During the sandstorm with 40 kn winds in the Suez Canal on 23 March, "Kola" collided with the bulk carrier "Ark Royal" two hours prior to the container ship "Ever Given" running aground some 11 km further north, both ships sustaining slight damage. "Stoikiy", along with "Kola" and around 350 other ships on both sides of the canal, were forced to wait for the "Ever Given" to be refloated. "Stoikiy" and "Kola" are the only military vessels known to have been affected by the obstruction. At the time of the incident, maritime tracking website Vesselfinder.com temporarily misidentified "Kola" as "Stoikiy" (specifically "Russian Warship 545"); this was corrected on 25 March. As of 29 March, "Stoikiy" was still anchored in the Gulf of Suez.