While the tug Sergey Balk, along with the submarine Ufa, is about to arrive in Tartus, and the tanker Kama has been in Tartus for a few days, another tanker, the Yelnya (Altay Class), is sailing in the western Mediterranean towards the west.
Departed on December 19 from the naval base in Tartus, Syria, the tanker seems to be heading towards Gibraltar to exit the Mediterranean. It is possible that this is a replacement for the tanker Kama.
The position of the tanker Yelnya is updated daily through Morse code messages emitted by the naval unit to report weather conditions. Below is the latest message, today’s one.
These messages are collected by amateur radio operators and, in particular, are published by the Twitter account @te3ej.
Russian Navy Morse code weather from Altay Class tanker Yelnya, 12464 Kilohertz CW, 1205 UTC
— TJ (@te3ej) December 27, 2023
RCV DE UCTA5 27121 99375 10061 41698 51706 10190 40235 54015 70222 85200 22272 00200 27012 BT AR UCTA5 K
Breaks
37.5N 06.1E Heading North West at 6-10 Knots https://t.co/sVPQBRGYNW