Foreign Warship On Bosphorus in 2016 (Part 12)

The Black Sea Fleet’s salvage vessel Epron has completed her taks of supervising the acceptance test of India’s first SSBN Arihant and returned home.

Russian landing ship Saratov made a southbound passage through Istanbul. Photo: Yörük Işık.

Russian landing ship Minsk returning from Syria. From the outside she does not seem to have any cargo on board. Photo: Alper Böler.

Russian Ropucha class warship Alexander Otrakovski returning from Syria. She seems to be heavier than Minsk. They both passed in tandem through Istanbul. Photo: Alper Böler.

Russian warship Tsezar Kunikov making her southbound passage. Photo: Yörük Işık.