According to numerous news reports some ships of the Russian Naval Group have docked in Syrian port Tartous yesterday. The video below shows the Udaloy II class, Northern Fleet destroyer Admiral Chabanenko entering into port of Tartous. A group of warships of the Russian Navy has approached the naval base at the port of Tartous to conduct... Continue Reading →
Turkish Navy To Help The Reconstruction of The Libyan Fleet
Turkish Navy will return to Libya to help the reconstruction of the Libyan fleet and to help the training of the mariners. Libyan Naval Forces Command has asked Turkey's cooperation in reconstruction of its armada, training of mariners and in military issues. Bases in Tripoli, Homs, Misurata, Sirte and Benghazi cities have been damaged during... Continue Reading →
Kuznetsov in Eastern Mediterranean
Almost one month after her departure and weeks after the announcement of her departure, the sole Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov and her battle group arrived in Eastern Mediterranean. The Russian battle group includes the destroyer Admiral Chabanenko, the support vessel Nikolay Chiker and the tanker Sergey Osipov from the Northern Fleet, the frigate Yaroslav Mudry from the... Continue Reading →
New Year’s resolutions
My regular readers may have noticed that I have not been writing much in the last few days. This due to the fact that I now have a regular day job. My new job takes up most of my day so that I have little time left for my blog. So my new year's resolution... Continue Reading →
Peace On Earth
As a photographer I am a firm believer of the saying "one photo is better that thousand words". The above is a photo from the official web page of Greek Naval Forces. Please mind that the photo is only in the Greek part of the web site and cannot be found on the English part. The... Continue Reading →
Photos From Sea Of Friendship 2011
Turkish Navy published some photos from the Sea Of Friendship naval exercise of Turkish and Egyptian navies. From the photos I was able to identify the following ships: 901 Sharm El Sheikh, Perry class frigate 230 Shaladein Luneburg class support ship 433 Al Hadi, Hainan class ASW patrol boat, Click here for more photos.
A Review Of Construction Projects For Turkish Navy
This is a quick review of the current status of the construction project for Turkish Navy: Active Pre Production Production Post Production Milgem 1 10 1 0 New class patrol craft 2 5 5 4 214 Type submarine 0 6 0 0 LPD 0 1 0 0 LST 0 2 0 0 LCT 0 3 2... Continue Reading →
Beware Of Greeks Bearing Gifts
Since the Trojan War in ancient history, nations were advised to be suspicious of Greeks with gifts. Well this notion is one of the things we can call timeless or classic because what was true thousand years ago is still true today. According to Cypriot website MAXHnews Live, Greece wants to give 3 of the... Continue Reading →
