Since last update we have witnessed passage of one Greek attack craft, one Spanish and one Portuguese frigates and one Russian naval tug being tow. There is unfortunately no photo from the later. Number Name Direction Nationality 29.7.2015 RB-365 RB-365 Northbound Russia 25.7.2015 P-68 HS Daniolos Southbound Greece 24.7.2015 F-334 NRP D. Francisco de Almeida Southbound... Continue Reading →
Since last update we have witnessed passage of two Greek attack craft, 2 Russian landing ships and one Russian factory ship. HS Aittitos was the first of the Greek warships to pass through the Turkish Straits. She went north to take part in the naval exercise Breeze 2015 organised by Bulgaria and returned home when... Continue Reading →
In, the last 4 days we have again witnessed an increased activity of warships passing through Turkish Straits. On 1 July 2015 very late in the evening Spanish mine hunter passed though Bosphorus and deployed to Varna Bulgaria. She was in Erdek for the Change of Command Ceremony of NATO Mine Countermeasures Group Two .... Continue Reading →
Number Name Direction Nationality 24.6.2015 158 Tsezar Kunikov Southbound Russia 24.6.2015 152 Nikolay Filchenkov Northbound Russia 22.6.2015 031 Alexander Otrakovski Southbound Russia 22.6.2015 130 Korolev Southbound Russia 21.6.2015 58 USS Laboon Northbound USA 21.6.2015 A-759 Dupuy De Lôme Northbound France 20.6.2015 Kildin Southbound Russia 18.6.2015 142 Novocharkassk Northbound Russia 18.6.2015 158 Tsezar Kunikov Northbound Russia... Continue Reading →
This week end we have witness the passage of the Russian and French intelligence gathering ships Kildin and Dupuy De Lôme in opposite directions. The US destroyer USS Laboon was also seen passing to the Black Sea Today. Number Name Direction Nationality 21.6.2015 58 USS Laboon Northbound USA 21.6.2015 A-759 Dupuy De Lôme Northbound France... Continue Reading →
Today we have seen the southbound passage of Alligator class landing ship Nikolay Filchenkov. This is the third Mediterranean deployment of this ship in 2015. Number Name Direction Nationality 16.6.2015 152 Nikolay Filchenkov Southbound Russia 12.6.2015 Shaktar Southbound Russia 12.6.2015 031 Alexander Otrakovski Northbound Russia 7.6.2015 158 Tsezar Kunikov Southbound Russia 7.6.2015 142 Novocharkassk Southbound... Continue Reading →
On Friday in the early morning hours, the Russian Ropucha class large landing ship Alexander Otrakovski returned from her Syrian deployment. Her companion Alexander Shabalin was in Alexandria, Egypt for the Russian Egyptian joint naval exercise Friendship Bridge 2015. On the same day later in the afternoon the tug Shaktar returned to the Mediterranean. She was... Continue Reading →
Today the Russian Ropuchas were active. One of the Baltic Fleet's ships 130 Konolev made her northbound passage. It's the first time she was deployed in this region and first time she will take part in cargo hauling to Syria. Another ship that we have not seen for a long time was the south bound... Continue Reading →
We had witnessed a lot of Russian naval traffic in the last 4 days. First the landing ships Azov and Novocharkassk returned from their Mediterranean deployment on Sunday. Immediately one day later a new couple of landing ships Alexander Shabalin and Alexander Otrakovski were observed making a southbound passage. And today the flagship of the Black Sea... Continue Reading →
We had a lovely weekend for ship spotters in Istanbul. On Saturday, the Russian landing ships Alexander Otrakovski and Alexander Shabalin made their northbound passage. The ships seem to be loaded. That is of course my speculation. But if they were loaded what would they be bringing back on their Syrian Express deployment? Shortly after... Continue Reading →
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