On 26 August 2014 US Navy cruiser USS Vella Gulf ended her third deployment to the Black Sea. The same day the Russian landing ship Saratov returned to the Black Sea. The two ships must have passed each other somewhere in the vicinity at the northern entrance of the Bosphorus. Date Number Name Direction... Continue Reading →
We have saw an increased traffic in foreign warships on Bosphorus this weekend: On Sunday the Ropucha class landing ship Yamal returned from her Mediterranean cruise. On Saturday, the French intelligence gathering ship Dupuy de Lôme made her fourth northbound passage through the Bosphorus year to date. Sorry, I have no new image of her.... Continue Reading →
The US cruiser USS Vella Gulf returned to the Black Sea for the third time this year. Her second passage was almost one month earlier. Later during the day the Russian large landing ship Yamal made her southbound passage and headed to the Mediterranean. Date Number Name Direction Nationality 02.01.2014 16 Georgiy Pobedonosets Northbound Russia... Continue Reading →
Date Number Name Direction Nationality 02.01.2014 16 Georgiy Pobedonosets Northbound Russia 02.01.2014 156 Yamal Northbound Russia 18.01.2014 151 Azov Southbound Russia 18.01.2014 16 Georgiy Pobedonosets Southbound Russia 27.01.2014 102 Kaliningrad Southbound Russia 01.02.2014 151 Azov Northbound Russia 01.02.2014 16 Georgiy Pobedonosets Northbound Russia 05.02.2014 20 Mount Whitney Northbound USA 05.02.2014 50 Taylor Northbound USA... Continue Reading →
The resolution of the photo is not excellent but it is good enough to recognize the shapes of the warships of SNMCMG-2 making a port visit in Istanbul. The NATO taskforce arrived, on 23 July 2014 in Istanbul, after making port visits in Varna Bulgaria and Constanta Romania. While in Bulgaria, the task force took... Continue Reading →
On 21 July 2014 two Russian Ropucha class large landing ships, Kaliningrad and Novocharkassk returned from their Syrian deployment. Two days later on 23 July 2014 ships of the SNMCMG-2 left the Black Sea after taking part in the Bulgarian led naval exercise Breeze 2014. Interestingly the UK contribution to the SNMCMG-2, HMS Chiddingfold was... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
The Nusret 2013 mine warfare exercise organised by Turkish Navy starts today in Çanakkale. The exercise will end on 1 December 2013 and will be conducted in Saros Bay, east of Gallipoli peninsula. According to Turkish Navy foreign participants are NATO mine warfare task force SNMCMG-2 and 1 mine hunter from Greece. From Turkish Navy... Continue Reading →
One of the NATO's largest exercise Brilliant Mariner 2013 is continuing in the Mediterranean. The exercise, which will end on 6 October 2013, will take place in the Tyrrhenian Sea between Sicily and Sardinia. Over five thousand military and naval personnel from 12 NATO nations comprising Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany , Italy, Latvia, the Netherlands,... Continue Reading →
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