Aquí hay fotos de buques de guerra extranjeros, que han pasado por el Bósforo, durante las últimas 3,5 semanas:
El barrendero ruso Valentin Pikul regresó de su despliegue en el Mediterráneo. Foto: Saadettin Irmakçı vía Yörük Işık.
El tercer submarino mejorado de la clase de Kilo para ensamblar la flota del Mar Negro, Krasnodar hizo su viaje inaugural a través del estrecho turco. Su crucero de despliegue duró más de 4 meses con un 3 meses de merodeo en la costa de Siria. Foto: Saadettin Irmakçı vía Yörük Işık.
Nave rusa de recogida de información Kildin , hacia el sur en el Bósforo. De archivo:
Tom Brindle .
El buque insignia de la OTAN Standing Maritime Group Two, HMS Duncan salió del Mar Negro después de pasar 19 días.
El crucero estadounidense USS Hué City partió del Mar Negro cuando terminó el ejercicio naval con Ucrania. De archivo:
Aşkın Eyüpoğlu .
Destructor USS Carney de la clase de Arleigh Burke de la marina de guerra de los EEUU hacia Mar de Mármara. Participó en el ejercicio naval Sea Breeze en Ucrania.
Embarcación de ataque rápido clase Super Vita, HS Anthypoploiarchos Ritsos pasó a través del estrecho turco después de participar en el ejercicio naval de Breeze 2017.
Fast tanker RFA Wave Ruler
Cable laying ship USS Zeus.
Type 23 class frigate, HMS Montrose
Survey vessel HMS Scott. Ship’s emblem on her funnel, tells us where she spends most of her time.
Type-23 frigate HMS Somerset.
Trafalgar class submarine Ex- HMS Torbay being decommissioned, while HMS Bulwark in the background being deactivated.
HMS Albion being re-activated to replace HMS Bulwark.
Another Trafalgar class submarine ex- HMS Triumph being deactivated.
Type-23 class frigate HMS Argyll.
The former flagship of Royal Navy HMS Ocean.
F-496 TCG Gökova arrives at Hamid Port in Qatar. Photo: AA
On 1. August 2017, Turkish Gabya class frigate TCG Gökova arrived in Qatar. The ship is docked in Hamad Port, southeast of the capital Doha.
The ship will take part in Qatari – Turkish military exercise that will held between 1 and 8 August 2017. Turkish land forces stationed in Qatar and TCG Gökova will take part in this exercise.
According to news report, the naval exercises are taking place in Hamad Port, Doha Naval Base and Qatari territorial waters. The exercises are conducted as part of military cooperation agreements between Turkey and Qatar in the fight against extremism and terrorism.
In July, the Qatari Emiri Naval Forces conducted a joint naval exercise with Royal Navy, in Qatar’s territorial waters.
TCG Gökova left Turkey last month. On 9. July 2017, bulk carrier M/V Blue Fury, left Turkey with 11 thousand tons of food and aid on board. The ship’s destination was Yemen.
The cargo on board of M/V Blue Fury was organised by Turkish Red Crescent, and Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD). She was escorted along her voyage by TCG Gökova.
Type 054A frigate 532 Jingzhou (left) and Type 052C destroyer 150 Changchun docked to Istanbul Sarayburnu quay.
Type 093 replenishment tanker 890 Chaohu
Between 18 and 21 July 2017 a task force of 3 Chinese warship made a visit to Istanbul
Task Group 150 consisting of Type 052C destroyer 150 Changchun, Type 054A frigate 532 Jingzhou and Type 093 replenishment tanker 890 Chaohu have left China on 23 April 2017, on the 68th anniversary of the founding of the PLAN, for a goodwill voyage to some 20 countries in Asia, Europe, Africa and Oceania.
The task force headed by Admiral Miao Hua were welcomed by Chinese Military Attaché to Ankara Zheng Qinli, Consul General to Istanbul Qian Bo and a group of Chinese citizens.
This year’s visit was very similar to the previous PLAN visit to Istanbul in 2012 and 2015. In both cases the PLAN fleet was made of one destroyer, one frigate and one replenishment ship.
In
2012 and in
2015 however the destroyer and the frigate have passed through the Bosphorus and entered the Black Sea. This year the ships stayed in Istanbul and have not transit through the Strait northbound. The PLAN task force spend 4 days in Istanbul and left for the Mediterranean.
