Since 2 July 2015, Turkish Navy is commanding NATO Mine Countermeasures Group Two SNMCMG-2. The first action of the group was to deploy to Bulgaria for the Bulgarian led naval exercise Breeze 2015. The Change of Command Ceremony took place in Erdek Naval Base. According to official NATO Marine Command page, the two Turkish ship... Continue Reading →
Turkish Navy will take the command of NATO Standing Maritime Mine Counter Measures Group-2 on 2 July 2015. The hand over ceremony will be held in Erdek Naval base, the home port of Turkish mine warfare ships. The MEKO 200 class frigate F-244 TCG Barbaros will be the flag ship of the Captain Ramazan Kesgin.... Continue Reading →
Last week Turkish project management company STM Mühendislik, announced that they have finished the modernization project of two Turkish Ay class submarines. As reported in earlier in this blog, in March 2010 Defense Industry Executive Committee (SSIK) decided to upgrade two Atılay class submarines and one year later the contract was signed with STM. Atılay class... Continue Reading →
On 15 June 2015, F-495 TCG Gediz becomes the first Turkish warship to dock in Manila, Philippines. This 4 day visit in Manila will foster the bilateral ties of the two nations. The Turkish Navy ship was met by the BRP Silang Patrol Gunboat (PG14) near Corregidor and escorted it to the port area in Manila.... Continue Reading →
The contract signing ceremony for the LPD was the highlight of the IDEF 2015 was from the maritime point of view the. On 7 May 2015 the contract for the production of one landing platform dock, was signed between Under-secretariat for Defence Industries and Sedef Shipyard. The design is based on Spanish shipyard Navantia's Juan... Continue Reading →
During the IDEF 2015 12th International Defense Industry Fair, Turkish Navy shared the first conceptual drawing of the second generation of Milgem ships which are also called as Milgem-G So, what do we see here? Nothing unorthodox or groundbreaking or very experimental. From the outside the ship is an enlarged Milgem. The inside changes... Continue Reading →
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmyctqLG3Nc When PLAN ships were passing through the Turkish Straits, a Turkish frigate was visiting China to return the favor. TCG Gediz arrived in Hong Kong on 15 May and will stay there till 18 May. The visit of a Turkish warship to a Chinese port is equally rare as Chinese warships passing through the... Continue Reading →
Turkish frigate TCG Gediz arrived in Port Klang in Malaysia on 3 May 2015. She will continue to her journey on 5 May 2015. The frigate is on a commemorative cruise replicating the route of the ill fated deployment of the Ottoman frigate Ertuğrul.
On 6 April 2015 we had witnessed northbound passage of a large number of Turkish warships, 5 frigates, 2 corvettes, 4 fast attack craft in total. The reason is the start of the Deniz Yıldızı 2015 naval exercise in Black Sea. According to the Turkish Navy website following units will take part in the... Continue Reading →
Today, the Milgem class Corvette F-512 TCG Büyükada evacuated 55 Turkish citizens trapped in Yemen. The corvette was deployed to the Gulf of Aden and was in the region since January. It is the first major operation for TCG Büyükada. This is also the first non combatant evacuation operation for any Milgem class warship.... Continue Reading →
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