Foreign Warship On Bosphorus 2015 (Part 52)

Russian salvage and mooring ship Sayany passing through Istanbul.

Russian Kashin class destroyer Smetlivy, passing through Istanbul on her way to her home base. Thankfully there was no nasty incidents with Turkish fishing boats.

The close-up of the bridge of Smetlivy.

Vologda-50 heading to the Mediterranean. Photo: @Ata_Umurbey. Used with permission.

Auxiliary cargo ship Kyzyl-60 being towed by MB-31. Photo: Cihan Haber Ajansı.

This is going to be the last update of this year.

The Russian auxiliary cargo ship Kyzyl-60 (ex M/V Symrna) passed through Turkish Straits being towed by tug MB-31. Kyzyl-60 was last seen sailing under her own power on 11 December 2015. The ship was sold to Russia a few months ago and with other auxiliary ships she was seen carrying supplies from Russia to Syria.

The conditions of these auxiliary ships are not good. This is something even someone watching from the shore can see. There is no information about the problem on board of Kyzyl-60 and there is also no information how long it will take to fix her.

Another auxiliary cargo ship, Vologda-50 was the only Russian ship observed going to south last week.

The Kashin class destroyer Smetlivy returned from her escort duties in the Eastern Mediterranean. She was off the coast of Syria with the Slava class cruiser Moskva.

Two Ropucha class landing ships, Tsezar Kunikov and Novocharkassk passed through the Turkish Straits together with the auxiliary ship Yauza.

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