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Cruise ship "Sapphire"
("Szafire") accommodated more than 300 participants of the
International Meeting of submariners. |
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Official part began.
American submarine veteran Richard Fyten
makes a speech |
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British submariner Peter
Johnson and his daughter Pamela |
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Introducing of high
ranks. Admiral Panikarovskiy, Russian Navy |
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The oldest participant
of the Meeting, 95 years old American sub-veteran Jack Stevenson |
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Submariners love to sing
a song sometimes. |
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Admiral Bruce de Mars,
US Navy. |
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Admiral Ponikarovskiy
awards the "Submariner wife" star to a submariners spouse. |
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Tree submarine Admirals;
Genadiy Suchkov, Bogdan Maljarchuk and Bruce de Mars |
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Russian naval boat
getting ready to lay the wreath on water. |
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Bear for the ceremony! |
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Boat laid the wreath on
water |
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Minute of silence |
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Admiral Suchkov awarding
Russian submariners with " The 100-th centennial of the Russian
submarine force" medal |
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Just have been awarded |
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On the bridge of the
"Sapphire" |
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"Sapphir" has been
moored. Participants are descending ashore |
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Mayor of Kronshtadt
Victor Surikov and St.Petersburg Submariners' Club Chairman Igor Kurdin |
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Mayor of Kronshtadt
Victor Surikov meets his guests on-shore of Kronshtadt naval base. |
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Gala dinner onboard of "Sapphir"
after the tour round Kronshtadt |
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Veteran of WWII , US
submarine-veteran Theodore Foster and his son Michael |
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Donald and Elizabeth
Gregg |
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Admiral Jorge Ardiles,
Chilean Navy and his wife Daphne rising a toast for submariners |
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US submarine-veterans Ed
Kracker and John Sranford with his son Gregory |
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American submarine
veteran Ken Johnson accepts birthday greetings. |
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Admiral Ponikarovskiy
has been awarded with Russian navy lieutenant epaulets |
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