Ukrainian Frigate Hetman Sahaidachny Passed Through Turkish Straits

The flagship of the Ukrainian Navy, the Krivak III (Project 1135.1) class frigate Hetman Sahaidachny passed through the Turkish Straits today and is now in the Black Sea. I have no information about her destination. It can be Sevastopol or Odessa. We will know better tomorrow. The ship was doing anti piracy operations first with the CTF-151 and... Continue Reading →

Russian Warship Movements Through Turkish Straits (Part 42)

The Alligator class landing ship 150 Saratov and the Ropucha class landing ships 156 Yamal have passed through the Bosphorus this morning are now in the Black Sea. Whether they are heading to Sevastopol or Novorossiysk is not clear at the moment. The list of Russian warship movements in 2014: Date Number Name Direction 02/01/14... Continue Reading →

USS Mount Whitney Left Istanbul

After a well deserved 3 day port visit in Istanbul at quarter to 9:00 am, the flagship of the 6. US Fleet, USS Mount Whitney left Istanbul heading towards the Mediterranean. This is the formal end of the US Navy's Olympic Games Deployment. USS Taylor is still in Samsun harbour in the meantime. The fate... Continue Reading →

UPDATED: Russian Warship Movements Through Turkish Straits (Part 41)

Today, two Ropucha class landing ship from Russian Navy passed through Bosphorus returning from their Syrian deployment. As the political crisis in Ukraine particular in Crimea is increasing it is possible that Russian Navy wanted these valuable assets closer to home. According to the blog Warships On Bosphorus two more Russian ships started their Syrian... Continue Reading →

USS Mount Whitney In Istanbul

After drawing endless circles in the water for 20 days between 4 and 24 February 2014, the flagship of the 6th US Navy Fleet, USS Mount Whitney have arrived in Istanbul. To be honest I was expecting her to pass through the Bosphorus and head straight for Mediterranean but she is conducting a well deserved... Continue Reading →

UPDATED: Russian Warship Movements Through Turkish Straits (Part 40)

Today, two Ropucha class landing ship from Russian Navy passed through Bosphorus for their Syrian deployment. Unfortunately I was not able to identify the ships as I watched them through the web cam. I appreciate any information regarding these ships. UPDATE: These ships are Georgiy Pobedonosets and Azov. Here is a photo gallery of them... Continue Reading →

Finaly: US Navy Warships On Black Sea

After week of discussions and very cold war like tug of words between Russia and USA, two US Navy warships have passed through the Turkish Straits. The first ship, LCC-20 USS Mount Whitney, the flag-ship of the US 6. Fleet made her passage on 4 February 2014. The second ship turned out to be not... Continue Reading →

Russian Warship Movements Through Turkish Straits (Part 39)

Today, during an awful winter storm the Russian large landing ship 102 Kaliningrad passed through the Bosphorus. 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 I have archived the... Continue Reading →

Turkish Warships On Bosphorus

The Dost class OPV of Turkish Coast Guard and one unidentified Turkish submarine were seen passing through the Bosphorus on 21 January 2013.

Russian Warship Movements Through Turkish Straits (Part 38)

Yesterday two Russian Ropucha class large landing ships passed through Dardanelles on their deployment to Syria.  One of them was 016 Georgiy Pobedonosets, from Baltic Fleet, the other was 151 Azov from Black Sea Fleet. 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... Continue Reading →

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