Date Number Name Direction Nationality 19.1.2015 Shaktar Northbound Russia 19.1.2015 KIL-158 Northbound Russia 19.1.2015 150 Saratov Northbound Russia 17.1.2015 131 Moskva Northbound Russia 14.1.2015 75 USS Donald Cook Southbound USA 13.1.2015 031 Aleksandr Otrakovski Northbound Russia 11.1.2015 PM-138 PM-138 Southbound Russia 10.1.2015 156 Yamal Southbound Russia 10.1.2015 110 Alexander... Continue Reading →
Today, on a sunny winter day, with a solemn ceremony the Ada class corvette F-512 TCG Büyükada set sail to the Indian Ocean. On board are one S-72B Seahawk helicopter, tail number TCB-69, one naval special forces team and 124 sailors. During this 87 day deployment, TCG Büyükada will join the task force CTF-151... Continue Reading →
Today US Navy destroyer USS Donald Cook passed through the Bosphorus and ended her 21 days in the Black Sea. This year the list will be in reverse order: The older sightings will be at the bottom of the list. I think this will make reading the list easier. Date Number Name Direction Nationality... Continue Reading →
This year the list will be in reverse order: The older sightings will be at the bottom of the list. I think this will make reading the list easier. Date Number Name Direction Nationality 13.1.2015 031 Aleksandr Otrakovski Northbound Russia 11.1.2015 PM-138 PM-138 Southbound Russia 10.1.2015 156 Yamal Southbound Russia 10.1.2015 110 Alexander Shabalin Southbound... Continue Reading →
The US Congress passed the Naval Vessel Transfer Act of 2013. With this act the President of USA is authorized to sell or to grant decommissioned US Navy warships to other countries. Usually the US Congress passes one Naval Transfer Act (NTA) once or twice in every legislation. And in each NTA certain warships and... Continue Reading →
I have reset the counter and started the list from the start. Today we have witnessed the south bound passage of two Russian warships Alligator class landing ship Saratov and Kashtan class buoy tender KIL-158. This year the list will be in reverse order: The older sightings will be at the bottom of the... Continue Reading →
Today we have witnessed the southbound passage of the Russian Ropucha class large landing ship Aleksandr Otrakovski, from Russian Northern Fleet. This means, that she must have made a northbound passage in the past few days. That is thew only way for a ship of Northern Fleet to get to the Black Sea. We... Continue Reading →
Half an hour before the sun set, during a heavy rain, the US destroyer DDG-75 USS Donald Cock passed through the Bosphorus. This is her second deployment in 2014 to the Black Sea. Date Number Name Direction Nationality 02.01.2014 16 Georgiy Pobedonosets Northbound Russia 02.01.2014 156 Yamal Northbound Russia 18.01.2014 151 Azov Southbound Russia 18.01.2014... Continue Reading →
The informative and excellent Ukrainian website Black Sea New reported that the Russian training ship Perekop is being repaired in Varna Naval shipyard. "Training ship of the 1st rank "Perekop" (200) complete repairs on the Bulgarian shipyard "Naval Arsenal" (Varna) in July 2015, reports Flot.com . At present, Russian designers are beginning to test... Continue Reading →
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