Here are some close up photos of the destroyer Changhun:
And here are some close up photos of the frigate Jingzhou:
Type 209/1400 class submarine TCG Preveze passing southbound through Bosphorus
On 25 July 2017, a Turkish Navy,
Preveze or
Gür class submarine was sighted passing through Bosphorus.
Since Turkish Navy stopped painting the pennant number of the submarines on their hulls, it is impossible to identify each individual submarine anymore. While this new painting scheme helps the submarines to blend and prevents IR/FLIR/LLTV using trackers or electro-optic directors any high contrast target, it makes ship spotting difficult.
Last week TCG Preveze took part in naval exercise Breeze in Bulgaria while TCG Batıray took part in naval exercise Sea Breeze 2017 in Ukraine.
Since this is the first Preveze or
Gür class submarine returning from the Black Sea and the only one recently reported to be deployed in the region, I think it is safe to say that this submarine is S-353 TCG Preveze.
Here are photos of foreign warships, that have passed through Bosphorus, during the last week:
Russian auxiliary Dvinitsa-50 returned from her Syrian deployment.
French Horizon class frigate Chevalier Paul finished her week-long deployment in the Black Sea and sailed southbound through Istanbul.
Krivak class frigate of Russian Black Sea Fleet, Pytlivy made her first southbound passage through Istanbul in 2017.
French Horizon class frigate Chevalier Paul made her first northbound passage through Istanbul. She is heading to Romania.
Here are photos of foreign warships, that have passed through Bosphorus, since 15 June:
Russian auxiliary cargo vessel Kyzyl-60 southbound. Photo: Serhat Güvenç
The flagship of NATO task force SNMG-2, HMS Duncan seen here passing through Dardanelles. Before proceeding to the Black Sea, the ship made a 4 day port visit in Istanbul. She is taking part in
Breeze 2017 exercise.
Super Vita class fast attack craft, HS Anthypoploiarchos Ritsos passed through Turkish Straits to participate in
Breeze 2017 naval exercise.
Admiral Grigorovich, was in Mediterranean since April. She was relived by Admiral Essen. Here Admiral Grigorovich is passing through Istanbul on her way to home, for a deserved rest. Photo: Alper Böler.
Russian frigate Admiral Essen made a quick, 4 day trip to the Black Sea. Here she is returning back to the Mediterranean. HMSDuncan can bee seen on the right at port. Turkish LCT Ç-324 is also in the frame She close to the landing pad of the Russian warship.
After a pause of 39 days Tsezar Kunikov is again seen southbound. Photo: Yörük Işık.
USS Carney making a northbound transit through Istanbul on her way to
Sea Breeze 2017 exercise. Photo: Yörük Işık.
Admiral Essen making her maiden transit through Istanbul. The ship has been on her maiden deployment from the Baltic Sea to her home fleet in the Black Sea.
Russian auxiliary Dvinitsa-50 making another sounthbound trip to Syria.
The new Russian tug, SB-739 southbound. Photo: Alper Böler
Super Vita class fast attack craft, HS Anthypoploiarchos Ritsos passed through Turkish Straits to participate in Breeze 2017 naval exercise.
Naming of military operations and exercises has always been a controversial topic. So it does not help much when Bulgaria names the naval exercise as Breeze when there is Ukrainian – USA joint exercise called Sea Breeze. It is not easy to distinguish between them two. The timing of these exercises makes it even more difficult.
Breeze 2017 is the Bulgarian exercise. The warships participating to this exercise have gathered in Varna.Theexercise started on 14 July 2017 and will end on 23 July.
The purpose of the exercise is to develop cooperation and interoperability by performing actual maritime training among the multinational forces in the Black Sea. Besides the host, Turkey, USA, England, Italy, Poland, Romania and Greece are participating After Bulgaria, Turkey has the second largest number of units taking part in the exercise.
Here is the list of the participants as far as I could find:
Number Name Type Nationality
S-343 TCG Preveze Submarine Turkey
P-330 TCG Kılıç Fast attack craft Turkey
P-1214 TCG Karadeniz Ereğli Patrol boat Turkey
F-241 TCG Yıldırım Frigate Turkey
D-37 HMS Duncan Destroyer UK
P-71 HS Anthypoploiarchos Ritsos Fast attack craft Greece
https://turkishnavy.net/2017/08/17/foreign-warship-on-bosphorus-in-2017-part-22/
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