>NATO's largest annual Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) exercise Noble Manta 2010 has started today. It will continue till 24 February.Canada, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Norway, Spain, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States will task seven submarines, 18 aircraft (including ship-based helicopters) and eight surface ships. Seven submarines, one each from France, Germany, Greece, Italy, and Spain,... Continue Reading →
>3rd Naval Systems Seminar will be performed under the auspices of Undersecretariat For Defense Industries between 11th and 12th of October 2010 at ODTÜ – KKM (METU CCC)Sessions will cover the Naval Platforms (Ship and Machinery) and the Naval Systems (Weapon and Electronics).
>As predicted the parliament accepted the motion submitted by the government, to extend the presence of Turkish warships in Gulf of Aden for one year.So the government has the parliament’s approval to send warships to Gulf of Aden and the adjoining seas till 10 February 2011.Yesterday TCG Gemlik and TCG Gökova should have meet in... Continue Reading →
>The numbers of the ships that have passed through the Turkish Straits were published few days ago.I made a small table and a chart to summarize the numbers. In total 51.422 ships passed through Bosphorus and 49.453 ships passed through Dardanelles.The details of the ships are as follows:It is the large tankers that give me... Continue Reading →
>The Russian news portal RIA Novosti reports that two new corvettes and three conventional submarines are to join the Black Sea Fleet by 2015."In line with the approved shipbuilding program and armaments program until 2015, the Black Sea Fleet is to receive two frigates and three diesel submarines," the admiral said, stressing that he indeed... Continue Reading →
> F-492 TCG Gemlik left her homeport Aksaz Naval Base to relieve TCG Gökova in Gulf of Aden. Both ships will meet in Djibouti on 8 February. They will exchange information, stories and the mission. When they depart TCG Gökova will sail home and TCG Gemlik will sail to south. She will stay in the... Continue Reading →
>I must confess that I am not much a fan of modern shipbuilding processes. In the former days there would be keel laying ceremony to celebrate the start of the construction of the ship. The hull of the ship would evolve around that keel. Nowadays with introduction of advanced production processes, the ships are produced... Continue Reading →
>Turkish government submitted a motion to the Parliament, to extend the presence of Turkish warships in Gulf of Aden for one year.Last year in early February, Parliament approved the government's wish about sending a warship to Gulf of Aden and adjacent waters, in order to, participate the multinational efforts of anti-piracy. But duration of that... Continue Reading →
>According to Ares Defence Technology Blog of Aviation weekly, Turkey is installing Smart-S Mk2 3D medium-range surface radars on a total of 10 of its warships. In cooperation with the radar's producer, Thales Nederland, Turkish defense electronics company Aselsan will manufacture the radar under license for eight upgrades of existing ships and one new-build MILGEM.... Continue Reading →
>The Perry class (locally known as G class) frigate, F-492 TCG Gemlik will replace F-496 TCG Gökova currently serving in CTF-151.TCG Gemlik will set sail on 1 February 2010 from Aksaz Naval Base. She will the fifth frigate to be send to Gulf of Aden. The others were TCG Giresun, TCG Gaziantep, TCG Gediz and TCG... Continue Reading →
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