Today US Navy destroyer USS Donald Cook passed through the Bosphorus and ended her 21 days in the Black Sea. This year the list will be in reverse order: The older sightings will be at the bottom of the list. I think this will make reading the list easier. Date Number Name Direction Nationality... Continue Reading →
Foreign Warship On Bosphorus 2015 (Part 2)
This year the list will be in reverse order: The older sightings will be at the bottom of the list. I think this will make reading the list easier. Date Number Name Direction Nationality 13.1.2015 031 Aleksandr Otrakovski Northbound Russia 11.1.2015 PM-138 PM-138 Southbound Russia 10.1.2015 156 Yamal Southbound Russia 10.1.2015 110 Alexander Shabalin Southbound... Continue Reading →
The Politics Of Not Transferring Ships To Turkey (Which Are Not Needed Anyway)
The US Congress passed the Naval Vessel Transfer Act of 2013. With this act the President of USA is authorized to sell or to grant decommissioned US Navy warships to other countries. Usually the US Congress passes one Naval Transfer Act (NTA) once or twice in every legislation. And in each NTA certain warships and... Continue Reading →
Foreign Warship On Bosphorus 2015 (Part 1)
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 →
Foreign Warship On Bosphorus (Part 51)
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 →
Foreign Warship On Bosphorus (Part 50)
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 →
Foreign Warship On Bosphorus (Part 49)
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 →
Belgian Frigate Leopold 1 Departed From Istanbul
The Karel Doorman class frigate of Belgian Navy BNS Leopold 1 left Istanbul on 6 December 2014. The frigate arrived in Istanbul for a short port visit on her way back to Belgium, after ending her deployment for EU anti piracy operation Atalanta.
Foreign Warship On Bosphorus (Part 48)
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 →
A Visitor From The Land Of Beer And Chocolate
This morning around 9.00 the Karel Doorman class frigate from Belgian Naval Forces F-930 BNS Leopold 1 arrived in Istanbul for a port visit. The duration of the port visit is not disclosed. As far as I know, this is the first visit of BNS Leopold 1 in Istanbul. She is returning home from EU... Continue Reading →
