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 →
UPDATED: Russian Warship Movements Through Turkish Straits (Part 41)
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 →
UPDATED: Russian Warship Movements Through Turkish Straits (Part 40)
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 →
Russian Warship Movements Through Turkish Straits (Part 39)
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 →
Russian Warship Movements Through Turkish Straits (Part 38)
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 →
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 →
