A group of three Russian Navy warships has
docked at Bandar Abbas, the Iranian port city at the Strait of Hormuz. The task
force is comprised of Udaloy-class anti-submarine destroyer Admiral Panteleyev (548),
and the replenishment ships Peresvet and Admiral Novelskoy. The ships arrived at Bandar Abbas
on Sunday after a long journey through the Pacific Ocean. (Mehr News Agency, 21
April)
Last December, the Russian destroyer Marshal Shaposhnikov (543) became the first Russian
naval ship to dock at an Iranian port in more than 40 years.
File photo: Russia’s anti-submarine destroyer Admiral Panteleyev (548). (Wikipedia)
File photo: Russia’s anti-submarine destroyer Admiral Panteleyev (548). (Wikipedia)
