The Barbaros (MEKO 200 Track IIB) class frigate TCG Kemalreis was sighted today passing through Bosphorus with her new radar.When these ships were commissioned they had BAE Systems AWS-9 3D radar to provides long-range surveillance and target indication data. But the difficult and sometimes dangerous maintenance and the structural complexity of the AWS-9 radars made... Continue Reading →
6th Naval Systems Seminar will be taken place by the support of Undersecretariat Defence Industry (SSM) in November 28-29, 2013 at METU Cultural and Conventional Center in Ankara. The aim of the seminar is; • to increase the common knowledge on the subject of naval systems, • to improve mutual collaboration for better capabilities, •... Continue Reading →
Russian Ropuchas and Alligators are not the only landing ships pass through the Bosphorus. Here are photos of our indigenous NL-124 TCG Karamürsel showing her two recent passages. She is the sister of NL-123 TCG Sarucabey and both are enlarged version of the now deleted Çakabey class.These ships can carry 600 troops, 11 tanks and... Continue Reading →
NATO's Maritime Capability Group 1 on Above Water Engagement conducted naval electronic warfare trials in Toulon, France between 30 September and 4 October 2013. 4 vessels and measuring/simulator systems from France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Sweden and Turkey took part. The MEKO 200 Track IIA class frigate F-245 TCG Oruçreis was the Turkish participant to these... Continue Reading →
On 4 October the Naval Museum in Istanbul was reopened after a 6 years of renovation and reconstruction. The museum is just across the mausoleum of the great Turkish Admiral Barbaros Hayrettin Paşa. The MEKO 200 Track II class frigate F-244 TCG Barbaors was in Istanbul to take part in the reopening ceremony of the... Continue Reading →
I have missed the anniversary of the incident of TCG Muavenet being hit. So I am reposting one of my earlier post about this incident: On 2th October 1992, 11 minutes past midnight, during the NATO's Display Determination '92 naval exercise, two Sea Sparrow surface to air missiles fired accidentally from the aircraft carrier CV-60... Continue Reading →
The Milgem project will make an important step on 27 September 2013. The 27th September, the anniversary of the Battle of Preveza, celebrated as the Turkish Naval Forces Day. This year the second Milgem class corvette F-512 TCG Büyükada will enter into service and the keel of the third ship F-513 TCG Burgazada will be laid... Continue Reading →
The Turkish armament procurement agency UDI is preparing for a renewed tender for the Milgem-S construction Project according to the news in Turkish media. UDI will invite RMK ile Dearsan, Desan, ADİK, İstanbul, Sedef ve Yonca Onuk shipyards for this second tender. Earlier this month, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan signed the report prepared... Continue Reading →
The Turkish Milgem class corvette, F-511 TCG Heybeliada arrived in Durrës Albania today for a 3 day visit. Albania is her last visit before returning to home. TCG Heybeliada visited Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia before. According to Albanian Military Forces announcement the Albanian Chief of General Staff General Xhemal Gjunkshi, and the Commander of... Continue Reading →
The Turkish corvette F-511 TCG Heybeliada arrived in La Goulette Tunisia today after finishing her visit in Algeria. TCG Heybeliada will stay in Tunisia till 6 July 2013. According to the Algerian news portals the visit of TCG Heybeliada was within the framework of military cooperation between to nations. Within the framework of military cooperation... Continue Reading →
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