>I am sorry for the non existing blogging last week. I was on a vacation and did not have regular access to the internet.But I hope these latest photos, that I have taken in Kiel are worth of your waiting. This S-185, U-35 of the German Navy. She is a Type 212A class AIP capable... Continue Reading →
>Italian training ship Amerigo Vespucci is visiting Istanbul currently. She will be leaving tomorrow.She has 90 cadets on board during for this years cruise.The lack of sail training ships in inventory of Turkish Navy is in my opinion one important ommission.There is no better way than sailing and challenging the elements, in order to develop... Continue Reading →
>Yesterday a small squadron of 3 Japanese warships have arrived in Istanbul.Japanese warships especially training ships, do visit Istanbul almost in every other year usually as a stop of their training cruise.This visit was no exception. Two of the visiting ships, TV-3513 JDS Shimayuki and TV-3508JDS Kashima are training ships. Kashima is a pure bread... Continue Reading →
UPDATE:If you have arrived at this blog via the link at gCaptain.com, kindly note that my post about this exihibition is from 2009. The exhibition is over a very long time ago. > Last weekend I have visited a new exhibition at the Pera Museum in Istanbul. Pera Museum is one of the private museums... Continue Reading →
>This is A-585 TCG AKIN. She is a swimming piece of history. She was build as a Chanticleer class submarine rescue ship, named ASR-10 USS Greenlet. She was launched in 1942 and commissioned in USN in 1943.She saw action in World War Two. She was in Tokyo Bay, when Japan surrendered in 1945. She saw... Continue Reading →
>US Navy conducted another flag relay in the Black Sea. DDG-52 USS Barry entered the Black Sea on 18 November 2008 and the flagship of the 6th Fleet LCC-20 USS Mount Whitney returned to the Med on 19 november 2008. This is the third Black Sea cruise of USS Barry since August 2008. Apparently the... Continue Reading →
>The official name of the Turkish navy is The Navy of Turkish Republic. (Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Deniz Kuvvetleri). I am mentioning this because today is the 85th anniversary of the Turkish Republic.It is a custom of Turkish Navy to send a couple of warships to port cities and open them for public visiting. This year F-243... Continue Reading →
> Two South Korean warships are in Istanbul for a official visit. Chun Lee 57 logistics support ship and Daejoyoung 977 a KDx-2 class destroyerEscoorting them is one of the training ships of Turkish Navy A-597 TCG Cezayirli Gazi Hasan PaşaAccording to the news these ships are on a training cruise. It seems that these... Continue Reading →
>USS Mason DDG-87 left Istanbul today. She made a 3 day visit in Istanbul returning from the Black Sea.She had entered Black Sea on 29 September 2008. She could have stayed in the Black Sea until 19 October 2008.During her stay in Istanbul USS Mason was surrounded by a floating barrier. This was a countermeasure... Continue Reading →
>Today, 27th September, is the Day of Turkish Navy. Today is also the anniversary of the Battle of Preveza .Two naval ships visited Istanbul for the ceremonies.F-245 TCG Oruçreis, a MEKO 200 Track 2A class frigate. She was build between 1995 -1997 in Gölcük Naval Shipyard. She is scheduled for a mid-life modernisation and will... Continue Reading →
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