Yesterday two Russian Ropucha class large landing ships passed through Dardanelles on their deployment to Syria. One of them was 016 Georgiy Pobedonosets, from Baltic Fleet, the other was 151 Azov from Black Sea Fleet. 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... Continue Reading →
Russian Warship Movements Through Turkish Straits (Part 37)
This morning we had two Russian Ropucha class landing ship returning from their Syrian Deployment. One of them was 016 Georgiy Pobedonosets, the other remained unidentified. The list of Russian warship movements in 2014: Date Number Name Direction 02/01/14 016 Georgiy Pobedonosets Northbound 02/01/14 ? ? Northbound I have archived the list of the Russian ship... Continue Reading →
Russian Warship Movements Through Turkish Straits (Part 36)
In the last weeks of 2013 we are seeing a slightly increased traffic of Russian warships through Turkish Straits. The factory ship PM-138 returned to the Black Sea on 19 December 2013 where as the large landing ships Yamal, Alexander Shabalin and Nikolay Filchenkov have been deployed to the Mediterranean. The updated list of Russian... Continue Reading →
Russian Warship Movements Through Turkish Straits (Part 35)
Last week two Russian large landing ship Georgiy Pobedonosets and Yamal returned from their Mediterranean deployment. And today Alexander Shabalin made her south bound passage through the Bosphorus. The updated list of Russian warship movements in 2013: Date Number Name Direction 01/01/13 142 Novocharkassk Southbound 09/01/13 152 Nikolay Filchenkov Northbound 09/01/13 151 Azov Northbound 12/01/13 142... Continue Reading →
Russian Warship Movements Through Turkish Straits (Part 34)
It has been a while since I have updated this topic. Today the Ropucha class landing ship 110 Alexander Shabalin made a northbound passage while the tanker Iman made a southbound one. So this is the tally of Russian warship movements in 2013: Date Number Name Direction 01/01/13 142 Novocharkassk Southbound 09/01/13 152 Nikolay Filchenkov Northbound... Continue Reading →
USS Mount Whitney Back In The Mediterranean
After finishing her 15 day Odyssey in the Black Sea, the flag-ship of the US 6th Fleet, LCC-20 USS Mount Whitney passed through the Turkish Straits on 20 November 2013 and returned to the Mediterranean.During her 15 days in the Black Sea she visited Burgas in Bulgaria, Batumi in Georgia and Constanta in Romania and... Continue Reading →
Russian Warship Movements Through Turkish Straits (Part 33)
This week after a four and a half months of deployment the flagship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, Slava class cruiser 121 Moskva returned to her home port Sevastopol. I regret that I was not able to take her photos as she passed through Bosphorus. But as there is no solution to the Syrian crisis in... Continue Reading →
Bulgarian Frigate Drazki Returned Home
The Bulgarian Wielingen class frigate 41 BGS Drazki passed through Bosphorus on 5 November 2013 and returned to her home port Burgas, Bulgaria. She took part in NATO operations in the Mediterranean. According to NATO she was part of the SNMG-2 task force for a period of time: Standing NATO Maritime Group TWO (SNMG2) and Standing... Continue Reading →
Russian Warship Movements Through Turkish Straits (Part 32)
Last week the Ropucha class landing ships Azov and Alexander Shabalin, the Alligator class landing ship Nikolay Filchenkov and Kashtan class large mooring/buoy tender KIL-158 passed through the Turkish Straits and returned home. So this is the tally of Russian warship movements in 2013: Date Number Name Direction 01/01/13 142 Novocharkassk Southbound 09/01/13 152 Nikolay Filchenkov Northbound 09/01/13... Continue Reading →
Russian Warship Movements Through Turkish Straits (Part 31)
So this is the tally of Russian warship movements in 2013: Date Number Name Direction 01/01/13 142 Novocharkassk Southbound 09/01/13 152 Nikolay Filchenkov Northbound 09/01/13 151 Azov Northbound 12/01/13 142 Novocharkassk Northbound 14/01/13 102 Kaliningrad Northbound 14/01/13 110 Alexander Shabalin Northbound 16/01/13 151 Azov Southbound 04/02/13 151 Azov Northbound 04/02/13 150 Saratov Northbound 04/02/13 810... Continue Reading →
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