KALININGRAD, June 7. /TASS/. The Admiral Essen first production-standard Project 11356 frigate was commissioned for service with the Russian Navy on Tuesday.

The Russian Navy flag was hoisted onboard the frigate in a ceremony at the Yantar Shipyard in the westernmost port of Kaliningrad. The new ship will be assigned to the Black Sea Fleet.

"We are very satisfied with the ship. It has a balanced weapons suite - an artillery system, the sophisticated Kalibr [NATO reporting name: SS-N-27 Sizzler] missile system and a well-balanced up-to-date Shtil-1 [SA-N-12 Grizzly] surface-to-air missile system," Navy’s Shipbuilding Department Chief Vladimir Tryapichnikov said after the ceremony.