This morning in the early hours, two Russian Ropucha class landing ships 102 Kaliningrad from Baltic Fleet and 012 Olenegorskiy Gorniak from Northern Fleet have passed through Bosphorus as they were returning from their Syrian Express deployment. Both ship made their southbound passage through Bosphorus on 23 March 2014. The list of Russian warship movements in... Continue Reading →
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.
On 26 March 2014, French warship A-645 FS Alizé made a northbound passage through the Dardanelles. According to news reports her destination was not disclosed but it is safe to assume that she is heading to the Black Sea. She is a very peciluar ship to send to the Black Sea. First of all she... Continue Reading →
As the Russian landing ship were busily occupied in transporting Russian military units to Crime they have remained in the Black Sea. Therefore there has been less to report about their passage to the Mediterranean. On 23 March 2014 , the Ropucha class landing ship of Russian Northern Fleet, 012 Olenegorskiy Gorniak made a sound... Continue Reading →
The Alligator class landing ship 150 Saratov and the Ropucha class landing ships 156 Yamal have passed through the Bosphorus this morning are now in the Black Sea. Whether they are heading to Sevastopol or Novorossiysk is not clear at the moment. The list of Russian warship movements in 2014: Date Number Name Direction 02/01/14... Continue Reading →
Today, two Ropucha class landing ship from Russian Navy passed through Bosphorus returning from their Syrian deployment. As the political crisis in Ukraine particular in Crimea is increasing it is possible that Russian Navy wanted these valuable assets closer to home. According to the blog Warships On Bosphorus two more Russian ships started their Syrian... Continue Reading →
Today, two Ropucha class landing ship from Russian Navy passed through Bosphorus for their Syrian deployment. Unfortunately I was not able to identify the ships as I watched them through the web cam. I appreciate any information regarding these ships. UPDATE: These ships are Georgiy Pobedonosets and Azov. Here is a photo gallery of them... Continue Reading →
The show down between Russia and USA on the Black Sea is continuing and it seems that it will not end before the Olympics. While the US Navy warships LCC-20 USS Mount Whitney and FFG-50 USS Taylor are doing circles or "doughnuts" off the coast of Sochi, the Russians have called their Kashnin class destroyer... Continue Reading →
After week of discussions and very cold war like tug of words between Russia and USA, two US Navy warships have passed through the Turkish Straits. The first ship, LCC-20 USS Mount Whitney, the flag-ship of the US 6. Fleet made her passage on 4 February 2014. The second ship turned out to be not... Continue Reading →
Today, during an awful winter storm the Russian large landing ship 102 Kaliningrad passed through the Bosphorus. The list of Russian warship movements in 2014: Date Number Name Direction 02/01/14 016 Georgiy Pobedonosets Northbound 02/01/14 156 Yamal Northbound 18/01/14 016 Georgiy Pobedonosets Southbound 18/01/14 151 Azov Southbound 27/01/14 102 Kaliningrad Southbound I have archived the... Continue Reading →
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