Today two more Russian warships, the Alligator class landing ship 152 Nikolay Filchenkov and the the Kashinin class destroyer 810 Smetlivy passed through the Bosphorus and entered to the Marmara Sea. The ships will pass through the Dardanelles tomorrow. The ships entered to the Strait very late in the evening just before the sun set.... Continue Reading →
The three Russian warships, the intelligence gathering ship SSV-201 Priazove and two Ropucha class Large landing ships 127 Minsk and 142 Novocharkassk that passed through the Bosphorus on 5 September 2013, are now in the Mediterranean after having passed through the Dardanelles yesterday. According to Voice Of Russia, the Sovremennny (Project 956) class destroyer of... Continue Reading →
Three Russian warships, the intelligence gathering ship SSV-201 Priazove and two Ropucha class Large landing ships 127 Minsk and 142 Novocharkassk passed through the Bosphorus today. (For newer and better photos of these ships click here.) Tomorrow these ships will pass through the Dardanelles and enter to the Mediterranean. As the tension is rising in... Continue Reading →
As USA, UK and France are trying to mobilize their parliaments and the public support for an intervention in Syria, Russian Udaloy class destroyer Admiral Panteleyev passed through the Turkish Straits and entered the Mediterranean on 1 September 2013. It is also reported that the intelligence gathering ship SSV-201 Priazovye is also sailing to the Mediterranean and... Continue Reading →
Not a day passes where we do not see yet another Russian warship in the Turkish Straits. Today, I was able -if only barely- to take photos of the Tarantul class corvette Burya as she was heading to Russia. She sailed to the Med ten days ago. I am sorry for the quality of the... Continue Reading →
The Alligator class landing ship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet,Nikolay Filchenkov passed on 17 August 2013 through the Bosphorus on her way back to the Black Sea. She was last seen in Bosphorus almost 3 weeks ago, again passing to the north. So in the mean time she must have gone south. And the... 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 →
I am back from my holiday. So are the Russians. The Tarantul class corvette 955 Burya and the Ropucha class large landing ship 127 Minsk made a south bound passage through the Bosphorus on 11 August 2013. This passage was very interesting for me on two accounts. I did not had any information that the... Continue Reading →
As you can see from the photos I have taken on 26 July 2013 Friday, two more Russian warships have passed through the Turkish Straits. According to BBC, Russian Black Sea Fleet ships have to leave their base in Sevastopol, Ukraine and sail to international waters in order to a refill. Russia has stopped... Continue Reading →
Last week the Slava class cruiser of the Russian Black Sea Fleet 121 Moskva, the Boris Chilikin class replenishment tanker Ivan Bubnov and the Sorum class tug MB-304 passed through the Turkish Straits and entered to the Mediterranean. Upon completion of the trans-Atlantic move the ships will visit Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela, and then switch back... Continue Reading →
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