>F-492 TCG Gemlik, Turkish contribution to CTF-151 is returning to her home port Aksaz on 24th April 2010.She had left her home port to relieve TCG Gökova in Gulf of Aden, in early February. Currently TCG Gelibolu is the only Turkish warship in the Indian Ocean.
>TCG Gelibolu Sweeping The Sea Clear of Pirates
>Turkish frigate TCG Gelibolu, serving in NATO Maritime Standing Naval Task Group 2, encountered and neutralised 12 pirates on two separate different incidents, on 21 April 2010.In first incident the frigate encountered two boats in suspicious activity, in the vicinity of Liberian-flagged M / V Safmarine Cunene. TCG Gelibolu forced the pirates stop their boats... Continue Reading →
>Naval Exercise Deniz Yıldızı 2010 Has Ended
>The naval exercise Deniz yıldızı 2010 has ended. The exercise that started on 6th April had four phases.The first phase from 6th April till 9th April was the deployment of the warships to their destinations. During this period ASW, AAW, ASuW exercises and underway replenishment training was conducted.The second phase from 9th April till 12th... Continue Reading →
>TCG Gelibolu Captures 13 More Pirates
>A mother ship and 2 skiff type speed boat were detected by F-493 TCG Gelibolu, 250 miles north east of Seychelles on 18 April 2010 at 07:00 local time. They were on the route of the Turkish vessel M/V Servet-Y.TCG Gelibolu intervened and stopped the mother ship. The naval special forces boarded the pirate vessels and... Continue Reading →
>Old, Rusty And No More Dangerous.
>The mine that washed up to the coast of Karasu was destroyed by Naval EOD teams. As reported earlier an old and rusty object was found on the beach by locals. After positively being identified as a mine, the Navy decided to destroy it.The Naval Special Forces EOD teams cleared the sand around the mine and... Continue Reading →
>A Busy Weekend In Black Sea
>The Canadian Halifax class frigate F-337 HMCS Fredericton is in Istanbul for a port visit. She arrived on 10 April morning.In the mean time there is a lot of activity in the Black Sea right now. Turkish frigate F-244 TCG Barbaros and submarine S-350 TCG Batıray are visiting Sevastopol Ukraine. One other foreign warship visiting... Continue Reading →
>New Patrol Boat Of Turkish Navy Launched
>Yesterday the first boat of the New Type Patrol Boat class was launched. As the boats are not officially commissioned they do not have a class names yet, neither does the boat. The boat P-1200 was laid in May 2008 and she is the first of a class of 16 boats. In August 2007, a... Continue Reading →
>M/V Yasin-C Is Free
>The Turkish merchant M/V Yasin-C was reported to be hi jacked by pirates on 7th April, 270 nautical miles of Mombasa. The pirates climbed on board after attacking the ship with RPG and starting a fire. Since then there has been no communication from the ship. As of today the ship is free again. It... Continue Reading →
>Old, Rusty And Dangerous
>An old and rusty mine has washed up to a beach in Karasu, a small town at the Black Sea coast. Locals alerted the police, and police asked Navy for help to identify the object. After the investigation of navy the object was identified as a very old mine. Naval EOD teams were called to... Continue Reading →
>April 2010 Activation of Blackseafor
>The On-Call Naval Force of Black Sea navies BlackSeaFor will be activated on 9th April in Turkish town Ereğli on Black Sea. Bulgaria will command this activation. The next activation will be in August 2010 and will be commanded by Romania. The following ships will take part in the activation:Bulgaria: Frigate, BGS VerniRomania Corvette, ROS... Continue Reading →
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