According to the official webpage of Turkish General Staff, Turkish frigate F-497 TCG Göksu ride shot-gun to Tanzanian flagged merchant ship M/V Star Prince for ten days. The two ships rendezvoused off the coast of Jedda, Saudi Arabia and traveled together till M/V Star Price arrived its destination: Mogadishu, Somalia. She was carrying humanitarian aid... Continue Reading →
Today, Turkish Parliament accepted a submitted motion to extend the presence of Turkish Navy in Gulf Of Aden for one year. In 2009, Turkish Parliament gave the government the power to send units from Turkish Navy to Gulf Of Aden and adjacent waters, in order to participate the multinational efforts of anti-piracy. The as duration of this permission is limited to... Continue Reading →
The Romanian frigate F-221 ROS Regele Ferdinand will be returning home shortly. She left Romania in mid September and sailed the seas off the coast of Somalia as a part of EU's anti piracy operation Atalanta. The crew from Romanian frigate ROS Regele Ferdinand are proud to be sailing home to their base port of... Continue Reading →
Turkish Navy announced that it will take the helm of Combined Task Force-151 between 19 September and 13 December 2012. The Turkish frigate F-492 TCG Gemlik will act as the flagship. There will be a hand-over ceremony on board of the current DDH-978 ROKS Wang Geon on 19th September 2012 in Manama, Bahrain. Previously Turkish Navy led... Continue Reading →
The Romanian frigate F-221 Regele Ferdinand left Constanta to join the EU anti piracy task force Atalanta. According to Romanian website Resboiu.ro this is the first participation of Romanian ships in anti-piracy operations. Last year the ship participated under NATO command in the Mediterranean Sea in Operation Active Endeavour and in Operation Unified Protector against Libya.... Continue Reading →
Let me warn you that this is not a recent news story. Four days ago on 27th June 2012, the Turkish owned and Maltese flagged Supramax bulk carrier M/V Namrun was attacked by pirates as she was passing through the Gulf Of Aden. She was near position 14:22 N - 054:38 E, approximately 110 nm north... Continue Reading →
Before SNMG-2 returned to the Mediterranean the command of the Operation Ocean Shield, NATO's counter piracy mission was handed over to the SNMG-1. The handover ceremony was done in Jeddah Saudi Arabia. This is a surprise as I did not know that Saudi Arabia supported the NATO operations, even covertly. Commodore Ben Bekkering (Royal Netherlands Navy), assumed command... Continue Reading →
This is not a new story. Sorry for the delay. On 17th March 2012, the Turkish frigate F-491 TCG Giresun caught 7 pirates in a skiff of the coast of Somalia. At first, the skiff was intercepted by the on board helicopter of the frigate 60 nautical miles south of Yemeni coast just inside the IRTC. When the frigate... Continue Reading →
While the families of the crew of the Greek frigate F-452 HS Hydra celebrate, her early return from Horn of Africa, this shows the dire fiscal situation the Greek armed forces are facing. In early February, HS Hydra was send by Greek Navy to participate in the Operation Atalanta, the anti-piracy operation of EU off the coast of Somalia. She... Continue Reading →
The Greek Navy deployed the MEKO 200HN class frigate F-452 HS Hydra for the European Union Naval Force Somalia - Operation Atalanta. She has arrived to her Area of Operation two days ago. Following passage south through the Red Sea, the HS HYDRA will join the multi-national EU NAVFOR off the Horn of Africa on... Continue Reading →
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