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 →
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 →
On 13 July 2014 the Russian warship 150 Saratov passed through the Bosphorus on her way to Syria. On 13 July 2014 the Greek gunboat P-266 HS Machitis was observed passing through the Dardanelles on her way back home. She took part in the Bulgarian led naval exercise Breeze 2014. Another warship that left the... Continue Reading →
After a few weeks of rest the Russian landing ships 102 Kaliningrad and 142 Novocharkassk made a southbound passage on 9 July 2014. As you can see, both ships were escorted by Turkish Coast Guard vessels. 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... Continue Reading →
The time permitted to French intelligence gathering ship A-759 Dupuy de Lôme by Montreux Convention was up on 6 July 2014. We did not witnessed her southbound passage but she must be out of the Black Sea by now. And the US cruiser CG-72 USS Vella Gulf made her second northbound passage this year. According to... Continue Reading →
On 4 July 2014, the Italian intelligence gathering ship, A-5340 ITS Elettra left the Black Sea, after 21 days. Later in the evening the French frigate F-711 FS Surcouf returned to the Black Sea. I do not know if she is going to take part in the Breeze 2014 naval exercise or not. Date Number... Continue Reading →
We had a again a very busy day at Bosphorus. First, one of the NATO's standing maritime task forces, Standing NATO Mine Counter-Measures Group 2 (SNMCMG-2) passed through Bosphorus. They are heading to Burgas, Bulgaria and the task force will take part in the Bulgarian led naval exercise Breeze. According the NATO webpage the SNMCMG-2 is... Continue Reading →
On Tuesday 24 June 2014, the training ship of the Polish Navy ORP Wodnik made a northbound passage through Turkish Straits and is now in Constance, Romania. And today the Russian Alligator class landing ship 150 Saratov made a southbound passage. She is probably heading to Syria. Date Number Name Direction Nationality 02.01.2014 16 Georgiy... Continue Reading →
The traffic of foreign warships through Turkish Straits increased in the last few days. This we have witnessed the passage of the French warship F-711 FS Surcouf in the morning. Later in the afternoon we have seen the southbound passage of two Russian Ropucha class large landing ships Yamal and Novocherkassk. Date Number Name Direction Nationality 02.01.2014... Continue Reading →
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