Brazilian Navy’s training ship Brasil pays a visit to St. Petersburg in Aug 9-13. The ship moored at English Embankment at 10 am. Brasil is the most frequent guest among foreign ships calling at St. Petersburg; this is her 13th visit to the Russia’s “northern capital”.

Basically, the ship serves as a practice platform for naval cadets. Every year Brasil starts a long-range cruise in order to let cadets master their skills obtained in naval academy. For future naval officers, this long cruise is a final stage of training; they practice navigation, meteorology, tactics, emergency actions, ship steering, and everyday activities.