Date Number Name Direction Nationality 21.1.2015  156 Yamal Northbound Russia 21.1.2015 110 Alexander Shabalin Northbound Russia 21.1.2015 PM-56 PM-56 Northbound Russia 19.1.2015 Shaktar Northbound Russia 19.1.2015 KIL-158 Northbound Russia 19.1.2015 150 Saratov Northbound Russia 17.1.2015 131 Moskva Northbound Russia 14.1.2015 75 USS Donald Cook Southbound USA 13.1.2015 031 Aleksandr Otrakovski Northbound Russia 11.1.2015 PM-138... Continue Reading →

            Date Number Name Direction Nationality 19.1.2015 Shaktar Northbound Russia 19.1.2015 KIL-158 Northbound Russia 19.1.2015 150 Saratov Northbound Russia 17.1.2015 131 Moskva Northbound Russia 14.1.2015 75 USS Donald Cook Southbound USA 13.1.2015 031 Aleksandr Otrakovski Northbound Russia 11.1.2015 PM-138 PM-138 Southbound Russia 10.1.2015 156 Yamal Southbound Russia 10.1.2015 110 Alexander... Continue Reading →

  Today US Navy destroyer USS Donald Cook passed through the Bosphorus and ended her 21 days in the Black Sea. This year the list will be in reverse order: The older sightings will be at the bottom of the list. I think this will make reading the list easier. Date Number Name Direction Nationality... Continue Reading →

This year the list will be in reverse order: The older sightings will be at the bottom of the list. I think this will make reading the list easier. Date Number Name Direction Nationality 13.1.2015 031 Aleksandr Otrakovski Northbound Russia 11.1.2015 PM-138 PM-138 Southbound Russia 10.1.2015 156 Yamal Southbound Russia 10.1.2015 110 Alexander Shabalin Southbound... Continue Reading →

  I have reset the counter and started the list from the start. Today we have witnessed the south bound passage of two Russian warships Alligator class landing ship Saratov and Kashtan class buoy tender KIL-158. This year the list will be in reverse order: The older sightings will be at the bottom of the... Continue Reading →

  Today we have witnessed the southbound passage of the Russian Ropucha class large landing ship Aleksandr Otrakovski, from Russian Northern Fleet. This means, that she must have made a northbound passage in the past few days. That is thew only way for a ship of Northern Fleet to get to the Black Sea. We... Continue Reading →

Half an hour before the sun set, during a heavy rain, the US destroyer DDG-75 USS Donald Cock passed through the Bosphorus. This is her second deployment in 2014 to the Black Sea. Date Number Name Direction Nationality 02.01.2014 16 Georgiy Pobedonosets Northbound Russia 02.01.2014 156 Yamal Northbound Russia 18.01.2014 151 Azov Southbound Russia 18.01.2014... Continue Reading →

  Date Number Name Direction Nationality 02.01.2014 16 Georgiy Pobedonosets Northbound Russia 02.01.2014 156 Yamal Northbound Russia 18.01.2014 151 Azov Southbound Russia 18.01.2014 16 Georgiy Pobedonosets Southbound Russia 27.01.2014 102 Kaliningrad Southbound Russia 01.02.2014 151 Azov Northbound Russia 01.02.2014 16 Georgiy Pobedonosets Northbound Russia 05.02.2014 20 Mount Whitney Northbound USA 05.02.2014 50 Taylor Northbound USA... Continue Reading →

      The Russian large landing ship 151 Azov and the buoy tender KIL-158 returned to the Black Sea on 4 December 2014. Date Number Name Direction Nationality 02.01.2014 16 Georgiy Pobedonosets Northbound Russia 02.01.2014 156 Yamal Northbound Russia 18.01.2014 151 Azov Southbound Russia 18.01.2014 16 Georgiy Pobedonosets Southbound Russia 27.01.2014 102 Kaliningrad Southbound Russia... Continue Reading →

  The Russian large landing ship 151 Azov left the Black Sea after a long period of absence. this will be the third deployment of this ship in 2014. The Baltic Fleet warship 110 Kaliningrad, which was very active this year in Syrian Express Operations, is returning to the Baltic Fleet. This explains why her companion Novocharkassk,... Continue Reading →