According to a statement from Turkish General Staff, F-491 TCG Giresun boarded a Yemeni fishing vessel on the morning of 11th May 2012. TCG Giresun a Gabya class frigate, is the Turkish contribution to NATO's SNMG-2 task force. This tack force is commanded by Read Admiral Sinan Tosun. SNMG-2 is currently acting as NATO's anti... Continue Reading →
This must be the NATO-effect. Usually Turkish officers are not that much talkative to the press. This is the second time within this month that Rear Admiral Sinan Azmi Tosun, Commander SNMG2 talks to international press. Mr. Guy Toremans from Jane's Naval International interviewed Rear Admiral Sinan Azmi Tosun on piracy. As the original article is behind... Continue Reading →
I was slow to follow this event but it is important. Between 23 and 27 April 2012, the sole Ukrainian submarine Zaporizya conducted a series of test in the Black Sea. This is the first time that the 42 year old submarine sailed alone since 1992. The Foxtrot (Project 641) class Zaporizya is the only... Continue Reading →
As I have reported earlier, the ships of the BlackSeafor fleet visited Istanbul between 20 and 23 April 2012. They were open to the public and I took the opportunity to visit them all. It was an interesting experience for me as I was able to compare different ships build by very different construction standards... Continue Reading →
The April activation of the BlackSeaFor finished this week and the ships that took part have returned to their home ports. Istanbul was the last stop for the BlackSeafor fleet. The following ships arrived in Istanbul on 20th April 2012 for the port visit. Number Name Nation Participants 158 RFS Tsesar Kunikov (Flagship) Russia Landing Ship F-240 TCG Yavuz Turkey... Continue Reading →
The Turkish Customs and Trade Minister Hayati Yazici, declared that the German owned and Antigua Barbuda flagged merchant ship M/V Atlantic Cruiser was not carrying any weapons or military equipment to Syria. This is the Google translation of his statement: The ship was searched on notice. Products to several countries, has started on the ship.Ship, a portion of the products in Turkey and Syria, while the other part was planning to leave Karabakh. Syria first to vacate the ship should have the burden of this, the opposition forces 'approach here, bringing weapons as' reacted. Threatened as... Continue Reading →
The German owned and Antigua Barbuda flagged merchant ship M/V Atlantic Cruiser arrived in Iskenderun, Turkey this afternoon. The ship suspected of carrying military equipment and weapon from Iran to Syria had shut down its AIS transponder for almost 24 hours On Monday. Officials in Germany are still seeking information about a German-owned ship believed... Continue Reading →
According to the official web site of Turkish general Staff Turkish Type 209 class submarine TCG 18 Mart conducted and ASW exercise with an US Navy ASW plane on 15th April 2012 in Mediterranean Sea. The original text of the announcement is just one sentence. But This one sentence holds a lot of interesting information. The submarine TCG... Continue Reading →
On 17th April 2012, the ships of the BlackSeaFor naval task force will end their port visit in Sevastopol, Ukraine and will be sailing again for further training. This is the google translation of the official announcement from the Ukraine Defence Ministry website: April 10-12 ships, after four-day stay in the port of Constanta (Romania), which began on April 6... Continue Reading →
Six of the eight training craft of the Turkish Naval Academy were seen during a navigation and formation training at Bosphorus. I guess this is a good opportunity to try WordPress' new photo gallery tool. Enjoy!
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