>© RIA Novosti. Vyacheslav PopovRussian news agency Ria Novosti reports that the fifth Russian Mangust class patrol boat has arrived in Abkhazia to help the former Georgian republic guard its maritime border in the Black Sea.A Russian coast guard division, based at the Black Sea port of Ochamchira in Abkhazia, is expected to have up... Continue Reading →
>© RIA Novosti. Alexei KudenkoAccording to Russian Black Sea Fleet press service, Blackseafor warships completed the active stage of three-week drills.The main focus of the drills has been on maintaining stability and peace in the region, promoting cooperation, and strengthening mutual understanding among the Black Sea countries.The Russian Navy was represented during the so-called Blackseafor... Continue Reading →
>A quick reference about the active ships, ongoing building programs and planned acquisitions of the Turkish NavyActiveBuildingPlanedSubmarines14 6Frigates17 Corvettes6210Fast Attack Craft - Missile261 Patrol Craft18214Minehunters/sweepers191 LPD 1LST52 LCT/LCU/LCM248 Fleet Support Tankers2 Tankers4 Training Ships10 2Salvage Ships3 3Helicopters2117 Planes610 A detailed version of the above list:ActiveBuildingPlaned209 Type 1400 submarine 8209 Type 1200 submarine6214 Type submarine (Note 1)6MEKO 200 class frigate8 Perry class... Continue Reading →
>On Friday 20th August 2010, the ships with the Black Sea Naval Cooperation Task Group Blackseafor arrived at the port of Sevastopol, Ukraine in accordance with the plan of the Blackseafor regular activation, according to the press center of the Ukraine Navy.Click here to read more. It is a pity that Istanbul is not among the... Continue Reading →
>On 14th August 2010, the second activation period for the cal-on naval task force BlackSeaFor has begun in Constance, Romania. Romania will take the command of the BlackSeaFor from Bulgaria, for one year. This activation of the task force will continue till 30th August. The ships will spend 12 days in port and 8 days... Continue Reading →
>TCG Gelibolu returned home on 13th August 2010, after being away for 6 months. She was in the Gulf of Aden as part of Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG2).During her operation in the region she has sailed approximately 30.000 nautical miles and escorted many ships. She is by far the most efficient Turkish warship... Continue Reading →
>NATO's Standing MCM Group 2 has arrived in Izmir harbor today. The task force will stay there till 6th August.SNMCMG-2 was in Black Sea since mid July and conducted Breeze/Certex 2010 exercise with Bulgarian Navy. The task force passed through Bosporus on 1st august 2010 Sunday. I was able to take photos of the ships but because... Continue Reading →
>M/V Frigia was captured by Somali pirates in March just 1000 miles west of India. The incident was one of the most eastward hijackings.She was of the Somali coast since then. According to the urkish shipping company's lawyer the ship is heading toward Oman's western town of Salalah where the current crew will be chaned... Continue Reading →
>Photo: Italian NavyCommandate class OPV, P-491 ITS Commandante Borsini arrived in Mersin for a liberty call.The ship is the flagship of the commander of UNIFIL Rear Admiral Paolo Sandalli.P-491 ITS Commandante Borsini, is very similar to SAR vessels being built for the Turkish Coast Guard. Both are designed by Italian company Fincantieri and have the same hull.
>© RIA Novosti. Igor ChuprinThis is an interesting coincidence. Little did I know when I wrote almost one week ago that the operational status of Russian submarine Alrosa was doubtful.Today the Russian news portal RIA Novosti ran an article about that submarine. It seems that the repairs work is finished and the submarine is back... Continue Reading →
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