Foreign Warship On Bosphorus (Part 34)

Usually spies try to be anonym and faceless. Not that spy. The French intelligence gathering ship A-759 Dupuy de Lôme has become a well know ship around this part of the world. Today she has passed through the Bosporus and entered the Black Sea for her 5th deployment in 2014. Date Number Name Direction Nationality... Continue Reading →

Foreign Warship On Bosphorus (Part 33)

On 17 September 2014 two Russian landing ships, Kaliningrad and Novocharkassk passed through the Bosphorus on their way to the Mediterranean. This is the 8th deployment in 2014 for both ships. 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... Continue Reading →

Foreign Warship On Bosphorus (Part 32)

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 07.02.2014... Continue Reading →

Foreign Warship On Bosphorus (Part 31)

  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 →

Foreign Warship On Bosphorus (Part 30)

On 6 September 2014 Task Unit 2 of SNMG-2 consisting of F-102 ESPS Almirante Juan De Borbon and Canadian frigate FHH-333 HMCS Toronto entered into Black Sea. And on 7 September 2014 in the early morning the Russian Slava class cruiser 121 Moskva made her southbound passage through the Bosphorus.  The deployment of the largest ship of... Continue Reading →

Foreign Warship On Bosphorus (Part 29)

On 5 September 2014, the French signal collection and intelligence gathering ship A-759 Dupuy De Lome finished her 4 deployment to the Black Sea so far in 2014 and made her southbound passage. I bet she will be back in a couple weeks. At the same time as the French ship was making her passage... Continue Reading →

Foreign Warship On Bosphorus (Part 28)

Today the French Type A 69 Aviso class frigate F-796 Commandant Birot and US Navy destroyer DDG-71 USS Ross passed through Turkish Straits and entered to the Black Sea. According to TASS the Canadian frigate FFH-331 HMCS Toronto and the Spanish destroyer F-102 Almirante Juan de Borbon will pass through Turkish Straits on 6 September 2014.  ... Continue Reading →

Foreign Warship On Bosphorus (Part 27)

On 29 August 2014 two Russian Ropucha class large landing ships, Novocherkassk and Kaliningrad passed through the Bosphorus and started their Syrian deployment.   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... Continue Reading →

Foreign Warship On Bosphorus (Part 26)

  On 26 August 2014 US Navy cruiser USS Vella Gulf ended her third deployment to the Black Sea. The same day the Russian landing ship Saratov returned to the Black Sea. The two ships must have passed each other somewhere in the vicinity at the northern entrance of the Bosphorus. Date Number Name Direction... Continue Reading →

Foreign Warship On Bosphorus (Part 25)

We have saw an increased traffic in foreign warships on Bosphorus this weekend: On Sunday the Ropucha class landing ship Yamal returned from her Mediterranean cruise. On Saturday, the French intelligence gathering ship Dupuy de Lôme made her fourth northbound passage through the Bosphorus year to date. Sorry, I have no new image of her.... Continue Reading →

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