Today, in the wee small hours of the morning, two large landing ships of the Russian Navy made a almost unnoticed passage back to the Black Sea. 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 09/01/13 151 Azov Northbound... Continue Reading →
Today marks the fifth anniversary of this blog. This is my 976th post, thus I post 195 entries per year on average. In 2011 I had 568 views per day, in 2012 it was 686. This year it is 831. Not bad for a very specialized blog with a very focused content. To be honest... Continue Reading →
Click here for more photos from the passage of Smetlivy and click here for a short video. It was not only Russian ships that passed through the Bosphorus this weekend. The SNMCMG-2 has left the Black Sea after spending 19 days in various ports in the region.
As the bulk of the Royal Navy's Response Force Task Group passes through the Suez Canal, and Russia sending two more warships southwards, it is time to update the list of the ships in East Mediterranean This is the list of the naval vessels in the region i.e. east of Crete: Russian Navy: 548 Admiral Panteleyev, destroyer... Continue Reading →
Today two more Russian warships, the Alligator class landing ship 152 Nikolay Filchenkov and the the Kashinin class destroyer 810 Smetlivy passed through the Bosphorus and entered to the Marmara Sea. The ships will pass through the Dardanelles tomorrow. The ships entered to the Strait very late in the evening just before the sun set.... Continue Reading →
One of the participants of the Royal Navy's Response Force Task Group (RFTG) in Cougar 2013, RFA Mounts Bay arrived in Bodrum for a week long visit. Click here for a video of the ship.
After my first post of the ships in East Mediterranean, I have received numerous responses in forms of blog comments and tweets. I thank every one who contributed. This is the list of the naval vessels in the region i.e. east of Crete: Russian Navy: 548 Admiral Panteleyev, destroyer 127 Minsk, large landing ship 142 Novocharkassk, large landing... Continue Reading →
The three Russian warships, the intelligence gathering ship SSV-201 Priazove and two Ropucha class Large landing ships 127 Minsk and 142 Novocharkassk that passed through the Bosphorus on 5 September 2013, are now in the Mediterranean after having passed through the Dardanelles yesterday. According to Voice Of Russia, the Sovremennny (Project 956) class destroyer of... Continue Reading →
Three Russian warships, the intelligence gathering ship SSV-201 Priazove and two Ropucha class Large landing ships 127 Minsk and 142 Novocharkassk passed through the Bosphorus today. (For newer and better photos of these ships click here.) Tomorrow these ships will pass through the Dardanelles and enter to the Mediterranean. As the tension is rising in... Continue Reading →
As USA, UK and France are trying to mobilize their parliaments and the public support for an intervention in Syria, Russian Udaloy class destroyer Admiral Panteleyev passed through the Turkish Straits and entered the Mediterranean on 1 September 2013. It is also reported that the intelligence gathering ship SSV-201 Priazovye is also sailing to the Mediterranean and... Continue Reading →
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