An update to the major units taking part in the exercise Mavi Vatan: Small landing craft and auxiliaries taking part in the exercise are not included in the list. For further information regarding the exercise click here. Additional information: Frigates: TCG Gökçeada is deployed with the SNMG-2 and TCG Geliblou is in Gulf Of Aden... Continue Reading →
Regular readers of this blog will know, that I like to name the units that are taking part in an exercise. It is not easy to identify the participating units to the Mavi Vatan naval exercise. First, there are 103 units taking part in this drill. I would be able to get to name them... Continue Reading →
Today TCG Sokullu Mehmet Paşa made a northbound passage through Istanbul. This ship was built for Germany Navy as FGS Donau, by Schlichting-Werft in Travemünde as a tender for fast attack boats. She was transferred to the Turkish Navy in 1995 to replace the old ship of the same name. TCG Sokullu Mehmet Paşa was selected... Continue Reading →
The previously unnamed test and evaluation ship has now a name and a pennant number: A-591 TCG Ufuk. The ship, the first one in Turkish Navy to bear that name, was launched on 9th February 2019. TCG Ufuk shows a striking resemblance to Ada class corvettes. Even some main physical attributes like the length, width,... Continue Reading →
The project was first made public in a presentation made by Undersecreteriat for Defence Industries, (SSM) during the 7th Naval Systems Seminar in 2017. SSM simply told that they have signed a contract for a Test and Evaluation Ship. More information was released in a presentation made by the engineering company STM during the same... Continue Reading →
TCG Gökçeda will start her goodwill visit to Doha, Qatar on 28th January 2019. The frigate departed from Aksaz Naval Base on 13th January 2019 for a 3-month deployment to the Indian Ocean which will be her third. The frigate passed through the Suez Canal on 16th January and proceed to Djibouti her first port... Continue Reading →
On 13th December 2018, it was announced that a RIM-162 ESSM missile fired from the frigate TCG Göksu hit a target drone. The live shooting exercise was important as the target was tracked and illuminated by Turkish-made radar system. In November 2018 Turkish Navy started field testing an Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar prototype... Continue Reading →
On 2nd November 2018, The Presidency of Defence Industries –former Undersecreteriat of Defence Industries- the main defense acquisition agency of Turkey announced that a contract for the serial production of Atmaca (Hawk) anti-ship missile was signed. The contract was signed between PDI and Roketsan the leading company in the country for designing, developing and manufacturing... Continue Reading →
This week a fishing boat operating off the coast of Ayvalık, Balıkesir found a mine in its net. They have informed the Coast Guard and the harbor master. The old and probably inert mine was brought to the shore on board. A Turkish Navy EOD team was called by the Coast Gaurd. The EOD team... Continue Reading →
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UU6vfft0ToY The Turkish Navy conducted another sinking exercise SINKEX last week on 17th October. This is the second SINKEX Turkish Navy has conducted in 2018 and the third, in the last 12 months. This exercise was not previously announced. But it was anticipated since the decommissioned navy tanker ex- TCG Taşkızak was observed being towed... Continue Reading →
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