40 years ago on this day, in the very early hours, İstanbul was shaken by a large explosion. A powerful shock wave that broke the windows of many houses, was followed by a big large bright fireball. The Romanian tanker MT Independenta was waiting for the pilot at the southern entrance of Istanbul Strait when... Continue Reading →
Doğu Akdeniz 2019 -Eastern Mediterranean- naval exercise has started in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. The biannual exercise is organized by the Turkish Navy will be held between 9 and 20 November 2019. This year 16 nations are taking part in this exercise by various means. Some are sending observers (Azerbaijan, Brazil, Georgia, Italy, Qatar, Kuwait,... Continue Reading →
Nusret 2019 mine countermeasures exercise will end tomorrow. Nusret is an annual invitation exercise focusing mine warfare. The exercise is named after the famous minelayer Nusret. In even years the exercise is held in İzmir Bay and in odd years it is held in Çanakkale and Saros Bay. The aim of the exercise is to... Continue Reading →
27 years ago, during the NATO Display Determination '92 naval exercise, two Sea Sparrow surface-to-air missiles accidentally fired from the aircraft carrier CV-60 USS Saratoga (hit the bridge of the Turkish destroyer DM-357 TCG Muavenet. 5 sailors, including the commander of the ship, were killed instantly, and 15 were badly hurt. A fire broke out... Continue Reading →
The fourth and the final Ada class Corvette TCG Kınalıada was commissioned to the Turkish Navy on 29th September 2019. TCG Kınalıada has entered into service 8 years after the first ship of the class was commissioned. Her entry also means the completion of Milgem class corvette production for the Turkish Navy. On the outside,... Continue Reading →
Pakistan Navy Chief OF Staff Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi and the President of the Turkish Republic, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan jointly cut the first steel of the first Milgem class warship for Pakistan. The ceremony was held on 29th September 2019 in Istanbul Naval Shipyard. In July 2018, a contract was signed between Military Factory and... Continue Reading →
The 27th September, the anniversary of the Battle of Preveza, is celebrated as the Turkish Naval Forces Day. On 27th September 1538, a naval battle for the supremacy in the Mediterranean was fought between the Ottoman Navy commandeered by Barbaros Hayrettin Pasa and the fleet of a Christian alliance assembled by Pope Paul III and... Continue Reading →
2 ay ne kadar çabuk geçmiş. Oysa Sayın Bilal Eren ile sondaj gemilerimiz hakkında yaptığımız keyfli sohbetin bütün detayları aklımda. Dinleyemeyenler veya yeniden dinlemek isteyenler kayıtlara aşağıdaki linklerden erişebilir: YouTube: https://youtu.be/y3QIaPAtLzI SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/dijitalhayattv/sondaj_gemilerimiz_ve_teknolojileri… Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6QXYMir79pAaq5UQQMGfq8?si=ZKnRFJB0Qjui-qcdjqpnMw… iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/tr/podcast/her-sal%C4%B1-ve-per%C5%9Fembe-20-30-youtube-her-cuma-15-30-trt-radyo1/id1449049802?l=tr&i=1000443737747… Web: https://dijitalhayat.tv/sondaj-gemileri/
It is interesting to note that the Turkish Coast Guard changes the configuration of hardware of small vessels depending on the region they are operating. The above photo shows two small RHIBs of the Turkish Coast Guard. One of the left KB4307 was photographed on 1st July 2019 in İstanbul. One of the right KB4309... Continue Reading →
In mid-July, ALS Oriku arrived in İzmir, Turkey to replace her sister ALS Butrinti and. The 42,8 meter long, boats have 260 tons of displacement. Their 20mm remotely controlled gun turrets were installed in 2018. ALS Butrinti has patrolled on behalf of NATO Standing NATO Maritime Group Two Task Unit 01 since January 2018. Her... Continue Reading →
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