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 →
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.
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 →
The Bulgarian Navy decommissioned its sole Romeo (Project 633) class BNS Slava in 2011 and terminated Bulgaria’s submarine force after 94 years. According to BlackSeaNews website the decommissioned bulk of the former BNS Slava was sold to a private company for €355 thousand. The closed bidding Bulgarian submarine "Hope" sold nearly 710 thousand leva (355 euros) with a starting... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
Two German and one Turkish warship created a were in Istanbul for the weekend. The three ships of the NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 2, A-512 FGS Mosel, M-264 TCG Erdemli, and M-1061 FGS Rottweil, arrived in Istanbul on 23 August 2013 Friday and left on 26 August 2013. According to the official web page of... Continue Reading →
The Arleigh Burke class destroyer of the US Navy DDG-84 USS Bulkeley was in Georgia between 10 and 14 August for an official visit. According to the US Embassy in Georgia: The USS Bulkeley arrives in Batumi, Georgia August 10, for a regularly scheduled port visit that will include combined training exercises with the Georgian... Continue Reading →
On 13 August 2013 Turkish frigate F-241 TCG Turgutreis passed through the Bosphorus and headed to Sevastopol in order to join the August activation of thee BlackSeaFor task force. The Ukrainian Navy is commanding the task force. This is the official Statement of Ukrainian Ministry of Defence: Today, August 14, to the port of Sevastopol... Continue Reading →
On 24 July 2013 late afternoon NATO’s Standing Maritime Group 2 (SNMG-2) arrived in Istanbul. The group was in the Black Sea since 5 July and visited Bulgaria, and Ukraine and conducted training with Bulgarian and Romanian naval units. Currently, SNMG-2 consists of the Spanish frigate F-103 SPS Blas De Lezo and Turkish frigate F-246... Continue Reading →
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