On 29 September 2014, Sunday morning the two buddies, Ropucha Class landing ships Kaliningrad and Novacharssack returned from their Mediterranean deployment. While the Ropuchas were passing through the Dardanelles on 28 September 2014 they have seen the Udaloy class destroyer Vice-Admiral Kulakov heading to the Mediterranean. Date Number Name Direction Nationality 02.01.2014 16 Georgiy Pobedonosets Northbound... Continue Reading →
Today, in the morning hours, the Task Unit 2 of Standing NATO Maritime Group 2, consisting of the Canadian frigate F-333 HMCS Toronto and the Spanish frigate F-102 ESPS Almirante Juan de Borbón made their southbound passage through Bosphorus and left the Black Sea. With their departure , the French intelligence gathering Ship A-759 FS Dupuy De... Continue Reading →
Today we have witnessed a procession of different types of Turkish warships and a submarine to the Black Sea: While the reason(s) for their deployment to the Black Sea has not been public, it is safe to assume that some of them may engage with SNMG-2 ships still in the Black Sea. The below text... Continue Reading →
Today one of the two Dergach class warships of Russian Black Sea Fleet, 616 Samum made a southbound passage through the Bosphorus. Tomorrow she will presumable pass through the Dardanelles and move to the Aegean Sea. Her sister 615 Bora was one of the warships that was in Istanbul during the biannual defence exhibition IDEF... Continue Reading →
Usually spies try to be anonym and faceless. Not that spy. The French intelligence gathering ship A-759 Dupuy de Lôme has become a well know ship around this part of the world. Today she has passed through the Bosporus and entered the Black Sea for her 5th deployment in 2014. Date Number Name Direction Nationality... Continue Reading →
On 17 September 2014 two Russian landing ships, Kaliningrad and Novocharkassk passed through the Bosphorus on their way to the Mediterranean. This is the 8th deployment in 2014 for both ships. 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... 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 07.02.2014... 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 →
On 6 September 2014 Task Unit 2 of SNMG-2 consisting of F-102 ESPS Almirante Juan De Borbon and Canadian frigate FHH-333 HMCS Toronto entered into Black Sea. And on 7 September 2014 in the early morning the Russian Slava class cruiser 121 Moskva made her southbound passage through the Bosphorus. The deployment of the largest ship of... Continue Reading →
Standing NATO Maritime Group Two (SNMG-2) Task Unit 02 entered the Black Sea on 6 September 2014. According to NATO the SNMG-2 is made up from the following ships: USS Leyte Gulf, TCG Kemalreis, FGS Nidersachsen, HMCS Toronto and ESPS Almirante Juan De Borbon. Apparently this Maritime Group is sub divided into two task units as... Continue Reading →
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