“The solemn ritual of the first ascent of the St. Andrew’s flag on the anti-mine ship of the new generation“ Ivan Antonov ”was held on board the ship moored at berth number 2 of the Baltic naval base, on the contrary, symbolically, a monument to the founder of the Russian fleet Peter the First,” TASS reports.
In April 2018, it was reported that the ship "Ivan Antonov" was launched at the Sredne-Nevsky Shipbuilding Plant in St. Petersburg.
This ship is designed to search and destroy mines in the waters of naval bases. Its displacement is 890 tons, length - 61 meters, width - 10 meters. The speed of the vessel at full displacement is 16.5 knots. Its crew consists of 44 people.