Training ship "Smolny" is in the Baltic straits on route to the Mediterranean to the Black Sea

Source : http://function.mil.ru

Currently, the training ship (CC) of the Baltic Fleet "Smolny" with students of educational institutions of the Defense Ministry on the board carries out the passage of the straits Great Belt, Øresund, Kattegat and Skagerrak, which are located between the Scandinavian and the Jutland peninsula and connects the Baltic Sea to the North.

On board the students get invaluable experience in the overlapping responsibilities watchkeeping officers and navigators since the feature of this sea area is the presence of a large number of shoals, narrow waters and fairways that require special attention and the professionalism of the crew during their boost.

Training ship 1 rank "Smolny" left Kronstadt on July 3. The route will take his campaign through the Baltic and the North Sea, English Channel and the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea straits to the Black Sea, where the ship has docked at the port business of Sevastopol.

In addition, during the execution of the task of further hike navigator UK "Smolny" will pay a business call ports several foreign countries.

On board the "Smolny" There are more than 300 cadets from the Baltic Naval Institute, the Naval Corps of Peter the Great, the Naval Polytechnic Institute, the Black Sea Higher Naval School named after PS Nakhimov and the State Marine Technical University.