Foreign Warship On Bosphorus in 2016 (Part 9)

28 Feb 2016

Spanish mine hunter ESPS Tambre making her southbound passage at the end of her 21 day duration in Black Sea. Photo: Yörük Işık.

Russian auxiliary cargo ship Kazan-60 heading to Syria with military vehicles on her deck. Photo: Alper Böler.

Russian civilian RO-RO ship Alexander Tkachenko making her southbound passage with numerous military vehicles on her deck. Her destination is Syria. Photo: Alper Böler.

A close up photo of the cargo on Alexander Tkachenko. Photo: Alper Böler.

Russian Amur class repair ship PM-138 passing through Istanbul Strait. Her destination is Tartus, Syria. Photo: Yörük Işık.

Two Russian ships the civilian RO-RO Alexander Tkachenko and the auxiliary cargo ship Kazan-60 made their Mediterranean deployment this week. Both ships were loaded with military vehicles. There were 9 fuel trailers and 28 trucks (either GAZ-66 or ZIL-130). The cargo on Kazan-60 was hidden under camouflage netting thus identifying her exact cargo is not possible. However the shapes under the camouflage net looked very much like GAZ-66 and Ural-4320 truck or similar vehicles.

The list of the foreign warships passed through Istanbul Strait is here.