The Ukrainian, Grisha (Project 1124 EM/P) class corvette U-209 Ternopil passed through the Bosphorus today. She will take part in NATO anti terror operation in Mediterranean Operation Active Endeavour. The Ukrainian has deployed two warships at the same time for two different operations. The Krivak class frigate U-310 Hetman Sahaydachniy is in the Gulf of Aden... Continue Reading →
Last week on 4 October, Ropucha class landing ships 127 Minsk and 142 Novocharkassk have returned from their deployment in the Mediterranean. Today another Ropucha class landing ship, 110 Alexander Shabalin passed through Dardanelles and entered to Mediterranean. So this is the tally of Russian warship movements in 2013: Date Number Name Direction 01/01/13 142... Continue Reading →
On 4 October the Naval Museum in Istanbul was reopened after a 6 years of renovation and reconstruction. The museum is just across the mausoleum of the great Turkish Admiral Barbaros Hayrettin Paşa. The MEKO 200 Track II class frigate F-244 TCG Barbaors was in Istanbul to take part in the reopening ceremony of the... Continue Reading →
Today, the Russian Kashtan (Project 141) class buoy tender KIL-158 passed through the Bosphorus on her way to Greece. According to flot.com the ship will attend the Russian Week In the Ionian islands. Black Sea Fleet mooring tenders KIL-158, visit the ports of taps with the business of the Hellenic Republic, where Russian sailors will... Continue Reading →
Yesterday, two large landing ships, 055 Admiral Nevelskoi and 077 Peresvet made yet another southbound passage through the Bosphorus. 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... Continue Reading →
On 17 September 2013 in the morning, another Russian Ropucha class landing ship, 110 Alexander Shabalin passed through Bosphorus and headed to Novorossiysk. The Russian naval blog navy-korabel.livejournal has excellent photos of the landings ships at their home port. So this is the tally of Russian warship movements in 2013: Date Number Name Direction 01/01/13... Continue Reading →
Today, in the wee small hours of the morning, two large landing ships of the Russian Navy made a almost unnoticed passage back to the Black Sea. 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... Continue Reading →
Click here for more photos from the passage of Smetlivy and click here for a short video. It was not only Russian ships that passed through the Bosphorus this weekend. The SNMCMG-2 has left the Black Sea after spending 19 days in various ports in the region.
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 →
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