The Type 23 class frigate F-234 HMS Iron Duke docked in Marmaris, Muğla today for a port visit. According to news reports the ship will stay in Marmaris for 3 days before returning to her operations. Marmaris is a nice coastal town favorite among Britons as a holiday destination. Therefore most of the local business, cafes and restaurants adapted themselves to British tourists.... Continue Reading →
On 11 July 2011, huge explosions in Evangelos Florakis Naval Base at Zygi, Cyprus killed at least 12 people and wounded dozens other. The shrapnel and blast from the explosions also damaged the neighboring main electricity plant. A third of Cyprus is in darkness according to electric company. A three-day heat wave that has led to temperatures of about 40 degrees Celsius (104... Continue Reading →
On 9th July 2011, the Arleigh Burke (Flight IIA) class destroyer DDG-87 USS Mason arrived for a 3 day visit in Bodrum, Muğla. The small touristic town Bodrum is becoming a favorite visit destination for US Navy. USS Stout was there for a 3 day port visit in May.
Today the US Arleigh Burke class destroyer DDG-55 USS Stout arrived in Bodrum, Turkey for 3 day port visit. The ship's last visit to Bodrum was in 2009. USS Stout is on deployment with the US 6th Fleet since leaving her home port in Virginia in December 2010, for a scheduled six-month rotation to the Mediterranean. Although... Continue Reading →
The missing Turkish ferry M/F Ankara returned to Çeşme, İzmir. The ship of course was never missing officialy but she was not seen or reported for the last couple of days. M/F Ankara is a civilian ferry. She was used in the evacuation of civilians from Libya in March with her sisters M/F Samsun and... Continue Reading →
The Turkish ferry M/F Ankara has left Alexandria, Egypt and is heading to Misurata. With her current speed she will arrive in the Libyan town in 26 hours. On 12 April she has left Benghazi with 1025 Egyptian evacuees on board. She was in Alexandria since 14 April 2011. Disaster and Emergency Management Agency and Turkish Red Crescent are sending 818 tons of... Continue Reading →
The ferry M/V Ankara arrived in Benghazi on 11 April 2011. She took 45 Libyans, treated in hospitals in Turkey back home. According to the announcement from the Office of Prime Minister the ship will remain in the region as she will evacuate Egyptians from Libya. Today the ferry left Benghazi with 1025 Egyptians and is heading to Alexandria.... Continue Reading →
According to AIS transponder data the ferry M/V Ankara has left Çeşme port for a trip to Benghazi, shortly after midnight on 9 April 2011. The ferry was converted to a makeshift hospital ship and evacuated 250 wounded Libyans from Misurata and Bengazi last week. This will her second trip to Libya as a hospital ship. She was involved... Continue Reading →
F-490 TCG Gaziantep helped a drifting Egyptian fishing boat off the coast of Libya according to an announcement of Turkish General Staff. TCG Gaziantep is one of the 4 frigates Turkish Navy has assigned to NATO's Operation Unified Protector, enforcing the arms embargo against Libya. The fishing boat El-Halevi was drifting in a storm after an engine failure.... Continue Reading →
>U-402 Konstantin Olshansky. NATO photo.Exactly at midnight of 23th March 2011, the Ukrainian Ropucha 1 class landing ship U-402 Konstantin Olshansky Sevastopol to conduct Non-Combatant Evacuation of Ukranian citizens trapped in Libya.She has passed through Bosphorus on 24 March 2011 early in the morning and left Turkish territorial waters late at night.According to Ukrainian Goverment Portal the ship can accommodated 500 to 600... Continue Reading →
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