Russian improved Kilo class (Project 636.3) submarine Stary Oskol made a northbound passage through Istanbul on 23rd September 2021. This passage was the end of a very long overhaul and operational deployment. She was last seen in Istanbul passing southbound on 25.4.2019. She exited the Black Sea to sail to the Admiralty Shipyard in St.... Continue Reading →
Russian Reinforcements Sail Southbound
Less than 24 hours after a Turkish Army HQ in Syria has been hit by a Kaab 1500 L carried only by Su-34, two Russian frigates have passed in tandem southbound through Istanbul. Two Admiral Grigorovich class frigates Admiral Grigorovich and Admiral Makarov passed through Istanbul on 28th February 2020 at 07.00 UTC. They will... Continue Reading →
Sondaj Gemilerimiz ve Teknolojileri
2 ay ne kadar çabuk geçmiş. Oysa Sayın Bilal Eren ile sondaj gemilerimiz hakkında yaptığımız keyfli sohbetin bütün detayları aklımda. Dinleyemeyenler veya yeniden dinlemek isteyenler kayıtlara aşağıdaki linklerden erişebilir: YouTube: https://youtu.be/y3QIaPAtLzI SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/dijitalhayattv/sondaj_gemilerimiz_ve_teknolojileri… Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6QXYMir79pAaq5UQQMGfq8?si=ZKnRFJB0Qjui-qcdjqpnMw… iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/tr/podcast/her-sal%C4%B1-ve-per%C5%9Fembe-20-30-youtube-her-cuma-15-30-trt-radyo1/id1449049802?l=tr&i=1000443737747… Web: https://dijitalhayat.tv/sondaj-gemileri/
The SNMG-2 Is Back In Istanbul
On 29 March four ships of NATO Standing Maritime Force 2 transited northbound through Turkish Straits and entered the Black Sea. This was the start of the task force’s first Black Sea deployment in 2019. The French National Marine contribution to the SNMG-2 FS Var also arrived in Istanbul but she did not proceed to... Continue Reading →
A New Naval Base In The Black Sea
Turkish Navy has started the necessary bureaucratical procedures to establish a new naval base in the Black Sea. Turkish Navy was thinking about establishing a naval base in the eastern Black Sea for almost one decade. The main Turkish naval base in the Black Sea is in Karadeniz Ereğli in the western part of the region. This... Continue Reading →
ÇAFRAD Successfully Completes First Live Fire Test
On 13th December 2018, it was announced that a RIM-162 ESSM missile fired from the frigate TCG Göksu hit a target drone. The live shooting exercise was important as the target was tracked and illuminated by Turkish-made radar system. In November 2018 Turkish Navy started field testing an Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar prototype... Continue Reading →
The Kerch Incident
Russia seized three Ukrainian naval vessels on 25th November 2018 Sunday and escalated the feud between two countries to the next level. The Ukrainian trio - Gurza-M class gunboats P-175 Berdyansk, P-176 Nikopol and the tug A-947 Yana Kapu – set sail from Odessa and was destined to Berdyansk by the Azov Sea. The Azov Sea... Continue Reading →
Turkish Navy Conducted The Second SINKEX In 2018
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UU6vfft0ToY The Turkish Navy conducted another sinking exercise SINKEX last week on 17th October. This is the second SINKEX Turkish Navy has conducted in 2018 and the third, in the last 12 months. This exercise was not previously announced. But it was anticipated since the decommissioned navy tanker ex- TCG Taşkızak was observed being towed... Continue Reading →
NATO Naval Taskforces End Their Deployment To The Black Sea
On early July, flagships of Standing NATO Maritime Group Two (SNMG2) and Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group Two (SNMCMG2) HNLMS De Ruyter and FGS Rhein arrived in Bulgarian port Burgas for the Bulgarian led exercise Breeze 2018. Replenishment ship FS Marne of Marine Nationale and Greek fast attack craft HS Daniolos followed them. BREEZE 2018... Continue Reading →
SNMG-2 Ships Arrived In Samsun
Earlier this week, both NATO Standing Maritime Groups made a port visit in Odessa, Ukraine between 23rd and 25th July. During this port visit, the warships were warships were open to the public. According to the Turkish Navy, TCG Fatih and TCG Anamur have hosted 2413 visitors for 6 hours when they were open to... Continue Reading →
