UPDATED: Russian Warship Movements Through Turkish Straits (Part 3)

11 Apr 2013 7 Comments

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As the source is from a public webcam, the image quality is not very good but there are actually two Russian warships in it. I have marked them with red circles.

Two Russian large landings ships, Ropucha class 102 Kaliningrad and 110 Alexander Shabalin, which returned to the Black Sea on 25 March 2013 are sailing back to the Mediterranean today. I have no information whether they are going to Syria or to the Baltic Sea.  I would appreciate any additional information.

I hope I will soon have better photos of them. Now I have more photos of the southbound Alexander Shabalin. She seems to have spend most of the past 17 days receiving a fresh coat of paint. She was like a rust bucket when we last saw her and her companion Kaliningrad.

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Russian landing ship Alexander Shabalin passing through Bosphorus on 11 April 2013. Photo: Gökalp Kunt. Used with permission.

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Russian landing ship Alexander Shabalin passing through Bosphorus on 11 April 2013. Photo: Gökalp Kunt. Used with permission.

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Russian landing ship Alexander Shabalin passing through Bosphorus on 11 April 2013. Photo: Gökalp Kunt. Used with permission.

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Russian landing ship Alexander Shabalin passing through Bosphorus on 11 April 2013. Photo: Delku. Used with permission.

So this is the latest tally of Russian warship movements

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
11/04/13 102 Kaliningrad Southbound
11/04/13 110 Alexander Shabalin Southbound

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7 Responses to UPDATED: Russian Warship Movements Through Turkish Straits (Part 3)

  1. Dave Shirlaw says:
    11 Apr 2013 at 20:38

    Do they have to have a Turkish pilot onboard for the transit?

  2. DELKU says:
    11 Apr 2013 at 20:39

    Ben de ancak çok uzaktan çekebildim, resim kalitesi kötü o nedenle

    • Devrim Yaylalı says:
      11 Apr 2013 at 23:22

      Bence fotoğraf çekildiği şartlara göre gayet başarılı ve gemiyi de gazyet net gösteriyor. Teşekkür ederim, ellerine sağlık.

  3. kangroo says:
    11 Apr 2013 at 22:09

    Sir, Do you have any information or prediction about the cargo of the ships?

    • Devrim Yaylalı says:
      11 Apr 2013 at 23:21

      kangroo, no I have not the slightest idea about their cargo. But I would not be surprised if it turned out to be military hardware.

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