Foreign Warship On Bosphorus 2015 (Part 48)

Alligator class landing ship Saratov heading back to the Black Sea. It’s the first time a north bound ship has cargo on her deck. Photo: Yörük Işık. Used with permission.

Buoy tender KIL-158 returning from her deployment in the Mediterranean. Photo: Yörük Işık. Used with permission.

Russian auxiliary cargo ship Yauza making a southbound passage. Photo: Kerim Bozkurt. Used with permission.

Russian landing ship Korolev on her northbound bound passage, escorted by Turkish Coast Guard vessel SG 312. Photo: Alper Böler. Used with permission.

Rear view of Russian Alligator class large landing ship Nikolai Filchenkov. Photo: Yörük Işık. Used with permission.

Russian Alligator class large landing ship Nikolai Filchenkov returning from Mediterranean deployment. Photo: Alper Böler. Used with permission.

Russian intelligence gathering ship Liman on her northbound passage through Bosphorus. Photo: Yörük Işık. Used with permission.

Russian intelligence gathering ship Liman returning to the Black Sea. Photo: Alper Böler. Used with permission.

Bulgarian frigate Drazki, on her home bound transit through Istanbul, after taking part in NATO exercise Trident Junction 2015. Photo: Kerim Bozkurt. Used with permission.

Russian Ropucha class landing ship Tsezar Kunikov heading to the Mediterranean.

Russian landing ship Yamal returning from Mediterranean deployment.

HMS Duncan leaving Black Sea, after spending 7 days in the region.