On Friday in the early morning hours, the Russian Ropucha class large landing ship Alexander Otrakovski returned from her Syrian deployment. Her companion Alexander Shabalin was in Alexandria, Egypt for the Russian Egyptian joint naval exercise Friendship Bridge 2015. On the same day later in the afternoon the tug Shaktar returned to the Mediterranean. She was... Continue Reading →
Last week the Russia and Egypt conducted their first joint naval exercise named Friendship Bridge 2015. The 8 day long drills started when all participant arrived in port of Alexandria on 6 June 2015. As part of the exercises, Russian and Egyptian warships, working with air support, are expected to protect shipping lanes from various threats and conduct live fire... Continue Reading →
M-262 TCG Enez, Engin class mine hunter from Turkish Navy is taking part in Italian mine warfare exercise Italian Minex 2015 as part of NATO SNMCMG-2. The training involves all the staff and facilities of the strength of mine countermeasures based in La Spezia and forces European and NATO mine countermeasures, including Spain, Germany, France,... Continue Reading →
Today the Russian Ropuchas were active. One of the Baltic Fleet's ships 130 Konolev made her northbound passage. It's the first time she was deployed in this region and first time she will take part in cargo hauling to Syria. Another ship that we have not seen for a long time was the south bound... Continue Reading →
Monsieur Louis, Martin-Vézian from Contemporary Issues & Geography (CIGeography) prepared this wonderful picture where you can visualize easily all nations and all warships taking part in Baltops exercise. According to media sources there are 49 warships taking part in Baltops 2015. The below list has 49 of them. Number Name Type Nationality FF-337 HMCS Frederiction Frigate... Continue Reading →
We had witnessed a lot of Russian naval traffic in the last 4 days. First the landing ships Azov and Novocharkassk returned from their Mediterranean deployment on Sunday. Immediately one day later a new couple of landing ships Alexander Shabalin and Alexander Otrakovski were observed making a southbound passage. And today the flagship of the Black Sea... Continue Reading →
Since I cannot see a Chinese warship often, I tried to take as many photos as I can make. My knowledge of Chinese naval sensors and weapons is very limited. Thus I welcome any additional information about them.
I think we are witnessing a rare moment in naval diplomacy. Turkish and Chinese Naval Forces are conducting reciprocal port visits. Turkish Gabya class frigate F-495 TCG Gediz arrived at a naval port in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, on May 22, 2015 for a 3-day visit. As reported earlier she is on an... Continue Reading →
We had a lovely weekend for ship spotters in Istanbul. On Saturday, the Russian landing ships Alexander Otrakovski and Alexander Shabalin made their northbound passage. The ships seem to be loaded. That is of course my speculation. But if they were loaded what would they be bringing back on their Syrian Express deployment? Shortly after... Continue Reading →
Date Number Name Direction Nationality 20.5.2015 151 Azov Southbound Russia 20.5.2015 142 Novocharkassk Southbound Russia 19.5.2015 808 Pytliviy Southbound Russia 15.5.2015 121 Moskva Southbound Russia 14.5.2015 547 Linyi Southbound China 14.5.2015 109 Weifang Southbound China 14.5.2015 616 Samum Southbound Russia 12.5.2015 151 Azov Northbound China 12.5.2015 142 Novocharkassk Northbound China 4.5.2015 547 Linyi Northbound... Continue Reading →
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