The Turkish submarine in the Ionian Sea, TCG Anafartalar made a four-day visit to Durrës, Albania, after she has participated to the NATO ASW exercise, Noble Manta 2013. It is not common for submarines to make port visits. From the news bulletin of Durrës Port Authority dates 14 March 2013: This morning in the port of Durres has arrived... Continue Reading →
I must confess that I was appealed when I read this news article for the first time. The article is not a hoax but I do seriously doubt if the honorable Admiral Shiliang Su was not pulling the legs of the Turkish journalist. This whole story reminded me when the People's Republic of China promised to send 1 million... Continue Reading →
The Voice Of Russia reported today that a Russian warship will be visiting Istanbul between 7 and 10 May 2013. The Bora class hoverborne guided missile corvette of the Russian Navy, RFS Bora will be in Istanbul during the IDEF’13, 11th International Defence Industry Fair. The Bora class corvettes have a very unconventional structure where a large air cushion is... Continue Reading →
Today I was lucky to see one of the two patrol boats constructed by Yonca Onuk shipyard for Turkish Navy. A photo of the other boat P-141 TCG Yunus 1 was made public in December 2012. This is her identical sister P-142 TCG Yunus 2. The Turkish Coast Guard is the largest customer of the... Continue Reading →
Just like in the previous years, on 18 March 2013, Turkish Navy organized a naval parade in Dardanelles, to commemorate the 98th anniversary of the victory against the Allied Fleet in 18 March 1915. Unlike past 3 years, I was not able to travel to Çanakkale to watch the parade. But instead I am honored and delighted to... Continue Reading →
There are a few ships, that directly influenced the history. The small minelayer Nusret is one of them. Perhaps the smallest of them. Today is the 98th anniversary of the victory of Turkish forces over the Allied Fleet in the Dardanelles. It is the proper time to remember this small minelayer constructed in Germany in service of Ottoman Navy as the mines... Continue Reading →
The port of Beirut is filled to the brim with foreign warships. According to Lebanese almayadeen TV there are three Russian warships in Beirut. The Ropucha class, large landing ships Kaliningrad, Alexander Shabalin and Neustrashimy class frigate Yaruslav Mudryy. All three warships belong to the Russian Baltic Fleet and are conducting a 3 day port visit. When they leave they will... Continue Reading →
Turkish Navy officially and permanently commissioned the fast landing ship Ç-151. Ç-151 is the first ship of the new LCT class of Turkish Navy. In 2007, Undersecretariat for Defence Industries (UDI), submitted a Request for Proposal for 8 LCT’s. These new vessels were to be built in Turkey and had to be fast. From the four companies that submitted to the... Continue Reading →
In the morning hours two German warships will leave the Turkish naval base Aksaz, Marmaris and will head to eastern Mediterranean. The frigate F-221 FGS Hessen and the replenishment ship A-1442 FSG Spessart have arrived in Aksaz naval base on 8th March 2013 for a 3 day port visit. According to NATO, these two warships make the whole Standing... Continue Reading →
According to Turkish Navy, Turkish frigate F-496 TCG Gökova will participate to AMAN-2013 naval exercise between 4th and 8th March 2013. The AMAN is a biannual naval exercise organised by Pakistan Navy. The exercise is usually conducted in North Arabian Sea. The aim of the exercise is: Display of united resolve against terrorism and crimes in maritime domain. Contributing towards... Continue Reading →
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