Well it was a slow week. Only 4 foreign warships have been spotted. The list of the foreign warships passed through Istanbul Strait is here.

This is a double issue. The last two weeks was interesting for a ship spotter. First we have witnessed the semi yearly rotation of Amur class floating workships PM-138 and PM-56. One of them is stationed in Syria for 6 months. PM-138 made her southbound deployment and the relived PM-56 made her northbound passage a... Continue Reading →

Two Russian ships the civilian RO-RO Alexander Tkachenko and the auxiliary cargo ship Kazan-60 made their Mediterranean deployment this week. Both ships were loaded with military vehicles. There were 9 fuel trailers and 28 trucks (either GAZ-66 or ZIL-130). The cargo on Kazan-60 was hidden under camouflage netting thus identifying her exact cargo is not possible. However... Continue Reading →

Until Sunday afternoon four Russian Ropucha class landing ships and one auxiliary cargo ship are the only foreign warships that have passed through Istanbul Strait. But on Sunday afternoon Vishnaya class  intelligence gathering ship Priazove made her southbound passage making a nice distraction. The list of the foreign warships passed through Istanbul Strait is here.

The northbound passage of the Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 2 provided a change from the usual Russian landing ships. The task force made her northbound passage as well as Russian auxiliary cargo ship Dvinitsa-50 and Alexander Otrakovski. On the other hand, Azov, Minsk and Yamal made their southbound passage through Turkish Straits. The list of... Continue Reading →

The list of the foreign warships passed through Istanbul Strait is here.

The list of the foreign warships passed through Istanbul Strait is here.

The list of the foreign warships passed through Istanbul Strait is here.

  The list of the foreign warships passed through Istanbul Strait is here.

After a short lull at the Syrian Express deployments have resumed with the tandem south bound passage of Ropucha class landing ships Novocharkassk and Yamal. These two ships passed by the home bound cruiser Mosvka at the southern entrance of Istanbul Strait. Mosvka was stationed off the coast of Syria to provide sea-borne air defence... Continue Reading →