The Northern Fleet's 163-metre long anti-submarine destroyer, the Vice Admiral Kulakov, entered the English Channel on Friday as part of a long range deployment, Russian media saysA huge Russian anti-submarine warship and its support fleet have entered the English Channel. The Northern Fleet's 163m-long Vice Admiral Kulakov destroyer sailed along the Strait of Dover and is now pushing further into the English Channel, the Russian naval press office said today. The Russian naval taskforce also includes the corvette Gremyashchiy of the Pacific Fleet and the minesweeper Vladimir Yemelyanov of the Black Sea Fleet, according to TASS news agency. The warships were also seen during Russia's Main Naval Parade in late July, and linked up with other Northern Fleet ships in the North Sea on August 12. Russian subs usually go no deeper than 400m as a working limit, with a 480m maximum and 900m “crush limit” where they would implode.

Source: Daily Mirror August 13, 2021 18:33 UTC