>With a ceremony, the keel of the first search and rescue ship TCSG Dost was laid down.
As the construction of the ship was already started in May 2008, there was no keel laying in traditional sense but block erecting. Her launching is scheduled for May 2010
TCSG Dost is the first ship of a batch of 4 ships at RMK Marine Shipyard. The design of these ships is based on the Sirio class vessels produced by Italian Fincantieri.
With the commissioning of these ships Coast Guard will be able to perform its duties mainly search and rescue in sea state 5 and higher.
The photos are from Virahaber.com
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>Hi. Of course you can use my pictures on your blog as long as you credit me and put a link to my blog too please. There is a picture of another different Turkish frigate under the heading "some of the major Naval Exercise participants." This is the link. http://janesscottishviews.blogspot.com/2009/10/some-of-major-naval-exercise.htmlThanks for looking at my blog.Jane