On August 20, 2015 Alligator class landing the ship Nikolay Filchenkov made one of her passages through Istanbul. The event was not worth of remembering if there was no cargo on deck of the ship. During their previous passages Russian landing ships never had cargo on their top deck. It is worth Thus to look... Continue Reading →
Turkish Coast Guard hosted the international exercise Black Sea Hawk, in Istanbul. The two-day exercise started on 18 August 2015 and ended the next day. The aim of this exercise was to increase and improve the workability and cooperation agreement between the Security Services of the Black Sea nations. Border Police and Coast Guard units from... Continue Reading →
This week we have witnessed the return of the Russian warships which took part in the joint Russian - Egyptian naval exercise. First the flagship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet the Slava class cruiser Moskva returned from her 76 day deployment in the Mediterranean. Two day later the Nanuchka class corvette Mizrah passed through... Continue Reading →
On 19 August 2015, the Russian tug SB-921 Paradoks, towed the Tarantul class missile corvette R-32 to Russia. The corvette made headlines when she was handed over to Egyptian Navy on 10 August 2015. According to official statements the handing of the corvette was seen as a confirmation of the cooperation and strategic partnership between... Continue Reading →
Ten days ago, frigate TCG Gemlik left her home port Aksaz Naval Base for a deployment in the Gulf of Aden. She will escort merchant ships and protect civilian ships from possible pirate attacks. She will act as the flagship of the multinational task force CTF-151 between 27 August and 21 December 2015. During that... Continue Reading →
The sail training ship of Mexican Navy ARM Cuauhtémoc ended her 4 day visit in Istanbul on 14 August 2015. She is currently underway to Malta. The last time when, ARM Cuauhtémoc was in Istanbul was in 2011. According to Wikipedia she is named named for the last Mexica Hueyi Tlatoani Cuauhtémoc who was captured and... Continue Reading →
On 13 August 2015, a Turkish Navy, Gür or Preveze class submarine was sighted passing through Bosphorus. Since Turkish Navy stopped painting the pennant number of the submarines on their hulls, it is impossible to identify each individual submarine anymore. While this new painting scheme helps the submarines to blend and prevents IR/FLIR/LLTV using trackers or... Continue Reading →
Date Number Name Direction Nationality 8.8.2015 151 Azov Southbound Russia 8.8.2015 158 Tsezar Kunikov Southbound Russia 7.8.2015 130 Korolev Northbound Russia 7.8.2015 152 Nikolay Filchenkov Northbound Russia 2.8.2015 Liman Southbound Russia 31.7.2015 158 Tsezar Kunikov Northbound Russia 30.7.2015 L-177 HS Rodos Northbound Greece 29.7.2015 130 Korolev Southbound Russia 29.7.2015 RB-365 RB-365 Northbound Russia 25.7.2015 P-68... Continue Reading →
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 →
The two ship strong Standing NATO Maritime Group-1 left Istanbul this morning. SNMG-1 arrived in Istanbul on 24 July 2015, for a four day visit after spending 21 days in Black Sea with extensive training with Bulgarian and Romanian navies. Unlike their previous passage through the Bosphorus, this time the ships sailed in broad day... Continue Reading →
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