MOSCOW. Nov 8 (Interfax-AVN) - Russian warships will continue performing patrolling missions in the Gulf of Aden off the Horn of Africa.
"A naval task force of the Pacific Fleet, comprised of the large anti-submarine warfare ship, the Admiral Vinogradov, the tanker Pechenga and the rescue tugboat SB-511, will start a patrolling mission in December 2010," a naval spokesman told Interfax-AVN.
"The Admiral Vinogradov will take over from the Northern Fleet's large anti-submarine warfare ship, the Admiral Levchenko," he said.
The Admiral Levchenko performed 13 escorting missions for 57 vessels of various classes with 231 Russian crewmembers aboard between July and November 2010, the spokesman said.
The Russian Navy has been on 43 escorting missions in the Gulf of Aden and off the Horn of Africa since the beginning of the year. The patrolling was done at different times by the patrol vessel Neustrashimy of the Baltic Feet, the large anti-submarine warfare ship, the Admiral Chabanenko of the Northern Feet, and the large submarine chaser, the Marshal Shaposhnikov, of the Pacific Fleet.