "Boris Butoma" of the Pacific Fleet entered the Red Sea as part of a long-distance voyage in the Asia-Pacific region and strategically important areas of the oceans, the fleet's press service reported.
„The frigate "Marshal Shaposhnikov", accompanied by the tanker "Boris Butoma", transited the Bab el-Mandeb Strait and entered the Red Sea. Before entering the Red Sea, the crews of the detachment successfully passed through the Gulf of Aden, where they carried out a series of naval exercises covering various scenarios of a simulated enemy“, the statement said.
The press service recalled that the detachment of ships of the Pacific Fleet left the port of Vladivostok on October 1 on a long-distance voyage to carry out assigned tasks in the Asia-Pacific region and strategically important areas of the oceans.
“Marshal Shaposhnikov“ was launched in January 1985 at the shipyard “Amber“ in Kaliningrad as a large anti-submarine ship of project 1155. In 2016, it underwent repairs and modernization at the ship repair center “Dalzavod“ in Vladivostok. During the modernization, “Marshal Shaposhnikov“ was reclassified as a frigate and received modern missile complexes “Kalibr-NK“ and “Uran“. After tests The frigate will return to the Pacific Fleet on April 27, 2021.
The large sea tanker “Boris Butoma“ is a complex supply tanker for the Pacific Fleet. Built according to project 1559-V (codename "Sea Space") at the Baltic Shipyard, it was commissioned on October 30, 1978.