On 29 March 2015, the Russian large landing ships Alexander Otrakovski and Novocharkassk made their southbound passage through Bosphorus. Date Number Name Direction Nationality 29.3.2015 031 Alexander Otrakovski Southbound Russia 29.3.2015 142 Novocharkassk Southbound Russia 28.3.2015 MB-31 Southbound Russia 24.3.2015 F-710 FS La Fayette Northbound France 24.3.2015 152 Nikolay Filchenkov Southbound Russia 21.3.2015 A-1442... Continue Reading →
On 28 March 2015, the Russian ocean going tug MB-31 made her southbound passage through Bosphorus. Date Number Name Direction Nationality 28.3.2015 MB-31 Southbound Russia 24.3.2015 F-710 FS La Fayette Northbound France 24.3.2015 152 Nikolay Filchenkov Southbound Russia 21.3.2015 A-1442 FGS Spessart Southbound Germany 21.3.2015 337 HMCS Fredericton Southbound Canada 21.3.2015 F-547 ITS Aliseo Southbound Italy... Continue Reading →
On 21 March 2015 the ships of the NATO's SNMG-2 have left the Black Sea. While the Turkish frigate TCG Turgutreis left the task force and returned to her home port in Gölcük, İzmit, the flag-ship of the SNMG-2, USS Vicksburg sailed straight to the Mediterranean. The Canadian and Italian frigates made a 2 day... Continue Reading →
On 24 March 2015, the Russian landing ship, Nikolay Filchenkov made her southbound passage through Bosphorus. Later in the evening the French frigate F-710 FS La Fayette made her northbound passage, almost in dark. Date Number Name Direction Nationality 24.3.2015 F-710 FS La Fayette Northbound France 24.3.2015 152 Nikolay Filchenkov Southbound Russia 21.3.2015 A-1442 FGS Spessart... Continue Reading →
On 17 March 2015, the Russian Ropucha class landing ship Azov made her southbound passage through Bosphorus while her sisters Alexander Shabalin and Novocharkassk made their northbound passage through Dardanelles on 19 Mach 2015. On 21 March 2015, the NATO SNMG-2 task force left the Black Sea. The Turkish contribution to the task force TCG... Continue Reading →
After spending the week on the high seas, the ships of the Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 arrived in Constanta, Romania, on 13 March 2015 for a scheduled 3 day port visit. SNMG2 is currently composed of the flagship CG-69 USS Vicksburg, 337 HMCS Fredericton, F-241 TCG Turgutreis, A-1442 FGS Spessart, F-574 ITS Aliseo and F-222... Continue Reading →
NATO MARCOM published an press release today about the exercise between Turkish Naval Forces and SNMG-2. And the published the photo below: From left to right you can see an Improved Tetal class Romanian corvette, the Canadian frigate HMCS Fredericton, 3 Turkish MEKO 200 Track 1 frigates (marked with red arrows) and the German... Continue Reading →
The ships assigned to Standing NATO Maritime Group Two (SNMG-2) arrived to-day to the Bulgarian port Varna. There is a very strong north wind in the Black Sea throughout the weekend and I think the sailors are happy to be in a port in this weather. According to the excellent Bulgarian blog SeaDog, the flagship... Continue Reading →
On 3 February 2015, The Grand National Assembly of Turkey, extended the presence of Turkish Navy in Gulf of Aden, Arabian Sea, and adjacent seas. The first bill allowing Turkish government to deploy Turkish Naval Forces for anti piracy operations was accepted in 10 February 2009. It was extended in one year periods ever since. Turkish... Continue Reading →
Turkish contribution to NATO Maritime Group Two, F-241 TCG Turgutreis celebrated her 1000th departure from port on 16 February 2015. According to NATO MARCOM press release this happened when the task force left Trieste, Italy. The Commander of SNMG-2, Rear Adm. Brad Williamson (USA N) took the opportunity to join TURGUTREIS on this special occasion... Continue Reading →
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