Yesterday, Russian large landing ship 151 Azov, passed through the Dardanelles and entered the Aegean Sea second time in the last 22 days. Although her destination is not publicly declared, it is safe to assume that she is heading to Tartus, Syria. The photo on the left is from 17 January and the photo on... Continue Reading →
According to eyewitnesses reports the large landing ship 151 Azov passed through the Bosphorus on her latest Southbound journey. I have made the following list to help us track the recent deployments of Russian ships through Turkish Straits. Date Number Name Direction 27/12/12 151 Azov Southbound 27/12/12 152 Nikolay Filchenkov Southbound 01/01/13 142 Novocharkassk Southbound 09/01/13... Continue Reading →
More Russian warships passed through Dardanelles today. Two Ropucha class warships usually deployed in the Baltic Fleet 102 Kaliningrad and 110 Alexander Shabalin passed through Dardanelles on their north bound journey. The following warships are in the Eastern Mediterranean according to my tally: Slava class cruiser Mosvka, Kashin class destroyer Smetliy, Alligator class landing ship Saratov, Amur class... Continue Reading →
Another Russian warship is returning from the Eastern Mediterranean. On 12th January 2013,the Ropucha class large landing ship Novocherkassk passed through Dardanelles on her way to Russia. The ship spent 11 days in the Med. The following warships are in the Eastern Mediterranean according to my tally: Slava class cruiser Mosvka, Kashin class destroyer Smetliy, Alligator class... Continue Reading →
According to Russian interfax news agency one Alligator class large landing ship from Russian Black Sea Fleet, Saratov is on her way to the Eastern Med. MOSCOW. Jan 10 (Interfax-AVN) - The Saratov, a large landing ship from the Russian Black Sea Fleet, has passed through the straits and is headed to the eastern Mediterranean, toward the Russian Naval... Continue Reading →
Two large amphibious ships of the Black Sea Fleet which took part in the operations in Eastern Mediterranean returned to the Black Sea today. The Ropucha class 151 Azov and the Alligator class 152 Nikolay Filchenkov, returned to the Black Sea today. Their southbound passage through the Bosphorus was on 27th December 2012. They spent 14 days... Continue Reading →
As far as I understand the working of the US law making processes, the bill called "Naval Vessel Transfer Act of 2012" which was introduced to the US House of Representatives in December failed to be voted by the US Senate before the end of the year 2012 and before the end of the 112th... Continue Reading →
On the last day of 2012 the Russian large landing ship Novocherkassk passed through the Bosphorus and on the first day of 2013 she entered into the Aegean, joining other Russian warships in the region. The following warships are in the Eastern Mediterranean according to my tally: Slava class cruiser Mosvka, Kashin class destroyer Smetliy,... Continue Reading →
My first blog entry in 2012 was this: My regular readers may have noticed that I have not been writing much in the last few days. This due to the fact that I now have a regular day job. My new job takes up most of my day so that I have little time left... Continue Reading →
On 26 December 2012, in the early morning hours, one Turkish Type 209/1400 class submarine sailed through Bosphorus to Marmara Sea. Since Turkish Navy stopped painting the pennant numbers of the submarines, it is impossible to identify each individual submarine anymore. While this new painting scheme helps the submarines to blend and prevents IR/FLIR/LLTV using... Continue Reading →
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