Between 20th and 30th November 2011 The Turkish Navy will host the Nusret 2011 Exercise. This is an annual exercise to hone mine hunting skills of the participants. This years exercise area is Bay of Saros just west of the Gelibolu peninsula which is a very appropriate place for a mine warfare exercise. The list of the... Continue Reading →
French Frigate Commandant Birot In Istanbul
The French frigate F-796 Commandant Birot arrived in Istanbul on 16th November 21011, for a port visit. The ship was part of the Surge Operation for the Operation Active Endeavour Beginning 12 November NATO will concentrate assets in the Eastern Mediterranean for more than a week’s intense patrolling: “The backbone of this Surge is the... Continue Reading →
The Hijacking Of M/V Kartepe
Almost one week has passed since the hijacking of the M/V Kartepe. With each passing day the dust and gun smoke around the whole affair settles leaving us with a better view of the things that happened during that night. As always the first information about the incident was incorrect or false. There was only... Continue Reading →
M/V Kartepe hijacked in Marmara Sea
M/V Kartepe, a high speed passenger vessel belonging to the municipality of Izmit was hijacked by 4 or 5 terrorist this evening as the vessel was on her routine voyage from Izmit to Karamursel. According to news reports there are 19 passengers, 6 crew. The terrorist overwhelmed the crew and entered into the bridge by... Continue Reading →
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SNMCMG-2 Is In Patras For An Exercise With Greek Navy
Tomorrow NATO's SNMCMG-2 will start a 3 day visit in Patras, Greece. SNMCMG-2 is currently led by Captain Abdulhamit Şener of Turkish Navy. Last month the task force made a visit to Spit, Croatia. Following their departure from Split, the ships of SNMCMG-2, led by the flagship A-579 TCG Cezayirli Gazi Hasanpaşa, conducted underway exercises with... Continue Reading →
Bulgaria Decommissions Her Last Submarine
Yesterday, just as expected and reported, the last submarine was decommissioned from Bulgarian Navy. The decommissioning of Romeo (Project 633) class BNS Slava means the termination of Bulgaria’s submarine force after 94 years. The Romeo class, derived from the German Type XXI submarine, by Soviet Union in 1950. BNS Slava was given to Bulgarian Navy in 1986. She is well beyond her useful... Continue Reading →
The Korkut Replaces Kangal As The Turkish Concept Against Piracy
Last year I have reported about a concept developed by two Turkish companies for anti-piracy operations: Kangal. Named aptly after the famous shepherd dog of Anatolia, this concept involved small fast and sufficiently armed patrol boats zooming around the merchant ship convoys and protecting therm against the pirates as a shepherd dog would protect its... Continue Reading →
BAE Systems, Global Combat Ship And Turkey (Part 1)
In November Turkish President Abdullah Gül will visit United Kingdom. This visit has two highlight particularly important from naval point of view: First during his visit he will visit the BAE System's shipyard in Portsmouth. Second an agreement (probably a Letter of Agreement) about joint defense R&D with UK will be signed. A similar agreement... Continue Reading →
Republic Day 2011
Today is the 88th anniversary of the Turkish Republic. This years mood was somber because of the earthquake in Van last week.But despite the cancellation of official ceremonies the public went to the streets for celebrations parades. As it is customs several Turkish were open to the public. The below chart shows the ships that... Continue Reading →
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