With the exception of Bulgarian participants I have more or less the complete list of the participants to this exercise: Number Name Type Country P-266 HS Machitis Patrol Craft Greece F-582 ITS Aviere Frigate Italy M-5561 ITS Rimini Mine Hunter Italy F-222 ROS Regina Maria Frigate Romania M-30 Alexandru Axente Mine Sweeper Romania M-270 TCG Akçay... Continue Reading →
Breeze 2014 Naval Exercise
The Bulgarian Navy is hosting a nine day long naval exercise Breeze 2014. The military exercise is to be held in the Western section of the Black Sea and is aimed at improving the tactical compatibility and collaboration among naval forces of the alliance's member states. Bulgaria's port city of Burgas has peen picked to... Continue Reading →
French Warship FS Alizé Passed Through Bosphorus
Mr. Kerim Bozkurt, an invaluable contributor to this blog also shared his photos of the FS Alizé as she passed through Bosphorus. She is now in Varna, Bulgaria. According to The Voice of Russia she is going to take part in joint sea rescue exercises. The photos below are taken from informative blog Sea Dog.
Bulgaria Sold Its Submarine
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 →
The Odessey of USS Mount Whitney
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 →
Russian Warship Arrives In Bulgaria For Repairs
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.
More On Breeze 2013 Naval Exercise
The Breeze 2013 Naval Exercise -not to be confused with the Sea Breeze 2013 naval exercise hosted by Ukraine- has started in Varna Bulgaria. In the period July 6-15 the international Breeze 2013 naval drill will take place in the western part of the Black Sea. Over 15 different vessels, helicopters and planes take part... Continue Reading →
Breeze 2013 Naval Exericse
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 →
Russian Warship To Be Repaired In Bulgaria
I'm sorry for my absence since last Friday. As you might have guess I was, I'm and I will be very much occupied with the things going on in Gezi Parkı, Taksim. Thus I have little time left for the maritime domain. The Russian Naval portal flot.com posted today that one of the Ropucha class,... Continue Reading →
Turkish Warships Ended Their Visit In Odessa
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 →
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