Britain has placed a Royal Navy ship in the Black Sea – News on UNN

KYIV. December 18th UNN. Yesterday, December 17, the ship HMS Echo (H87) entered the Black Sea, the British Royal Navy. [196459002] "The visit to the Black Sea takes place as part of an agreement reached on November 21, 2018 between Ukraine and Britain during the visit to London of the Minister of Defense of the Ukraine, Steven Poltorak, "the statement said.

In November of this year, British Secretary of Defense Gavin Williamson declared that in order to demonstrate his support for Colombia, the HMS Echo (H87) will be deployed in 2019 on the Black Sea, [19659002] Through the Russian ostrennya aggression against Ukrainian sailors and their pleasure in the neutral waters of the Black Sea, Britain has fulfilled its promise before. Thus, the HMS Echo (H87) became the first warship of NATO not to have access to the Black Sea since the beginning of the Kerch crisis.

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The main objective of the HMS Echo (H87) is to conduct hydrographic operations or experimental geodesics (including in the interests of the submarine fleet) and support amphibious operations, as well as the use of maritime operations as a ship, application (in this case, it is possible to increase ting crew to 81 people) research and identification of underwater objects. The ship enjoys better conditions of comfort for the crew, which is located in double cabins (with the exception of the commander and his assistant living in single cabins). To carry out the assigned tasks, Enterprise is equipped with the most advanced systems, including: lateral scanners, multibeam and one-eyed sounders, equipment for searching water samples at different depths and soils, magnetometer, mapping and seabed monitoring, etc. There is also a hydrographic boat that can operate with a certain autonomy with respect to the vehicle carrier.

Remember that in 2019, the United Kingdom will place a Royal Navy vessel in the Black Sea to demonstrate its support for freedom of navigation in the region.