According to Ukinform, the Russian Black Sea Fleet will receive a new submarine in July 2014. The new unit, aptly named as Novorossiysk is a Kilo/Varshavyanka (Project 636) class submarine. She will join a Kilo/Varshavyanka (Project 877V) class submarine Alrosa and Tango (Project 641B) class submarine St. George already serving in the Black Sea. The submarine Alrosa... Continue Reading →
This week after a four and a half months of deployment the flagship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, Slava class cruiser 121 Moskva returned to her home port Sevastopol. I regret that I was not able to take her photos as she passed through Bosphorus. But as there is no solution to the Syrian crisis in... Continue Reading →
According to the official webpage of Turkish General Staff, Turkish frigate F-497 TCG Göksu ride shot-gun to Tanzanian flagged merchant ship M/V Star Prince for ten days. The two ships rendezvoused off the coast of Jedda, Saudi Arabia and traveled together till M/V Star Price arrived its destination: Mogadishu, Somalia. She was carrying humanitarian aid... Continue Reading →
The flagship of the 6th Fleet of US Navy, LCC-20 USS Mount Whitney is continuing her cruise in the Black Sea. She entered the Black Sea on 4 November. Her first port of call was Burgas, Bulgaria. She spent here 5 days. Her next port of call was Batumi, Georgia where she arrivad on 11 November. After... Continue Reading →
6th Naval Systems Seminar will be taken place by the support of Undersecretariat Defence Industry (SSM) in November 28-29, 2013 at METU Cultural and Conventional Center in Ankara. The aim of the seminar is; • to increase the common knowledge on the subject of naval systems, • to improve mutual collaboration for better capabilities, •... Continue Reading →
The Bulgarian Wielingen class frigate 41 BGS Drazki passed through Bosphorus on 5 November 2013 and returned to her home port Burgas, Bulgaria. She took part in NATO operations in the Mediterranean. According to NATO she was part of the SNMG-2 task force for a period of time: Standing NATO Maritime Group TWO (SNMG2) and Standing... Continue Reading →
Last week the Ropucha class landing ships Azov and Alexander Shabalin, the Alligator class landing ship Nikolay Filchenkov and Kashtan class large mooring/buoy tender KIL-158 passed through the Turkish Straits and returned home. So this is the tally of Russian warship movements in 2013: Date Number Name Direction 01/01/13 142 Novocharkassk Southbound 09/01/13 152 Nikolay Filchenkov Northbound 09/01/13... Continue Reading →
Today two interesting ships passed through the Bosphorus, what a lovely way to celebrate my 1000th blog post. The first ship was M/V Sigrid. She is a Swedish flagged merchant ship. I believe she is on her maiden voyage to from the Daamen Shipyard in Galati, Romania to her home Sweden. She is designed to... Continue Reading →
Turkish Navy announced that the Doğu Akdeniz 2013 naval exercise will start on 4th November. The invitation only exercise will continue till 14 November 2013. Besides ships, planes of Turkish Navy, Coast Guard and Air Force, SNMG-2 task force of NATO and one US Navy destroyer will also take part in the exercise which will... Continue Reading →
The Turkish Coast Guard vessel TCSG-312, silhouetted by the massive fireworks display on Bosphorus to night, to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the foundation of Turkish Republic.
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