A destroyer from Russia's Pacific Fleet, which is taking part in anti-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden, arrived at a port in Bahrain for a three-day official visit, a Fleet spokesman said on Wednesday according to RIA Novosti.
The Admiral Panteleyev is an Udaloy-class missile destroyer armed with anti-ship missiles, 30-mm and 100-mm guns, and two Ka-27 Helix helicopters.
The destroyer seized in April a boat carrying 29 suspected pirates, believed to have been involved in the unsuccessful attack on a Russian-crewed oil tanker as it passed through the Gulf of Aden en route to Singapore.
Around 20 warships from the navies of at least a dozen countries are involved in anti-piracy operations off Somalia. According to the United Nations, Somali pirates carried out at least 120 attacks on ships in 2008, resulting in combined ransom payouts of around $150 million.
