The list of the foreign warships passed through Istanbul Strait is here.

  The list of the foreign warships passed through Istanbul Strait is here.

After a short lull at the Syrian Express deployments have resumed with the tandem south bound passage of Ropucha class landing ships Novocharkassk and Yamal. These two ships passed by the home bound cruiser Mosvka at the southern entrance of Istanbul Strait. Mosvka was stationed off the coast of Syria to provide sea-borne air defence... Continue Reading →

A new year starts with a new list. But this year there will be a few small changes to the routine. The list will be permanently displayed on the "Foreign Warship On Bosphorus in 2016" page. I am not going to repeat the list of warships on my blog posts. The updates on the blog... Continue Reading →

This is going to be the last update of this year. The Russian auxiliary cargo ship Kyzyl-60 (ex M/V Symrna) passed through Turkish Straits being towed by tug MB-31. Kyzyl-60 was last seen sailing under her own power on 11 December 2015. The ship was sold to Russia a few months ago and with other auxiliary... Continue Reading →

Since the last update the only non-Russian warship to pass through Turkish Straits was USS Ross. She left Black Sea and returned to Mediterranean on 17 December 2015. USS Ross spend 14 days in the Black Sea participating in various exercises with allied navies. The passages of Russian warships were uneventful, there were no sailors... Continue Reading →

Today the second improved Kilo class submarine of the Black Sea Fleet Rostov-na-Donu made her inaugural passage through Istanbul. It was interesting to watch her sail 4 day after she had fired an undisclosed number of Kalibr (3M-14) submarine launched cruise missiles towards targets in Syria, from Eastern Mediterranean. As usual she was not alone.... Continue Reading →

On 3rd December 2015 the US Navy destroyer USS Ross returned to the Black Sea after 183 days. Her latest deployment to the region was in July.  One of the most discussed topics after the shooting down of a Russian Su-24 by Turkish F-16 was whether Turkey would allow Russian warships to pass through the... Continue Reading →

The south bound return of HMS Duncan on 15 November 2015, created a nice diversion from the usual foreign warships passing through Turkish Straits. The Bulgarian frigate Drazki returned from her deployment in the Mediterranean. She took part in NATO exercise Trident Juncture and sailed with NATO SNMG-2 task force. The Moma class intelligence gathering ship... Continue Reading →

Last week we have witnessed something rare: A British warship, Type 45 class destroyer HMS Duncan heading to the Black Sea. As she passed through Istanbul Strait well after sunset, thus her photo is a little bit dark. But here are a couple of photos of her, when she was in Çanakkale in March this... Continue Reading →