Today the governor of Samsun made a written statement about the damage of US Navy frigate FF(G)-50 USS Taylor. According to this statement, initially USS Taylor arrived in Samsun on 12 February, for a very short port visit just to get refueled. Unfortunately the ships propeller stuck the sea ground and got damaged. She has... Continue Reading →
Foreign ships visiting Turkish harbors usually stay for 3 or 4 days. Thus I was quite curious about the extended stay of us Perry class frigate FF(G)-50 USS Taylor in Samsun, Turkey. I my opinion she should have left three days ago Samsun in order to join USS Mount Whitney off the coast of Sochi... Continue Reading →
Yesterday, HMS Daring arrived in Malta with a very excellent timing, after a few hours I had to fly home. The photo above was taken on 16 February 2014, over a very long distance as the destroyer was waiting for the right time to enter the Grand Harbour. For a better photo of her visit: www.maltaspotting.com
Perry class Frigate FF(G)-50 USS Taylor docked at Samsun, Turkey after spending the last 6 days making circles in the Black Sea. Samsun is not a new place for USS Taylor. The ship was there on the New Years Eve in 2009. It was not announced how long the ship will stay for its well... Continue Reading →
Today, two Ropucha class landing ship from Russian Navy passed through Bosphorus for their Syrian deployment. Unfortunately I was not able to identify the ships as I watched them through the web cam. I appreciate any information regarding these ships. UPDATE: These ships are Georgiy Pobedonosets and Azov. Here is a photo gallery of them... Continue Reading →
The show down between Russia and USA on the Black Sea is continuing and it seems that it will not end before the Olympics. While the US Navy warships LCC-20 USS Mount Whitney and FFG-50 USS Taylor are doing circles or "doughnuts" off the coast of Sochi, the Russians have called their Kashnin class destroyer... Continue Reading →
After week of discussions and very cold war like tug of words between Russia and USA, two US Navy warships have passed through the Turkish Straits. The first ship, LCC-20 USS Mount Whitney, the flag-ship of the US 6. Fleet made her passage on 4 February 2014. The second ship turned out to be not... Continue Reading →
While the attention was turned to the passage of two US Navy warships to protect the US participants to the Sochi Olympics, the sailing vessel Kruzenshtern passed through the Bosphorus today. Like the sailing ship Mir which passed last week, Kruzenshtern is heading to Sochi too.
Today, during an awful winter storm the Russian large landing ship 102 Kaliningrad passed through the Bosphorus. The list of Russian warship movements in 2014: Date Number Name Direction 02/01/14 016 Georgiy Pobedonosets Northbound 02/01/14 156 Yamal Northbound 18/01/14 016 Georgiy Pobedonosets Southbound 18/01/14 151 Azov Southbound 27/01/14 102 Kaliningrad Southbound I have archived the... Continue Reading →
Russian sailing ship Mir passed through the Bosphorus today. She is heading to Sochi where we will be used as a floating accommodation according to Black Sea News. She had sailed from St. Petersburg on 19 December 2013, and her estimated time of arrival in Sochi is 5 February 2014. Mir is owned by Admiral... Continue Reading →
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