Foreign Warship On Bosphorus 2015 (Part 39)

Samum returning home. Photo: Kerim Bozkurt. Used with permission.

Samum during her passage through Istanbul. Photo: Yörük Işık. Used with permission.

The tug Shakter making her north bound passage through Bosphorus. Photo: Yörük Işık. Used wtih permission.

On 30 August 2015 the tug Shaktar and the corvette Samum returned from their Mediterranean deployment while the Baltic Fleet tug SB-921 Paradox exited from the Black Sea. She towed the corvette R-32 to the Black Sea 11 days ago.

USS Donald Cook passing through Istanbul. Photo: Yörük Işık. Used with permission.

USS Donald Cook during her northbound passage. Photo: Kerim Bozkurt

USS Donald Cook in Istanbul.

USS Donald Cook in Istanbul.

On 28 August 2015, US Navy destroyer USS Donald Cook made her second Black Sea deployment this year. Her destination was Ukraine where she will take part in the Sea Breeze 2015 naval exercise.

The possible destination of Epron is the Spanish enclave Ceuta, where the submarine Novorossiysk is

On the same day Prut class submarine salvage ship of the Black Sea Fleet, Epron passed through Bosphorus. She is going to the Mediterranean to meet and escort the submarine Novorossiysk.

The bow view of Azov. Photo: Yörük Işık. Used with permission.

Azov deploying to the Mediterranean. Photo: Yörük ışık. Used with permission.

Tsezar Kunikov. Photo: Yörük Işık. Used with permission.

On 26 August 2015 the Ropucha class landing ships Azov and Tsezar Kunikov made their southbound passage. As the design of the ships is not suitable to carry any cargo on deck, their cargo remained hidden inside.

On 25 August 2015 the Baltic Fleet training ship 210 Smolny made her northbound passage through Turkish Straits with 300 trainees on board. Most of them were on deck when the ship passed through Istanbul.

I have archived the list of the Russian warship movements in 2013 and the list of foreign warship movements in 2014.