Russia seized three Ukrainian naval vessels on 25th November 2018 Sunday and escalated the feud between two countries to the next level. The Ukrainian trio - Gurza-M class gunboats P-175 Berdyansk, P-176 Nikopol and the tug A-947 Yana Kapu – set sail from Odessa and was destined to Berdyansk by the Azov Sea. The Azov Sea... Continue Reading →
M/V Orca 2 Collided With Russian Navy Landing Ship Yamal
It is a pity that we -the ship spotters in Istanbul- have missed the northbound passage of Yamal on 1st January 2017. Otherwise, the Russian Navy would not be able to cover it up for 10 days. Container ship ORCA 2 collided with Russian Navy Landing ship YAMAL at around 1300 UTC Dec 30 in... Continue Reading →
Russian Intelligence Gathering Ship Liman, Sunk Off The Coast Of Istanbul
On 27th April 2017 the Russian intelligence gathering ship Liman sunk off the coast of Istanbul. The Project 861 / Moma class ship of Russian Black Sea Fleet was approximately 17 nautical miles northwest of the northern entrance of Istanbul Strait when Togo flagged livestock carrier Youzarsif H hit Liman. The accident happened at 08.41 UTC... Continue Reading →
Russian Submarine Stary Oskol Passed Through Bosphorus
On 29 June 2016, the improved Kilo submarine of the Black Sea Fleet, Stary Oskol made her inaugural passage through Istanbul Strait. She is the third of a four Varshavyanka submarines being build for the Russian Black Sea Fleet. The first pair of these submarines, Novorossiysk and Rostov-na-Donu are already been commissioned. With the arrival... Continue Reading →
Syrian Express Deployments Taking Toll On Russian Ships?
Turkish maritime news portal Deniz Haber Ajansı ran a story about the Russian naval exercise scheduled in the Black Sea. According to the news Russian Navy has to cancel at least the amphibious landing part of the exercise due to the fact that Ropucha class landing ships Azov and Yamal were unavailable due to malfunctions. The... Continue Reading →
Russian Submarine Rostav-na-Donu Passed Through Bosphorus
Last Sunday, on 13 December 2015, the improved Kilo submarine of the Black Sea Fleet, Rostav-na-Donu made her inaugural passage through Istanbul Strait. She is the second of a four boat of the six Varshavyanka submarines being build for the Russian Black Sea Fleet. The first of these submarines, Novorossiysk has already been commissioned. Rostav-na-Donu made headlines... Continue Reading →
Russian Warship Fires Warning Shots To A Turkish Fishing Vessel
Today the Russian destroyer Smetlivy and the Turkish fishing boat Geçiciler Balıkçılık got dangerously close. The Russian warship had to fire warning shots to the unarmed Turkish fishing vessel to turn away. The incident happened 22 kilometers east of the Greek Island Lemnos in the Norther Aegean. Earlier today the crew of Russia's "Smetlivy" destroyer... Continue Reading →
Recent Russian Deployments From The Black Sea
The tensions between Turkey and Russia are still in an aggravated level after the shooting down of a Russian Su-24M fighter-bomber by a Turkish F-16C. As reported earlier, most of the tension remains on politic and economic front. Both sides are trying to keep their military reactions to a minimum. According to Montreux Convention any... Continue Reading →
What Will Happen On Maritime Front After The Shooting Of The Russian Fighter?
On 24 November 2015, one Turkish F-16 fighter, shoot down a Russian Su-24M fighter-bomber violating Turkish airspace. The events happening after this incident are beyond the scope of this blog. I am going to try to explain this recent Turco-Russian crisis from a maritime point of view. So what is going to happen on maritime... Continue Reading →
Russian Submarine Novorossiysk Passed Through Bosphorus
The Kilo class submarine Novorossiysk and her escort the salvage ship Sayany passed through Istanbul yesterday. Novorossiysk is a newly build submarine and is the first of the 6 submarines Russia wants to deploy to the Black Sea Fleet. Currently only one Kilo class submarine Alrosa is operational in the Russian Black Sea Fleet. Although... Continue Reading →
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