Yesterday, those who were lucky witnessed the northbound passage of the Udaloy class destroyer Admiral Levchenko. As all Udaloy class destroyer are stationed either in Northern Fleet or in Pacific Fleet we do not seem them often here in Istanbul. Admiral Levchenko is a Northern Fleet unit. That means she will soon make a south... Continue Reading →
On May Day, when the world was either celebrating or protesting, the Russian Kashin class destroyer Smetlivy made a southbound passage through Bosphorus. Date Number Name Direction Nationality 02.01.2014 16 Georgiy Pobedonosets Northbound Russian 02.01.2014 156 Yamal Northbound Russian 18.01.2014 151 Azov Southbound Russian 18.01.2014 16 Georgiy Pobedonosets Southbound Russian 27.01.2014 102 Kaliningrad Southbound Russian... Continue Reading →
I have made a small adjustment to my list of Russian Warship Movement. I have extended and updated the list to cover all foreign warships passing through Turkish Straits. From now on there will be just one list showing as best as I can do the foreign warships passing through Turkish Straits. Date Number Name... Continue Reading →
The list of Russian warship movements in 2014: Date Number Name Direction 02/01/14 016 Georgiy Pobedonosets Northbound 02/01/14 156 Yamal Northbound 18/01/14 016 Georgiy Pobedonosets Southbound 18/01/14 151 Azov Southbound 27/01/14 102 Kaliningrad Southbound 01/02/14 016 Georgiy Pobedonosets Northbound 01/02/14 151 Azov Northbound 07/02/14 810 Smetlivy Northbound 10/02/14 016 Georgiy Pobedonosets Southbound 10/02/14 151... Continue Reading →
I have written the following text for the Turkish online defence magazine C4 Defence in Turkish. It was published in the March Issue. Since it was also published in web site Second Line of Defense, I'm publishing it here. As I have delivered the text in Turkish, the English translation was without my influence. There are... Continue Reading →
On 24 April 2014 in the early morning hours, the US destroyer USS Donald Cook made a southbound passage through the Bosphorus and left the Black Sea. With the departure of USS Donald Cook, US frigate USS Taylor and the French intelligence gathering ship FS Dupuy de Lôme have remained in the region.
44 days later US Navy frigate FFG-50 USS Taylor returned to the Black Sea. On her own power. The Perry class frigate was deployed to the Black Sea before the 2014 Sochi Olympic Games started. USS Taylor and the flag-ship of the US 6th Fleet USS Mount Whitney were send to the Black Sea to help with the evacuation... Continue Reading →
On 21 April the Russian RIA Novosti website published an article speculating that US military-trained dolphins and sea lions will participate in upcoming NATO military exercises in the Black Sea. And the source of this speculation was a report on Russian Izvestiya newspaper. The paper, citing a spokesman for the US Navy’s marine mammals program,... Continue Reading →
Yesterday, on 17 April 2014, 3 Ropucha class landing ships have made a southbound passage trough Bosphorus. Either Mr. Assad is in dire need for Russian supplies and weapons or this is a diversion attempt from the Ukrainian crises. The list of Russian warship movements in 2014: Date Number Name Direction 02/01/14 016 Georgiy Pobedonosets Northbound... Continue Reading →
On 11 April 2014, Friday the Amur class repair ship from Russian Black Sea Fleet PM-138 passed through Bosphorus on her Syrian deployment. This means that PM-56 currently stationed in Tartus Syria will be returning home soon. The list of Russian warship movements in 2014: Date Number Name Direction 02/01/14 016 Georgiy Pobedonosets Northbound 02/01/14... Continue Reading →
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