Russian Navy Rescue Vessel EPRON transits Istanbul strait towards Black Sea Feb 17, 2022

Built in 1959 at Mykolaiv, Shipyard 445 61 Kommunara on Inhul river, Russian Navy Black Sea Fleet 145th Rescue Ship Squads Project 527M Prut class rescue and salvage vessel EPRON ЭПРОН (exMB26) returning from 35 days Mediterranean deployment transited Istanbul strait on February 17, 2022 towards Black Sea. Equipped with heavyduty derricks, submersible recompression chambers, rescue chambers bells, as well as Tiger ROV Panthera Plus ROV Systems, the ship was designed to perform salvage, lifting, towing, offship firefighting, manned diving operations and emergency repairs to stranded or disabled vessels. ℹ ℹ