At night of July 23-24, tugboats of Port Fleet CJSC towed three naval ships along the Neva river under St. Petersburg bridges.

The small gunship Makhachkala, corvette Boykiy and diesel-electric submarine Saint-Petersburg were placed in front of the Admiralty and the Bronze Horseman for participation in festive activities dedicated to the Navy Day.

6 tugboats were deployed for towing: Yevgeniy Kocheshkov, Neptun, Leonid Bochkov, Petergof, Pavlovsk and Uran.

On July 23, the military ships arrived from Kronshtadt to embankments of Saint-Petersburg (English embankment and Lieutenant Shmidt embankment) escorted by the tugboats of RF Navy. Further assistance along the Neva towards the city centre was carried out by tugboats of Port Fleet CJSC when the bridges were raised in Saint-Petersburg.

Backward towing was used for the night of July 29-30, upon completion of the holiday celebrations. RF Navy Day is traditionally celebrated on the last Sunday of July. This year it fell on July 28.

Fluidmecanica has supplied the towing machine for these ships.

The characteristics of Anchor + towing windlass are the following:

Anchorage:

Nominal pull        27 kN

Speed                     0-11 m/min

Chain                     17.5 mm, grade 2

Towing drum:

Pull                         100 kN

Speed                     0-0.12 m/s

Rope capacity      130 m, Ø50 mm

Drum belt brake keeping force                      847 kN