I have reset the counter and started the list from the start. Today we have witnessed the south bound passage of two Russian warships Alligator class landing ship Saratov and Kashtan class buoy tender KIL-158. This year the list will be in reverse order: The older sightings will be at the bottom of the... Continue Reading →
Today we have witnessed the southbound passage of the Russian Ropucha class large landing ship Aleksandr Otrakovski, from Russian Northern Fleet. This means, that she must have made a northbound passage in the past few days. That is thew only way for a ship of Northern Fleet to get to the Black Sea. We... Continue Reading →
Half an hour before the sun set, during a heavy rain, the US destroyer DDG-75 USS Donald Cock passed through the Bosphorus. This is her second deployment in 2014 to the Black Sea. 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... 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 →
The Russian large landing ship 151 Azov and the buoy tender KIL-158 returned to the Black Sea on 4 December 2014. 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... Continue Reading →
The Ropucha class large landing ship of the Baltic Fleet, Kaliningrad returned to her home port at the end of November. For 12 months she was assigned to the Black Sea Fleet and made several transport runs for the so-called Syrian Express operations. Another Ropucha class landing ship from the Baltic Fleet, Alexander Shabalin replaced... Continue Reading →
The Russian large landing ship 151 Azov left the Black Sea after a long period of absence. this will be the third deployment of this ship in 2014. The Baltic Fleet warship 110 Kaliningrad, which was very active this year in Syrian Express Operations, is returning to the Baltic Fleet. This explains why her companion Novocharkassk,... Continue Reading →
The Russian large landing ship Alexander Shabalin returned to the Black Sea after a long period of absence. A ship of the Russian Baltic Fleet, she will most probably replace one of the other Ropucha's which are running the scheduled "the Syrian Express" Date Number Name Direction Nationality 02.01.2014 16 Georgiy Pobedonosets Northbound Russia 02.01.2014 156... Continue Reading →
The Russian large landing ship Novocharkassk returned to the Black Sea on Sunday. Her companion Kaliningrad was not seen. 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... Continue Reading →
The Bulgarian frigate BGS Verni returned to the Black Sea after taking part in NATO‘s counter-terrorism Operation Active Endeavour. The Russian spy ship Kildin also returned to the Black Sea. Speaking of spy ships, I have not seen or heard anything from the ever present French spy ship Dupuy de Lôme. I hope she is OK. ... Continue Reading →
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