Russian Landing Ship Azov On Her Second Syrian Deployment

According to eyewitnesses reports the large landing ship 151 Azov passed through the Bosphorus on her latest Southbound journey. I have made the following list to help us track the recent deployments of Russian ships through Turkish Straits. 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... Continue Reading →

Two More Russian Ships Passed Through Turkish Straits

More Russian warships passed through Dardanelles today. Two Ropucha class warships usually deployed in the Baltic Fleet 102 Kaliningrad and 110 Alexander Shabalin passed through Dardanelles on their north bound journey. The following warships are in the Eastern Mediterranean according to my tally: Slava class cruiser Mosvka, Kashin class destroyer Smetliy, Alligator class landing ship Saratov, Amur class... Continue Reading →

Another Russian Warship Is On Her Way Home

Another Russian warship is returning from the Eastern Mediterranean. On 12th January 2013,the Ropucha class large landing ship Novocherkassk passed through Dardanelles on her way to Russia. The ship spent 11 days in the Med. The following warships are in the Eastern Mediterranean according to my tally: Slava class cruiser Mosvka, Kashin class destroyer Smetliy, Alligator class... Continue Reading →

Russia Sends A New Warship To The Mediterranean

According to Russian interfax news agency one Alligator class large landing ship from Russian Black Sea Fleet, Saratov is on her way to the Eastern Med. MOSCOW. Jan 10 (Interfax-AVN) - The Saratov, a large landing ship from the Russian Black Sea Fleet, has passed through the straits and is headed to the eastern Mediterranean, toward the Russian Naval... Continue Reading →

The Russian Warships In Med, Started To Return To Their Bases

Two large amphibious ships of the Black Sea Fleet which took part in the operations in Eastern Mediterranean returned to the Black Sea today. The Ropucha class 151 Azov and the Alligator class 152 Nikolay Filchenkov, returned to the Black Sea today. Their southbound passage through the Bosphorus was on 27th December 2012. They spent 14 days... Continue Reading →

The Russian Warships In Eastern Mediterranean

On the last day of 2012 the Russian large landing ship Novocherkassk passed through the Bosphorus and on the first day of 2013 she entered into the Aegean, joining other Russian warships in the region. The following warships are in the Eastern Mediterranean according to my tally: Slava class cruiser Mosvka, Kashin class destroyer Smetliy,... Continue Reading →

Russian Destroyer Back In The Mediterranean?

Some Turkish online news portals reported that the Russian destroyer Smetlivy  returned back to the Mediterranean Sea on 19th October 2012. The Kashin Class destroyer was in the Mediterranean, of the coast of Syria in spring, between 2nd April 2012 and 31st May 2012. Her passage of that time was reported in detail in this blog at that time. Any additional information about the... Continue Reading →

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