Naval News – Russian Navy Intelligence Ship (AGI) RFS KILDIN on fire off Syria – 23.01.2025

On Thursday 23rd January, 2025 the Russian Navy Intelligence ship RFS KILDIN suffered an engine room fire while loitering off Syria’s coast last week. The incident was observed by French naval forces on Thursday but not reported until Monday. According to French radio station RFI, she was spotted in Syrian territorial waters around 20 nautical […]
Casualty – US Sanctioned Russian ro/ro ship URSA MAJOR sinks in the Mediterranean Sea – 23.12.2024

On Monday 23rd December, 2024 before midday a distress call by ro/ro ship URSA MAJOR was being transmitted stating that the ship is in trouble after an engine room explosion and with restricted manoeuvrability and we are going to try to repair it with the vessel listing badly. URSA MAJOR was in the same area […]
Malta Naval Visits – Syrian Navy ship AL ASSAD – July 1994

The ONLY Syrian Navy Ship that called at Malta was the cadet training ship AL ASSAD during July 1994 berthing at Crucifix Wharf now Pinto Wharf. The Syrian Navy, officially the Syrian Arab Navy (Arabic: الْبَحْرِيَّةُ الْعَرَبِيَّةُ السُّورِيَّةُ, romanized: al-Baḥrīyah al-ʿArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is the navy branch of the Syrian Armed Forces. The main role of […]
Naval News – Syrian Navy Ships destroyed at Lattakia, Syria by Israel Defence Forces – 09.12.2024

Shortly after the collapse of the Ba’athist regime led by President Bashar al-Assad after a sudden and extremely successful offensive by the Syrian Opposition, the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) launched an attack on various Syrian Fleet installations on Monday 9th December, 2024 via naval and air assets. According to media reports citing official statements, following the […]
Russia-Ukraine War – Ukrainian Navy destroy Russian Navy RFS VASILY BYKOV 368 – 07.03.2022

On Monday 7th March 2022 the Ukrainian Navy had hit the 2018 commissioned Stealth Patrol Ship RFS VASILY BYKOV 368 with rocket artillery off the coast of Odessa, reportedly heavily damaged. She’s the first ship of her Class (6) as Project 22160. She participated in the attack on Snake Island on 24th February 2022 during the first day of […]