After a few weeks of rest the Russian landing ships 102 Kaliningrad and 142 Novocharkassk made a southbound passage on 9 July 2014. As you can see, both ships were escorted by Turkish Coast Guard vessels. 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... Continue Reading →
According to the website of Ministry of National Defence The People's Republic of China, Admiral Bülent Bostanoğlu, commander of the Turkish Navy and his party met with Wu Shengli, commander of the Navy of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Wu Shengli said that developing a mutually-trustful, win-win and everlasting relationship between the two navies is of... Continue Reading →
The time permitted to French intelligence gathering ship A-759 Dupuy de Lôme by Montreux Convention was up on 6 July 2014. We did not witnessed her southbound passage but she must be out of the Black Sea by now. And the US cruiser CG-72 USS Vella Gulf made her second northbound passage this year. According to... Continue Reading →
With the exception of Bulgarian participants I have more or less the complete list of the participants to this exercise: Number Name Type Country P-266 HS Machitis Patrol Craft Greece F-582 ITS Aviere Frigate Italy M-5561 ITS Rimini Mine Hunter Italy F-222 ROS Regina Maria Frigate Romania M-30 Alexandru Axente Mine Sweeper Romania M-270 TCG Akçay... Continue Reading →
This weeks photo feature the Falkland War veteran F-90 HMS Briliant. She served in the Brazilian Navy 8 years in addition to her service in RN of 18 years.
On 4 July 2014, the Italian intelligence gathering ship, A-5340 ITS Elettra left the Black Sea, after 21 days. Later in the evening the French frigate F-711 FS Surcouf returned to the Black Sea. I do not know if she is going to take part in the Breeze 2014 naval exercise or not. Date Number... Continue Reading →
The Bulgarian Navy is hosting a nine day long naval exercise Breeze 2014. The military exercise is to be held in the Western section of the Black Sea and is aimed at improving the tactical compatibility and collaboration among naval forces of the alliance's member states. Bulgaria's port city of Burgas has peen picked to... Continue Reading →
On 3 July 2014 the US cruiser USS Vella Gulf arrived in Kuşadası for a port visit. According to news reports the ship will stay till Sunday
We had a again a very busy day at Bosphorus. First, one of the NATO's standing maritime task forces, Standing NATO Mine Counter-Measures Group 2 (SNMCMG-2) passed through Bosphorus. They are heading to Burgas, Bulgaria and the task force will take part in the Bulgarian led naval exercise Breeze. According the NATO webpage the SNMCMG-2 is... Continue Reading →
On 30 June 2014 a fleet of 4 landing craft was sighted moving towards the Black Sea. TCG Ç-151, TCG Ç-155, TCG Ç-156, TCG Ç-157, the half of the 8 new LCT craft Turkish Navy has procured sailed to an unknown destination. Together they could carry up to 12 main battle tanks or up to 1000... Continue Reading →
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