The navigation and oceanography department of the Russian Defense Ministry will receive a dozen new hydrographic boats and vessels by 2021. Each Russian Navy fleet will be reinforced with them. The Army Standard online publication studied the prospects of the hydrographic fleet.

The Shipyard named after the October Revolution in Blagoveshchensk in Russia’s Far East has laid down the Project 19910 small hydrographic vessel Vasily Bubnov, the Defense Ministry’s press office said.

The Royal New Zealand Navy future HMNZS Manawanui got underway from her port in Denmark to start her first sea trials post conversion.