ST. PETERSBURG. June 27 (Interfax-AVN) - The second Mistral-class helicopter carrier under construction in Saint Nazaire, France, will join the Russian Black Sea Fleet under the name "Sevastopol" by the end of 2015, the Navy Staff told Interfax-AVN on Friday.
"A pier is being prepared for this ship in Sevastopol," a staff spokesman said.
"If the second Mistral-class is delivered to the Russian Navy, this helicopter carrier will join the Black Sea Fleet," he indicated.
"Sevastopol is building a pier consistent with the ship's displacement and modern infrastructure. There is a preliminary decision to station it on the ninth dock in the central bay of Sevastopol," the source said.
"The Sevastopol Mistral-class helicopter carrier will be the flagship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet and the Russian Navy task force permanently deployed in the Mediterranean Sea," he added.