On 29 March 2015, the Russian large landing ships Alexander Otrakovski and Novocharkassk made their southbound passage through Bosphorus. Date Number Name Direction Nationality 29.3.2015 031 Alexander Otrakovski Southbound Russia 29.3.2015 142 Novocharkassk Southbound Russia 28.3.2015 MB-31 Southbound Russia 24.3.2015 F-710 FS La Fayette Northbound France 24.3.2015 152 Nikolay Filchenkov Southbound Russia 21.3.2015 A-1442... Continue Reading →
Foreign Warship On Bosphorus 2015 (Part 16)
On 28 March 2015, the Russian ocean going tug MB-31 made her southbound passage through Bosphorus. Date Number Name Direction Nationality 28.3.2015 MB-31 Southbound Russia 24.3.2015 F-710 FS La Fayette Northbound France 24.3.2015 152 Nikolay Filchenkov Southbound Russia 21.3.2015 A-1442 FGS Spessart Southbound Germany 21.3.2015 337 HMCS Fredericton Southbound Canada 21.3.2015 F-547 ITS Aliseo Southbound Italy... Continue Reading →
SNMG-2 Finished It’s Stay In Istanbul
On 21 March 2015 the ships of the NATO's SNMG-2 have left the Black Sea. While the Turkish frigate TCG Turgutreis left the task force and returned to her home port in Gölcük, İzmit, the flag-ship of the SNMG-2, USS Vicksburg sailed straight to the Mediterranean. The Canadian and Italian frigates made a 2 day... Continue Reading →
Foreign Warship On Bosphorus 2015 (Part 15)
On 24 March 2015, the Russian landing ship, Nikolay Filchenkov made her southbound passage through Bosphorus. Later in the evening the French frigate F-710 FS La Fayette made her northbound passage, almost in dark. Date Number Name Direction Nationality 24.3.2015 F-710 FS La Fayette Northbound France 24.3.2015 152 Nikolay Filchenkov Southbound Russia 21.3.2015 A-1442 FGS Spessart... Continue Reading →
Turkish Coast Guard Released Photos And Videos Of M/V Doğan Kartal
Detailed information has been published by Turkish Coast Guard on their intervention on the freighter M/V Doğan Kartal on 12 March 2015. The Coast Guard was informed that this ship loaded with refugees was sailing on Marmara Sea heading to the Çanakkale Strait. Coast Guard vessels reached the vessel near Şarköy but the ship... Continue Reading →
Foreign Warship On Bosphorus 2015 (Part 14)
On 17 March 2015, the Russian Ropucha class landing ship Azov made her southbound passage through Bosphorus while her sisters Alexander Shabalin and Novocharkassk made their northbound passage through Dardanelles on 19 Mach 2015. On 21 March 2015, the NATO SNMG-2 task force left the Black Sea. The Turkish contribution to the task force TCG... Continue Reading →
HMS Duncan In Çanakkale
The last of the Type 45 class destroyers, HMS Duncan made a port visit in Çanakkale during the 18 March Naval Victory Commemorations. I do not know her exact arrival and departure dates but she was there on 17, 18 and 19 March. She was commissioned in 2013 and left UK for her maiden deployment... Continue Reading →
18 March 1915: Çanakkale Is Impassable
100 years ago the idyllic town Çanakkale was the center of a very fierce and bloody fighting. This fighting shaped the directly the future of Turkey, accelerate the end of the Romanov dynasty and created an unique Australian identity following the war. On 18 March 1915 when the Allied Armada made up of 18 battleships and... Continue Reading →
Turkish Coast Guard Fires On M/V Doğan Kartal
On 12 March 2015, Turkish Coast Guard vessels chased the cargo ship M/V Doğan Kartal in the Çanakkale Strait and forces the ship to stop by firing on her engine room. According to AIS data from marinetraffic.com website, the Turkish flagged 59 metre long ship has departed from Istanbul on 11 March 2015. It is... Continue Reading →
Foreign Warship On Bosphorus 2015 (Part 13)
Date Number Name Direction Nationality 8.3.2015 110 Alexander Shabalin Southbound Russia 8.3.2015 142 Novocharkassk Southbound Russia 7.3.2015 031 Alexander Otrakovski Northbound Russia 7.3.2015 151 Azov Northbound Russia 4.3.2015 A-1442 FGS Spessart Northbound Germany 4.3.2015 337 HMCS Frediction Northbound Canada 4.3.2015 F-547 ITS Aliseo Northbound Italy 3.3.2015 69 USS Vicksburg Northbound USA 25.2.2015 031 Alexander Otrakovski... Continue Reading →
