On 28 October 2016, the Turkish Defence Executive Commitee, has decided to arm SH-70B Seahawk helicopters of Turkish Navy with Temren short-range anti ship missile. Temren means arrowhead in Turkish. The missile was developed, from the L-UMTAS long range anti tank missile, developed by Roketsan. The original L-UMTAS has a range of 8 km and weights... Continue Reading →
The construction of the multipurpose amphibious assault ship L-408 TCG Anadolu has started on 30th April 2016. The ship is based on Navatia’s Juan Carlos 1 design. TCG Anadolu will be similar to SPS Juan Carlos 1 in Spanish Navy and HMAS Adelaide and HMAS Canberra in Royal Australian Navy. During the ceremony President of... Continue Reading →
The two large rescue ships TCG Işın and TCG Akın, the submarine rescue ship TCG Alemdar and the new LST, TCG Bayraktar can be seen on the above photo. They are in different phases of construction. TCG Alemdar was first to be launched in April 2014. She was followed by TCG Işın in June 2014... Continue Reading →
Yonca Onuk Shipyard is constructing a new batch of fast intervention boats for Qatari Naval Forces. The boat I have seen Q-21 resembles very much to the other MRTP-16 type of boats built by the same shipyard 3 years ago. During the Dimdex 2012 maritime defence exhibition in Qatar, it was announced that the Turkish... Continue Reading →
Since I cannot see a Chinese warship often, I tried to take as many photos as I can make. My knowledge of Chinese naval sensors and weapons is very limited. Thus I welcome any additional information about them.
Last week I had reported about the this photo of a Turkish S-70 B2 Sea Hawk helicopter firing a missile. Thanks to the comment of my reader Frankie I have now more information strait from the in house magazine of Roketsan. According to the magazine the test was conducted on 16 September 2014, from the... Continue Reading →
The Turkish daily Hürriyet ran a photo reportage on A-587 TCG Gazal. She is one of the few World War 2 veteran ships still remaining in Turkish Navy and is 72 years old. She was launched in December 1942 as USS Sioux a Cherokee class tug. After 30 years of service in US Navy she... Continue Reading →
I am sure that the good people of Thales are in a celebration mood. Here is an excerpt form their press release: Thales announces the delivery of the final standard for the maritime patrol aircraft to Turkey as part of the MELTEM II programme, for which Thales is the prime contractor. To this day, five... Continue Reading →
I regret any misunderstanding that my previous post may have caused. I was just away temporary for a week-long holiday. That was all. The photos you see above are the Coast Guard boats I have encountered during the week in various coastal towns. The last photo of the SG-80 TCSG-80 is the most interesting of... Continue Reading →
The Turkish Navy has received the first ATR 72-600 Turkish maritime utility aircraft (TMUA) from Alenia Aermacchi on 25 July 2013. Maritime Utility Aircraft is a very elegant expression and means that the aircraft has neither weapons nor any sensors. Alenia Aermacchi was awarded the contract to deliver two ATR 72-600 TMUA and six ATR... Continue Reading →
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