It has been a while since I have last updated the order of battle for Turkish Navy. Here is the current one, as of January 2014: Active Building Planned Submarines (Note-1) 14 1 5 Frigates 16 Corvettes 8 1 1 Fast Attack Craft – Missile (Note-2) 25 4 Patrol Craft 30 4 Minehunters/sweepers (Note-3) 19... Continue Reading →
Update On The Capsizing Of TCG Değirmendere
A video showing the capsizing of the tug TCG Değirmedere has been published on the internet. This video contradicts many facts of the news story I have based my reporting earlier: apparently there is no order to abandon the ship, the trying to balance the ship. Everything happens to quickly and I hate to say... Continue Reading →
Russian Warship Movements Through Turkish Straits (Part 37)
This morning we had two Russian Ropucha class landing ship returning from their Syrian Deployment. One of them was 016 Georgiy Pobedonosets, the other remained unidentified. The list of Russian warship movements in 2014: Date Number Name Direction 02/01/14 016 Georgiy Pobedonosets Northbound 02/01/14 ? ? Northbound I have archived the list of the Russian ship... Continue Reading →
Technical Specifications Of Turkish LPD
I have received a copy of the press release made by Defense Industry Undersecretariat, after posting my blog about the Turkish LPD project. I have created the below table with the information on the press release to make a comparison between the Spanish Juan Carlos, Australian Canberra and Turkish LPD, all based on the same... Continue Reading →
Turkey Has Chosen Its New Dreadnought
On 27 December 2013 the Defence Industry Executive Committee made a statement consisting of just one sentence: After the completion of the evaluation of the bids for Landing Platform Dock (LPD) project by Defense Industry Undersecretariat, on 26 December 2013, the Defense Industry Executive Committee decided to start contract negotiation with the Sedef Ship Building Company; and... Continue Reading →
Photos Of TCG Salihreis
The MEKO 200 Track IIB class frigate F-246 TCG Salihreis was deployed with the NATO's Standing NATO Maritime Group 2, between June and December 2013. The photos are from this deployment. The last photo is my favorite. All photos courtesy of Mr. Muhammet Metin.
The Capsizing Of TCG Değirmendere
I was away for a short holiday and quite important and sad things happened in my absence. So this next few post will be an effort to update this blog. The tug A-576 TCG Değirmendere capsized inside the floating dock as she was being floated. 17 people injured and sadly 10 people was killed during... Continue Reading →
Season’s Greetings
I wish all my readers a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2014.
Bulgaria Sold Its Submarine
The Bulgarian Navy decommissioned its sole Romeo (Project 633) class BNS Slava in 2011 and terminated Bulgaria’s submarine force after 94 years. According to BlackSeaNews website the decommissioned bulk of the former BNS Slava was sold to a private company for €355 thousand. The closed bidding Bulgarian submarine "Hope" sold nearly 710 thousand leva (355 euros) with a starting... Continue Reading →
Russian Warship Movements Through Turkish Straits (Part 36)
In the last weeks of 2013 we are seeing a slightly increased traffic of Russian warships through Turkish Straits. The factory ship PM-138 returned to the Black Sea on 19 December 2013 where as the large landing ships Yamal, Alexander Shabalin and Nikolay Filchenkov have been deployed to the Mediterranean. The updated list of Russian... Continue Reading →
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