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The Baltic Fleet was increased to two Fleets, the 4th Red-Banner Baltic Fleet and the 8th Red-Banner Baltic Fleet on 15 February 1946. However, during the post-Stalinist period and general reforms and downsizing in the Soviet Armed Forces the two fleets of the Baltic were again reduced, with many vessels, some built before the Revolution, were ...
The Ice Cruise of the Baltic Fleet (Russian: Ледовый поход Балтийского флота) was an operation which transferred the ships of the Baltic Fleet of the Imperial Russian Navy from their bases at Tallinn, at the time known as Reval (Russian: Ревель), and Helsinki to Kronstadt in 1918.
On 16 March 1971, the ship joined the 128th Brigade of the Baltic Fleet and, later that month undertook test firing of the Metel, although not all weapons were operational until 30 September. In the interim was the vessel's first voyage, from the Baltic to the Black Sea between 1 and 20 June. To ensure the smooth running of the ship so soon ...
The Winter War and the occupation of the Baltic states had left the Red Banner Baltic fleet in a strong position. It was the largest navy on the Baltic Sea (two battleships, two heavy cruisers, 19 destroyers, 68 submarines, and a naval air arm comprising 709 aircraft) with bases all along the Baltic coast as well as in Hanko .
The Russian Baltic Fleet played an important role during the October Revolution and Russian Civil War.During the October Revolution the sailors of the Baltic Fleet (renamed "Naval Forces of the Baltic Sea" in March 1918) [1] were among the most ardent supporters of Bolsheviks, and formed an elite among Red military forces.
After commissioning, the Soviet Navy assigned the ship to its Baltic Fleet and based it in Baltiysk. Storozhevoy was involved in a mutiny led by Valery Sablin in November 1975, after which it was assigned to the Pacific Fleet for the remainder of its career. It was decommissioned in June 2002.
Since 1995, numerous mine clearance operations have been carried out in Estonian waters in close co-operation with other navies of the Baltic Sea region in order to find and dispose ordnances and contribute to safe seagoing. In 2007 the Merevägi mineships fleet was modernized and equipped with Sandown class minehunters.
The ships were built in Szczecin, Poland for the Soviet Navy . Smolnyy (Смольный) - Launched 1976, Commissioned 1977, in service with the Baltic Fleet; Perekop (Перекоп) - Commissioned 1978, in service with the Baltic Fleet