One day after the Italian survey and intelligence gathering ship A-5340 Elettra passed through the Bosporus her French counter part A-579 Dupuy de Lôme. returned to the Black Sea. This is the third time this year that the French spy ship visits the Black Sea. Dupuy de Lôme can stay in the Black Sea till 6 July 2014.... Continue Reading →
The Italian survey and intelligence gathering ship A-5340 ITS Elettra passed through the Bosporus today. She has replaced the French spy ship A-579 Dupuy de Lôme. ITS Elettra can stay in the Black Sea till 5 July 2014. Date Number Name Direction Nationality 02.01.2014 16 Georgiy Pobedonosets Northbound Russian 02.01.2014 156 Yamal Northbound Russian 18.01.2014 151 Azov... Continue Reading →
This is the first post of a new feature I would like to share. Now I have the opportunity to digitize my archive of film negatives. Thus I can easily upload and share the photos of warships I have taken before the digital age of photography. Every week I will post a warship from my archive,... Continue Reading →
It was a very busy day on Bosphorus today. We have seen the northbound passage of 8 Turkish mine hunters / sweepers together with the corvette TCG Büyükada and support ship TCG Işın. The fleet was escorted by Coast Guard vessels TSCG-88 and TCSG-129. I assume that Turkish Navy is going to conduct a mine... Continue Reading →
On 7 June 2014 we have saw the southbound passage of Russian Ropucha class large landing ship 102 Kaliningrad, heading to the Mediterranean. On 9 June 2014 we have seen the northbound passage of Russian landing ships Yamal and Novocharkassk. They we last seen on Bosphorus on 30 May 2014. This is one of their shortest round... Continue Reading →
On 3 June 2014 we have witnessed the passage of two Russian Ropucha class large landing ships 016 Georgiy Pobedonosets and 012 Olenegorskiy Gornyak, heading to the Mediterranean. Date Number Name Direction Nationality 02.01.2014 16 Georgiy Pobedonosets Northbound Russian 02.01.2014 156 Yamal Northbound Russian 18.01.2014 151 Azov Southbound Russian 18.01.2014 16 Georgiy Pobedonosets Southbound Russian 27.01.2014 102... Continue Reading →
The decommissioned Terrebonne Parish Class tank landing ship Serdar left us with a big bang. On 30 May 2014 she was sunk as a target during the final day of the Beyaz Fırtına 2014 naval exercise. She did not down easily. She was hit by a FIM-92 Stinger, two AGM-114 Hellfire and one RIM-7 Sea... Continue Reading →
On 29 May 2014 we have witnessed the passage of two Russian Ropucha class large landing ships Yamal and Novocharkassk, heading to the Mediterranean. Date Number Name Direction Nationality 02.01.2014 16 Georgiy Pobedonosets Northbound Russian 02.01.2014 156 Yamal Northbound Russian 18.01.2014 151 Azov Southbound Russian 18.01.2014 16 Georgiy Pobedonosets Southbound Russian 27.01.2014 102 Kaliningrad... Continue Reading →
Today the French frigate F-711 FS Surcouf made a northbound passage through Turkish Straits. She is along A-579 FS Dupuy de Lôme the second French warship in the Black Sea. She can stay in the Black Sea till 18 June 2014. Date Number Name Direction Nationality 02.01.2014 16 Georgiy Pobedonosets Northbound Russian 02.01.2014 156 Yamal Northbound Russian... Continue Reading →
The two training ships of the Turkish Navy A-577 TCG Sokullu Mehmet Paşa and A-579 TCG Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Paşa are cruising in Mediterranean with the Turkish Naval Petty Officer Vocational School on board. Every year the cadets take part in these open sea cruises as a port of their training. During this year's cruise the two... Continue Reading →
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