Exactly at midnight of 23th March 2011, the Ukrainian Ropucha 1 class landing ship U-402 Konstantin Olshansky, departed from Sevastopol to conduct Non-Combatant Evacuation of Ukrainian citizens trapped in Libya. She has passed through Bosphorus on 24 March 2011 early in the morning and left Turkish territorial waters late at night. She spent a few days off the coast of Libya,... Continue Reading →
How M/F Ankara Was Protected During Her Stay In Libya
Turkish General Staff made a detailed announcement about protection provided by Turkish Armed Forces to the Ferry M/F Ankara during her humanitarian trip to Libya. On sea MEKO 200 class frigate F-243 TCG Yıldırım escorted the ferry M/F Ankara. TCG Yıldırım is one of the four frigates Turkey has assigned to NATO's Operation Unified Protector.... Continue Reading →
TCG Gaziantep Helps Egyptian Fishermen
F-490 TCG Gaziantep helped a drifting Egyptian fishing boat off the coast of Libya according to an announcement of Turkish General Staff. TCG Gaziantep is one of the 4 frigates Turkish Navy has assigned to NATO's Operation Unified Protector, enforcing the arms embargo against Libya. The fishing boat El-Halevi was drifting in a storm after an engine failure.... Continue Reading →
M/F Ankara Returning To Turkey
M/F Ankara made the news yesterday in Libya and around the world. The ferry sailed from Çeşme, İzmir on 27 March 2010. For the last five days she was waiting 25 miles off the coast of the Libyan city Misurata. The fighting in and around the city prevented M/F Ankara to dock at the harbor. On... Continue Reading →
List Of Warships Taking Part In Operation Unified Protector (UPDATED)
NATO has updated its list of the warships taking part in the Operation Unified Protector. Thus I have to update my list too. It seems that it is the Turkish submarine S-353 TCG Preveze that is taking part in the operation rather than previously announced S-358 TCG Çanakkale. TCG Preveze is the first boat of... Continue Reading →
M/F Ankara In Misurata
The Turkish civilian ferry M/F Ankara finally docked at Misurata port tonight according to Turkish Foreign Ministry tweets. The ferry sailed from Çeşme, İzmir on 27 March 2010. For the last five days she was waiting off the Libyan city Misurata. The fighting in and around the city prevented M/F Ankara to dock at the... Continue Reading →
List Of Warships Taking Part In Operation Unified Protector
NATO has published the names of the warships taking part in the arms embargo against Libya, as called for in UN Security Council Resolution 1973. On left is the screen shot from NATO website showing the photos of the participating ships. The regular readers of this blog will find the two photos I have marked very very familiar.... Continue Reading →
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Submarine Training Center Command, of Turkish Navy apparently finds my website good enough to be linked. It is not the first time that my website is liked by the official navy sites. But this is the first instance where I was document it.
M/F Ankara Could Not Dock In Misurata
M/F Ankara is 25 miles off shore of Libyan city Misurata according to news reports. The civilian ferry left Çeşme, İzmir with 2 tons of medical supplies, 3 ambulances. On board are 15 healthcare professionals and a security detail of 10 too. M/F Ankara was supposed to dock in Misurata to disembark her cargo and to pick up 200... Continue Reading →
Commander Of Turkish Navy In Russia
Admiral Murat Birgel, the Commander of Turkish Navy is in Russia for bilateral meetings. On the first leg of this visit the Turkish delegation was Moscow. There Admiral Birgel has met Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, Admiral Vladimir Vysotsky. during the meeting Russian and Turkish commanders pointed out that the BlackSeaFor created a very suitable platform for military... Continue Reading →
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