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Eleventh report on the naval situation in the Mediterranean Sea

itamilradar by itamilradar
September 16, 2022
in French Navy, Italian Navy, Russian Navy, USNavy
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New (11th) report on the naval situation in the Mediterranean sea.

Warning. This post shows the positions of the main naval groups or other individual units deemed relevant. This post is not exhaustive of all units present at sea at this time.


NATO naval forces

NATO currently has 3 aircraft carriers available in the central/eastern Mediterranean:

1) The USNavy aircraft carrier USS George H. W. Bush (CVN-77) and her Combat Strike Group is now sailing in the southern Adriatic Sea

2) Italian aircraft carrier Garibaldi (C551) is in Taranto naval base

3) Italian aircraft carrier Cavour (C550) is participating in an exercise in the Tyrrhenian Sea together with other Italian naval units

Il Presidente #Mattarella 🇮🇹 ha visitato la Nave militare portaerei Cavour della #MarinaMilitare pic.twitter.com/40eaiBGNmK

— Quirinale (@Quirinale) September 13, 2022

4) The Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 is participating in Exercise DynamicMariner/Mavi Balina-22

The crew of Elli-class frigate Limnos (F-451) of the Hellenic Navy conduct VBSS procedures with the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Forrest Sherman (DDG 98) during Exercise #DynamicMariner/Mavi Balina-22. #WEARENATO #STRONGERTOGETHER #NATOReactionforce #DYMRMB22 pic.twitter.com/T5MkvsZfiM

— Commander SNMG2 (@COM_SNMG2) September 16, 2022

4) The Standing NATO Mine Counter Measures Group Two (SNMCMG2) is participating in Exercise DynamicMariner/Mavi Balina-22 too

Three new units joined #SNMCMG2 as we departed Aksaz Naval Base in Türkiye to participate in @NATO exercise Dynamic Mariner/Mavi Balina 22. COMSNMCMG2🇹🇷 welcomes TCG AKÇAY🇹🇷, ESPS DUERO🇪🇸 and FS CAPRICORNE🇫🇷 to the team. #DYMRMB22 #StrongerTogether #WeAreNATO #NATOReactionForce pic.twitter.com/jvwDb3nXTI

— Commander SNMCMG2 (@COM_SNMCMG2) September 15, 2022

5) the French Navy aviso (F797) began operating together with ITS Grecale (F 571)  and HS Themistokles (F465) participating in IRINI operation in the eastern Mediterranean Sea 

[#OPÉRATION] Depuis le 10/09, le PHM #CommandantBouan a commencé ses patrouilles en Méditerranée centrale dans le cadre de l’opération @EUNAVFOR_MED #Irini ➡️Lutte contre trafic illégal d'armes et exportation illicite de pétrole au large 🇱🇾 pic.twitter.com/kzKYzWCCQk

— Cecmed (@Cecmed_Off) September 13, 2022

6) ITS VIRGINIO FASAN (F 591), after 91 days, ends her participation in Operation Atalanta to return to the La Spezia base.

#NaveFasan transita dal Canale di Suez!
Dopo 91 giorni, termina la sua partecipazione all’Operazione Atalanta per fare rientro alla base di #LaSpezia.#MarinaMilitare #NoiSiamolaMarina pic.twitter.com/Cj9567risD

— Marina Militare (@ItalianNavy) September 16, 2022

RUSSIAN Naval Forces

1) A Russian Navy operation is currently underway in the central Mediterranean, probably to follow the movements of the USS Bush. However, we do not know exactly which units are deployed. We do not know what other units may be in the area, but destroyer Admiral Tributs and frigate Admiral Kasatonov are not in port at Tartus. One or both of these units may have been refuelled by the RFS tanker Akademik Pashin in the Ionian Sea.

2) the Russian Navy tug “Sergey Balk”, departed from Tartus, is underway south of Crete westbound

Russian Navy tug “Sergey Balk”, departed from Tartus, is underway south of Crete westbound. Among the tasks this unit has is support/escort for submarines.#Russia #Ukraine #NATO pic.twitter.com/5ZklobJ7Ex

— Itamilradar (@ItaMilRadar) September 15, 2022

4) The Slava-class Varyag cruiser (the only cruiser left in the Mediterranean after the departure of the Ustinov) is off Tartus

***UPDATE***#Russian Navy cruiser Varyag, sister-ship of Moskva which was sunk by #Ukraine on April 13-14.

Still outer defense in Mediterrean pic.twitter.com/DXd8vp4KM2

— H I Sutton (@CovertShores) September 13, 2022

5) the presence in the central/eastern Mediterranean of a Russian nuclear submarine is reported (Akula class, or Sierra-I/II or Victor-III classes)

6) The rest of the units are in port in or around Tartus

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