MOSCOW, October 22. /TASS/. The Russian Navy’s Baltic Fleet training ship Perekop has completed an unofficial visit to the port of Walvis Bay in the Republic of Namibia, the Baltic Fleet’s press service reported.

"The Baltic Fleet’s training ship Perekop has concluded an unofficial visit to the port of Walvis Bay in the Republic of Namibia and has resumed its long-range navigation mission. Representatives of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in the Republic of Namibia and members of the Namibian Navy saw the ship off," the statement says.

Cadets from the Admiral Ushakov Baltic Naval Institute are completing navigation training aboard the ship. Four cadets from the Republic of Namibia have boarded the ship to participate in the navigation training. In addition, cadets from the Congo, Cameroon, and Guinea are expected to join the ship along the route.

The training voyage of the ship Perekop began in early July and will continue until mid-December. In total, the ship is set to travel approximately 30,000 nautical miles. Its route passes through the Northern Sea Route, four oceans, 14 seas, 23 straits, and nine gulfs. According to the deployment plan, the ship is scheduled to visit 11 ports in foreign countries.