A new controversy regarding the Hellenic Navies newest submarine S-120 HS Papanikolis is making headlines in Greece. HS Papanikolis, a German built Type 214 AIP submarine, for many years, has been the focus of political and economic conflict between Greece and Germany. A lot has been written about this decade long conflict which ended in November 2010 with the... Continue Reading →
Bulgaria's contribution to NATO's Operation Unified Protector, the frigate BS Drazki is having a three day break on the Greek island of Crete for refueling and fresh food and water supplies. The captain of the Drazki frigate, Pancho Panchev, reported that the vessel has been patrolling in the Mediterranean as instructed by the NATO command but has... Continue Reading →
The first ship of the new search and rescue ship class, SG-701 TCSG Dost continues her builder trials. She was launched in June 2010. TCSG Dost is the first ship of a batch of 4 ships at RMK Marine Shipyard. The second ship SG-702 TCSG Güven was launched in December 2010. With the commissioning of these... Continue Reading →
Today the US Arleigh Burke class destroyer DDG-55 USS Stout arrived in Bodrum, Turkey for 3 day port visit. The ship's last visit to Bodrum was in 2009. USS Stout is on deployment with the US 6th Fleet since leaving her home port in Virginia in December 2010, for a scheduled six-month rotation to the Mediterranean. Although... Continue Reading →
Yesterday a Turkish flagged merchant ship carrying humanitarian aid docked at Misrata port. But as soon as the ship was in harbor forces royal to Ghaddafi started to shell the port. The ship was able to get underway and leave the port undamaged. According to Foundation for Human Rights and Freedoms and Humanitarian Relief (IHH) - yes, the same IHH that send... Continue Reading →
In 2006 , The Commander of Turkish Naval Forces Admiral Yener Karahanoğlu, laid down the long terms amphibious ship acquisition goals for Turkish Navy: • One LPD • Two LST’s • 8 fast LCT’s • 27 AAV/AAAV’s According to this road map in 2007, Ministry of Defence's Undersecretariat for Defence Industries (UDI), submitted a RfP for 8 LCT’s. From... Continue Reading →
On 31 March 2011, a contact about the modernization of Ay class (Type 209/1200) submarines was signed between STM and Undersecretariat for Defence Industries. The contract covers the youngest two boats, S-51 TCG Doğanay and S-352 TCG Dolunay . My previous information about the new Zeiss periscopes, that will replace the existing Kollmorgen periscopes was wrong. I wrote that the new periscopes would be... Continue Reading →
If it was made public by somebody else, I would laugh my ... off, but when it comes from the prime minister himself, then it is not so fanny any more. Turkey will build a new waterway to bypass the heavily congested Bosphorus Strait, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced. He said the 150m-wide... Continue Reading →
The missing Turkish ferry M/F Ankara returned to Çeşme, İzmir. The ship of course was never missing officialy but she was not seen or reported for the last couple of days. M/F Ankara is a civilian ferry. She was used in the evacuation of civilians from Libya in March with her sisters M/F Samsun and... Continue Reading →
Today, on 26 April 2011, the April 2011 activation of the BlackSeaFor has ended. The task force of following ships, left Russian port Novorossiysk after a 3 day visit and returned to their home ports. Pennant Ship Type Country F-240 TCG Yavuz Frigate Turkey F-42 BGS Verni Frigate Bulgaria P-24 GCG Sokhumi Patrol Boat Georgia... Continue Reading →
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