The Russian type designation is Floating repair-workshop.
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ATHENS, February 18 (Itar-Tass) -- A Russian naval repair ship on Monday had an engine failure during its run off the Greek coasts between the Icaria and Mykonos islands in the Aegean Sea, Itar-Tass learned from the Russian embassy in Athens on Monday.
“All is well aboard the ship that is a floating repair base to service naval ships,” an embassy official said. “The ship went adrift. Then it was decided to turn for assistance to the Greek side. In a gale the ship will be towed to safety where the sailors will repair it to continue on the way. The ship was on its way back home from the cruise in the Mediterranean.”
The embassy official said Greece had sent a tugboat, a naval frigate and a helicopter toward the Russian ship. The embassy has no direct communication with the ship and receives information from the Greek Navy and from the headquarters of the Russian Navy.
The floating repair base PM-138 of the Russian Black Sea Fleet on Monday went dead in the water in the Aegean Sea while on the run from Tartus, Syria, to Sevastopol, Itar-Tass learned in Moscow from Captain First Class Igor Dygalo, the chief of the information and public relations service of the Russian Navy.
“According to preliminary information, the engine failure was caused by the gale in the Aegean Sea,” the navy’s spokesman said. “There are no armaments on board the floating repair base. The crew feels satisfactorily. The seas are rather rough with wind velocity about 15-17 metres per second.”
Dygalo said the naval command had informed Greece and Turkey of the situation by diplomatic channels. The Greek frigate Babulina and tugboat Teklos and a helicopter of the Turkish Navy had been sent toward the PM-138 floating repair base.