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Russian Warship Movements Through Turkish Straits (Part 2)

25 Mar 2013 4 Comments

Today two Russian large landings ships, Ropucha class 102 Kaliningrad and 110 Alexander Shabalin, returned to the Black Sea after spending almost one month in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea.

When I look at the photos I realize that both ships need a long overhaul periods to remove the strains of the recent deployments. All photos courtesy of Mr. Kerim Bozkurt. Used with permission.

102 Kaliningrad in Bosphorus. The small ship in the background is the Turkish boom defence vessel P-305 TCG Ağ 5.

Date	Number	Name	Direction
27/12/12	151	Azov	Southbound
27/12/12	152	Nikolay Filchenkov	Southbound
01/01/13	142	Novocharkassk	Southbound
09/01/13	152	Nikolay Filchenkov	Northbound
09/01/13	151	Azov	Northbound
12/01/13	142	Novocharkassk	Northbound
14/01/13	102	Kaliningrad	Northbound
14/01/13	110	Alexander Shabalin	Northbound
16/01/13	151	Azov	Southbound
04/02/13	151	Azov	Northbound
04/02/13	150	Saratov	Northbound
04/02/13	810	Smetlivy	Northbound
04/02/13		Ivan Bubnov	Northbound
05/02/13	110	Moskva	Northbound
07/02/13	102	Kaliningrad	Northbound
07/02/13	110	Alexander Shabalin	Northbound
08/02/13		Kildin	Northbound
20/02/13	102	Kaliningrad	Southbound
20/02/13	110	Alexander Shabalin	Southbound
25/03/13	102	Kaliningrad	Northbound
25/03/13	110	Alexander Shabalin	Northbound