While I was able to take photo of many warships in the last couple of days, the maritime traffic on Bosphorus is so large, I have missed one. On 24 July the Niteroi class Brazilian frigate F-42 Constituição passed through the Bosphorus and arrived in Sevastopol, Ukraine for an official visit. She will stay in... Continue Reading →
As reported earlier, the Ropucha class large landing ship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet 158 Tsezar Kunikov arrived in Varna, Bulgaria for a refit at Bulgarian Naval shipyard.
Bulgarian Naval Forces are hosting an international naval exercise called Breeze 2013 between 6 and 15 July 2013. According to Turkish Navy Turkish Gür class (Type 209/1400 Mod) submarine S-360 TCG Birinci İnönü is taking part in the exercise as well as the fast attack craft TCG Bora and the minesweeper TCG Sığacık. NATO's SNMG-2... Continue Reading →
The boat from my previous post has been identified as a Bigliani class patrol boat. I thank everyone who shared his/her information and made comments. Your help and support is as always very much appreciated. This is the official announcement of the handover ceremony in late May 2013: On 27 May 2013, in the presence of... Continue Reading →
The above photo shows a boat that is moving in high speed on Bosphorus. The photo was taken by Mr. Victor M.S. Barreira, on 8 june 2013. The boat in picture does not have the appearance of a pleasure craft for private use. It has as far as I can see both Turkish and Romanian... Continue Reading →
As reported earlier, Turkish Navy training ship A-577 TCG Sokullu Mehmet Paşa and the transporter A-1600 TCG İskenderun made an official visit to Odessa, Ukraine.The ships are carrying the students of the Turkish Naval Petty Officer Vocational School. Their first port of call was Samsun, Turkey. The ships will sail to Varna, Bulgaria after leaving Odessa.The always information website BlackSea News has an excellent post... Continue Reading →
The first pair of offshore Patrol vessels of the Turkish Coast Guard have arrived to their home ports and started to their duties. SG-701 TCSG Dost is located in Samsun and SG-703 TCSG Umut is located in Marmaris. TCSG Dost started her duties in the Black Sea on 19 May 2013. It is not clear... Continue Reading →
The training ship A-577 TCG Sokullu Mehmet Paşa and the transporter A-1600 TCG İskenderun are in Odessa, Ukraine for a 3 day official visit. The ships are carrying the students of the Turkish Naval Petty Officer Vocational School. Their first port of call was Samsun, Turkey. The ships will sail to Varna, Bulgaria after leaving Odessa. According to the blog Ships Bk, this... Continue Reading →
Today is the 230th anniversary of the establishment of the Russian Black Sea Fleet. During a speech, Fleet Commander Vice-Admiral Alexander Fedotenkov, told that Russia plans to add 20 ships to its Black Sea Fleet The Russian Black Sea Fleet will be updated and improved to ensure the country's national security. Up to 20 new ships, submarines... Continue Reading →
One of today's top news was the sudden wargame of Russian armed forces in the Black Sea. This exercise has all the drama of the opening chapter of a cold war thriller. The drills started early in the morning, when President Vladimir Putin, who was returning from Durban, South Africa, to Sochi aboard Air Force One, ordered... Continue Reading →
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