{"id":25057,"date":"2022-11-10T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-10T09:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marineforum.online\/?p=25057"},"modified":"2025-09-29T21:15:29","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T19:15:29","slug":"russian-training-ship-on-the-northern-route-back-in-the-baltic-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marineforum.online\/en\/russisches-schulschiff-auf-der-nordroute-zurueck-in-der-ostsee\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian training ship on the northern route back in the Baltic Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">On 29 October 2022, the Russian Navy training ship RFS Smolniy (300) returned to the <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">from a training voyage lasting several months from the Far East via the Northern Sea Route, <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">into the Baltic Sea <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">back.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25059\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25059\" style=\"width: 337px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-25059\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/rus-Smolniy7-nitz22-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"337\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/rus-Smolniy7-nitz22-200x300.jpg 200w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/rus-Smolniy7-nitz22-683x1024.jpg 683w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/rus-Smolniy7-nitz22-768x1152.jpg 768w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/rus-Smolniy7-nitz22-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/rus-Smolniy7-nitz22-1366x2048.jpg 1366w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/rus-Smolniy7-nitz22-1080x1620.jpg 1080w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/rus-Smolniy7-nitz22-360x540.jpg 360w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/rus-Smolniy7-nitz22-750x1125.jpg 750w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/rus-Smolniy7-nitz22-1140x1710.jpg 1140w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/rus-Smolniy7-nitz22.jpg 1513w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 337px) 100vw, 337px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25059\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\"Smolniy\", bridge view with \"Z\". Photo: Michael Nitz<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The ship, which displaces 7,270 tonnes and is 138 metres long, left Kronstadt on 1 August 2022 and reached Vladivostok on 15 September 2022. The distance covered during the project is approximately 15,000 nautical miles. Ports visited during the training voyage included, among others <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Baltiysk, Severomorsk, the Solovetsky Islands and Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">With two 76mm twin guns, two AK-230 30mm close-in twin guns and two RBU-2500 submarine-bomb launchers, the unit, which is part of the Russian Navy's Project 887, has a considerable armament for a training ship, although it is no longer state-of-the-art.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">With the departure from Vladivostok on 21 September 2022, the ship, which was commissioned in 1977, began its return to the Baltic Sea with up to 330 cadets on board. The voyage included supply stops lasting several days in Vilyuchinsk (near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy) and Severomorsk as well as a stop in Baltiysk before reaching Kronstadt.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Note the white \"Z\" prominently painted on the superstructure on the port and starboard sides.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25060\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25060\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-25060 size-full\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/rus-Smolniy33-nitz22-e1667992781138.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"744\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/rus-Smolniy33-nitz22-e1667992781138.jpg 1920w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/rus-Smolniy33-nitz22-e1667992781138-300x116.jpg 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/rus-Smolniy33-nitz22-e1667992781138-1024x397.jpg 1024w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/rus-Smolniy33-nitz22-e1667992781138-768x298.jpg 768w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/rus-Smolniy33-nitz22-e1667992781138-1536x595.jpg 1536w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/rus-Smolniy33-nitz22-e1667992781138-1080x419.jpg 1080w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/rus-Smolniy33-nitz22-e1667992781138-750x291.jpg 750w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/rus-Smolniy33-nitz22-e1667992781138-1140x442.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25060\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Russian training ship \"Smolniy\", top view. Photo: Michael Nitz<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">All pictures copyright by Michael Nitz, Naval Press Service.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Am 29. Oktober 2022 kehrte das Trainingsschiff RFS Smolniy (300) der russischen Marine von einer mehrmonatigen Ausbildungsfahrt aus dem Fernen Osten, der \u00fcber die Northern Sea Route f\u00fchrte, in die Ostsee zur\u00fcck. Das 7.270 Tonnen verdr\u00e4ngende und 138 Meter lange Schiff hatte Kronstadt am 01. August 2022 verlassen und erreichte Vladivostok am 15. September 2022. 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