In the morning hours on 4 October 2015 Istanbul welcomed a very rare visitor: the Indian Navy vessel INS Trikand. Despite being a large navy, Indian warships very seldom visit Istanbul. The Talwar (Project 1135.6) class frigate INS Trikand arrived in Istanbul for a 3 day port visit. The youngest ship of this class, INS... Continue Reading →
Turkish submarine TCG Preveze made a 3 day port visit in Durrës, Albania. She was returning from the NATO exercise Dynamic Manta 2015 in Italy. The submarine set sail for this deployment on 3 September 2015. Pursuant to the Plan of Cooperation between the Albanian and the Naval Forces of Turkey, arrived for a visit... Continue Reading →
It has been told that with the first payment by Turkey, the contract of th LPD project come into effect. The contract was signed on 7 May 2015 during the IDEF 2015. According to Jane's Naval International, with receipt of the first payment, construction work on the ship is scheduled to begin one year from... Continue Reading →
Last week we have saw a drastic increase in Russian warships movements through Turkish Straits. One ship Alexander Otrakovski returned to the Black Sea, while 6 other warships R-109, Ladny, Moskva, Saratov, Nikolay Filchenkov and KIL-158 made their southbound passage. The landings ship are on their cargo delivery missions whereas the larger warships are going to take... Continue Reading →
The first ship of the new landing ship class TCG Bayraktar will be launched by ADIK Shipyard on 3rd October 2015. Her construction started 17 months ago. The contract for the construction of a new LST’s was signed between Ministry of Defence and ADIK_Furtrans shipyard on 11 May 2011. The value of the contract is... Continue Reading →
The Russian Kashin class destroyer Smetlivy smoked her way to the Mediterranean on 19 September 2015. She was build in 1960's and is the first of class of warships that uses only gas turbines for propulsion. At the same time the buoy tender KIL-158 was returning the Black Sea and both ships passed each other... Continue Reading →
The Kilo class submarine Novorossiysk and her escort the salvage ship Sayany passed through Istanbul yesterday. Novorossiysk is a newly build submarine and is the first of the 6 submarines Russia wants to deploy to the Black Sea Fleet. Currently only one Kilo class submarine Alrosa is operational in the Russian Black Sea Fleet. Although... Continue Reading →
Date Number Name Direction Nationality 16.9.2015 Sayany Northbound Russia 16.9.2015 Novorossiysk Northbound Russia 15.9.2015 031 Alexander Otrakovski Southbound Russia 14.9.2015 151 Azov Southbound Russia 14.9.2015 158 Tsezar Kunikov Southbound Russia 13.9.2015 75 USS Donald Cook Southbound USA 10.9.2015 152 Nikolay Filchenkov Southbound Russia 9.9.2015 KIL-158 Southbound Russia 7.9.2015 150 Saratov Southbound Russia 4.9.2015 210 Smolny... Continue Reading →
The largest anti submarine warfare exercise NATO holds in the Mediterranean has started in Italy. The exercise Dynamic Manta formerly known as Noble Manta kicked on 12 September 2015 in Sicily. The Augusta Naval Base and the Sigonella Air Base in Catania are full with participating naval and air units. Submarines from France, Greece, Italy, Spain,... Continue Reading →
On 10 September 2015 the Russian Alligator class large landing ship Nikolay Filchenkov made another south bound passage through Turkish Straits. This is her second passage to the Mediterranean in 20 days. This was a faster turn around than usual. Like her last passage she had cargo on her deck again. Apart from one 6... Continue Reading →
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