My regular readers may have noticed that I have not been writing much in the last few days. This due to the fact that I now have a regular day job. My new job takes up most of my day so that I have little time left for my blog. So my new year's resolution... Continue Reading →
Peace On Earth
As a photographer I am a firm believer of the saying "one photo is better that thousand words". The above is a photo from the official web page of Greek Naval Forces. Please mind that the photo is only in the Greek part of the web site and cannot be found on the English part. The... Continue Reading →
Photos From Sea Of Friendship 2011
Turkish Navy published some photos from the Sea Of Friendship naval exercise of Turkish and Egyptian navies. From the photos I was able to identify the following ships: 901 Sharm El Sheikh, Perry class frigate 230 Shaladein Luneburg class support ship 433 Al Hadi, Hainan class ASW patrol boat, Click here for more photos.
A Review Of Construction Projects For Turkish Navy
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 →
Beware Of Greeks Bearing Gifts
Since the Trojan War in ancient history, nations were advised to be suspicious of Greeks with gifts. Well this notion is one of the things we can call timeless or classic because what was true thousand years ago is still true today. According to Cypriot website MAXHnews Live, Greece wants to give 3 of the... Continue Reading →
Order Of Battle: Turkish Navy
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 →
First Turkish Interceptor Delivered To Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency
During the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace (Lima) Exhibition 2011, on 5th December, the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) took delivery of three MRTP 16 class, fast interceptor craft from BYO Marine Sdn Bhd with a ceremony. The delivery was made to MMEA director-general Maritime Admiral Datuk Mohd Amdan Kurish and was witnessed by Deputy Prime Minister Tan... Continue Reading →
Sea Of Friendship 2011
Turkish and Egyptian navies will take part in exercise called Bahr El-Muhabbe (Sea of Friendship) between 17 and 23 December 2011. The exercise will be hosted by Turkey and will be executed in Eastern Mediterranean. According to the press release of Turkish Navy, the aim of the exercise is to develop mutual cooperation and interoperability between two... Continue Reading →
