As USA, UK and France are trying to mobilize their parliaments and the public support for an intervention in Syria, Russian Udaloy class destroyer Admiral Panteleyev passed through the Turkish Straits and entered the Mediterranean on 1 September 2013. It is also reported that the intelligence gathering ship SSV-201 Priazovye is also sailing to the Mediterranean and... Continue Reading →
Not a day passes where we do not see yet another Russian warship in the Turkish Straits. Today, I was able -if only barely- to take photos of the Tarantul class corvette Burya as she was heading to Russia. She sailed to the Med ten days ago. I am sorry for the quality of the... Continue Reading →
The Alligator class landing ship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet,Nikolay Filchenkov passed on 17 August 2013 through the Bosphorus on her way back to the Black Sea. She was last seen in Bosphorus almost 3 weeks ago, again passing to the north. So in the mean time she must have gone south. And the... Continue Reading →
I am back from my holiday. So are the Russians. The Tarantul class corvette 955 Burya and the Ropucha class large landing ship 127 Minsk made a south bound passage through the Bosphorus on 11 August 2013. This passage was very interesting for me on two accounts. I did not had any information that the... Continue Reading →
As you can see from the photos I have taken on 26 July 2013 Friday, two more Russian warships have passed through the Turkish Straits. According to BBC, Russian Black Sea Fleet ships have to leave their base in Sevastopol, Ukraine and sail to international waters in order to a refill. Russia has stopped... Continue Reading →
Last week the Slava class cruiser of the Russian Black Sea Fleet 121 Moskva, the Boris Chilikin class replenishment tanker Ivan Bubnov and the Sorum class tug MB-304 passed through the Turkish Straits and entered to the Mediterranean. Upon completion of the trans-Atlantic move the ships will visit Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela, and then switch back... Continue Reading →
On 1 July I was able to witness the return of the two Russian Baltic Fleet landing ships 102 Kaliningrad and 110 Alexander Shabalin back to the Black Sea from their 10 day trip to the Mediterranean Sea. Both ships were last seen leaving Turkish Straits on 20 June 2013. The Russian ships look like loaded but of course... Continue Reading →
Today two Ropucha class landing ships of the Russian Baltic Sea Fleet, 102 Kaliningrad, 110 Alexander Shabalin, passed through the Dardanelles and entered into the Aegean Sea. So this is the latest tally of Russian warship movements Date Number Name Direction 27/12/12 151 Azov Southbound 27/12/12 152 Nikolay Filchenkov Southbound 01/01/13 142 Novocharkassk Southbound 09/01/13 152... Continue Reading →
Today the Alligator class landing ship Nikolay Filchenkov from the Russian Black Sea Fleet passed through the Bosphorus and entered into the Marmara Sea. So this is the latest tally of Russian warship movements Date Number Name Direction 27/12/12 151 Azov Southbound 27/12/12 152 Nikolay Filchenkov Southbound 01/01/13 142 Novocharkassk Southbound 09/01/13 152 Nikolay Filchenkov Northbound 09/01/13... Continue Reading →
According to Turkish Anadolu Ajansı news agency, the Russian Vishnya (Project 864) class intelligence gathering ship Priazove, passed through the Dardanelles and entered into the Aegean. The destination of the ship was not declared but I would be surprised if the ship turns out anywhere but off Syrian coast. So this is the latest tally of Russian warship... Continue Reading →
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