>After completing the electronic warfare trail organized by RN in Portsmouth, TCG Oruçreis apparently sailed to north.
Not quite yet. I am sorry but the news about the journeys of TCG Oruçreis comes to me with a delay.
Apparently after completing the electronic warfare trail organized by RN in Portsmouth, she has sailed to Amsterdam and arrived there on 30th September 2009. She will stay in Amsterdam for four days and after that she will sail to Scotland to join the multinational NATO exercise Joint Warrior 2009-2.
The JW is a multi-warfare exercise. The aim of the exercise is to improve interoperability between allied navies and prepare participating crews to conduct combined operations.
Joint Warrior 2009-2 is scheduled to commence between 5th – 23th October 2009. The scenarios will include small boat attacks, exercise air defense, anti-submarine warfare, and boarding operations.
The order of battle is:
F-245 TCG Oruçreis
R06 HMS Illustrious
F-238 HMS Northumberland
F-89 HMS Portland
M-109 HMS Bangor
M-106 HMS Penzance
M-112 HMS Shoreham
F-330 HMCS Halifax
F-336 HMCS Montreal
D-282 HMCS Athabaskan
A-510 HMCS Preserver
L-16 HDMS Absalon
FFG-32 USS John L. Hall
DDG-61 USS Ramage
DDG-67 USS Cole
The sole non-NATO participant of this exercise is F-41 BNS Defensora from Brazilian Navy.
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