Crew manned the Vasily Bykov state-of- the-art Black Sea Fleet patrol ship

The new ship is manned with contracted military personnel only. At present, the crew completes practical training in the Novorossiysk naval base ships.

The crew manning of the Vasily Bykov state-of- the-art patrol ship is completed at the Novorossiysk naval base. The crew consists of contracted military personnel who have been successfully trained in the Joint Naval Training Centre in Saint Petersburg.

At present, the crew completes practical training in the Novorossiysk naval base ships and is preparing to the new ship adoption, according to the press-office of the Ministry of Defense.
 

The Vasily Bykov patrol ship appearance // The Ministry of Defense press-office

The Vasily Bykov leading patrol ship was built at the Zelenodolsk A. Gorky shipyard and launched in 2017. The ship is currently in the final stage of the outfitting cycle and is preparing to factory and state acceptance trials.