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The vessels are expected to accomplish tasks within
the Russian Navy’s permanent group in the Mediterranean Sea, the
press office added.
"The vessels have headed for a distant maritime zone in accordance
with the force rotation program. The small missile ship Zelyony Dol
will accomplish tasks in the Mediterranean Sea for the first time,"
Fleet spokesman Captain 1st Rank Vyacheslav Trukhachyov said.
The small missile ship Zelyony Dol built for Russia’s Black Sea
Fleet by the Zelenodolsk Shipyard arrived in Sevastopol in November
2015. The ocean-going mine-sweeper Kovrovets accomplished tasks in the
Atlantic Ocean and the Persian Gulf earlier. The two vessels were involved
in the sudden combat readiness check of Russian Southern Military District
forces on February 8-12, 2016. Before going to the Mediterranean Sea,
the vessels practiced accomplishing daily tasks and combat missions
at sea.
The Project 21631 small missile ship is armed with the Kalibr (NATO
reporting name: SS-N-27 Sizzler) missile system containing missiles
in the 3S14 vertical launcher with eight launch tubes. The Kalibr missile
system delivers strikes on naval and ground targets using 3M-54 and
3M-14 cruise missiles, respectively. The Project 21631 small missile
ship is equipped with the A-190 100mm gun, the AK-630-2 Duet small-caliber
antiaircraft artillery system and 3M-47 Gibka launchers. The Project
21631 small missile ship has a length of 75 meters, a displacement of
949 tons, a speed of 25 knots and endurance of 2,500 miles. The ship’s
crew totals 52. Its cruising capacity is up to ten days.
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