A-589 TCG Işın one of the salvage vessels of Turkish Navy has been very busy since 16th January 2012. On 16th January one T-37 training plane from Turkish Air Force crashed off Foça, İzmir during a routine training flight. A-589 TCG Işın was of the ships that was dispatched to find the wreck of the planer... Continue Reading →
Turkish warship A-577 TCG Sokullu Mehmet Paşa replaced A-579 TCG Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Paşa as the flagship of Standing NATO Mine Counter Measures Group 2, on 23rd January 2012. The Turkish Captain Abdulhamit Şener is commanding this task force. Actually both ships are more or less same. They were originally built for the German Navy as... Continue Reading →
The commander of two counter piracy task forces CTF-151 and TF-508 (NATO SNMG-2) met to discuss joint operations and coordination between these two task forces. Currently Turkish Navy has the command on the SNMG-2. More over Turkish Navy did led the CTF-151 twice 5 May -13 August 2009 and 1 September -29 November 2010. Commodore Aage Buur Jensen Danish Royal Navy,... Continue Reading →
On 25th January 2012, 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 duration of... Continue Reading →
The joint naval exercise between Egyptian and Turkish Navies ended a while ago but some interesting videos surfaced on the internet. I thank my reader Huseyin for posting the video on the comments section in the first place.
Turkish Navy will return to Libya to help the reconstruction of the Libyan fleet and to help the training of the mariners. Libyan Naval Forces Command has asked Turkey's cooperation in reconstruction of its armada, training of mariners and in military issues. Bases in Tripoli, Homs, Misurata, Sirte and Benghazi cities have been damaged during... Continue Reading →
This is a quick review of the current status of the construction project for Turkish Navy: Active Pre Production Production Post Production Milgem 1 10 1 0 New class patrol craft 2 5 5 4 214 Type submarine 0 6 0 0 LPD 0 1 0 0 LST 0 2 0 0 LCT 0 3 2... Continue Reading →
It has been a while since I have last updated the order of battle for Turkish Navy. Here is the current one: Active Building Planned Submarines (Note 1) 14 6 Frigates (Note 2) 17 Corvettes 7 1 10 Fast Attack Craft - Missile 26 1 Patrol Craft (Note 3) 19 11 4 Minehunters/sweepers (Note 4)... Continue Reading →
One of the two frigates Turkey has sent to Gulf Of Aden for anti piracy operations, F-495 TCG Gediz disrupted a pirate mother ship and a skiff according to Combined Maritime Forces. TCG Gediz has received the GENESİS combat suit modernization and she is the first frigate of this class to receive the MK-41 VLS upgrade.... Continue Reading →
Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG2) gets a new flagship in December. According to Turkish Navy, the current Flagship F-245 TCG Oruçreis will be relieved by the frigate F-491 TCG Giresun. Since June 2011 Turkish Navy is in command of SNMG-2 and MEKO 200 Track II class, TCG Oruçreis is the flagship. The reason behind this change... Continue Reading →
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