The passage of the Russian diesel-electric submarine through the Bay of Biscay forced the French Navy to send a frigate to "intercept" the submarine
France was forced to raise a naval helicopter and send the frigate to the Bay of Biscay, where a Russian diesel-electric submarine was spotted moving on the surface, escorted by a tugboat. This was reported by the press service of the maritime prefecture of the Atlantic region.
According to the prefecture, the Russian diesel-electric submarine "Novorossiysk" from the Black Sea fleet and the accompanying sea tug "Sergey Balk" was noticed in the Bay of Biscay opposite the French coast. To intercept the submarine, the multi-purpose frigate of the French Navy Normandie was sent, which lifted a Caiman helicopter into the air. In which direction the Russian submarine was heading is not reported. There are also no other details of "interception" and further escort.
- said in a statement.
Presumably, Novorossiysk is making an inter-fleet transition from the Black Sea to the Baltic Sea, possibly for scheduled maintenance at the Kronstadt Marine Plant.
Diesel-electric submarine "Novorossiysk" is the lead in a series of six Project 636.3 "Varshavyanka" submarines built for the Black Sea Fleet. Laid down on August 20, 2010 at the Admiralty Shipyards shipyard in St. Petersburg, launched on November 28, 2013, accepted into the Russian Navy on August 22, 2014, and on September 11, 2014 became part of the Black Sea Fleet.
- maritime prefecture of the Atlantic region
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