>This Morning the Romanian border Guard vessel MAI-1105 Stefan Cel Mare passed through Bosphorus.She is heading to Create, Greece.The Damen Offshore Patrol Vessel 950 class vessel was delivered to Romania in September 2010. She was funded by the European Union in order to strengthen the Border Police force of Romania.In a similar procurement project the Turkish Istanbul... Continue Reading →
>U-402 Konstantin Olshansky. NATO photo.Exactly at midnight of 23th March 2011, the Ukrainian Ropucha 1 class landing ship U-402 Konstantin Olshansky Sevastopol to conduct Non-Combatant Evacuation of Ukranian citizens trapped in Libya.She has passed through Bosphorus on 24 March 2011 early in the morning and left Turkish territorial waters late at night.According to Ukrainian Goverment Portal the ship can accommodated 500 to 600... Continue Reading →
> F-243 TCG Yıldırım. Here in Çanakkale on 18 March 2011, soon off the coast of Libya. Turkish contribution to NATO enforced maritime embargo to Libya takes shape. Yesterday, on 23 March it was announced that Turkey would send 4 frigates, one replenishment tanker and one submarine to the NATO task force off the coast of Libya. According to news reports this intention was officially... Continue Reading →
>Yesterday, on 23 March 2011, Supreme Allied Commander, Europe Admiral Stavridis arrived in Ankara for a two day visit.I do not know when this visit was planned but the timing could not have been better, after yesterdays declaration that Turkey will take part in NATO's arms embargo against Libya.According to Anadolu Ajansı news agency, Admiral Stavridis had... Continue Reading →
>According to Reuters, Turkey agreed to provide 4 frigates, one submarine and one support ship to NATO, so that NATO can enforce the arms embargo imposed on Libya. The alliance had offers of 16 ships to implement a decision to launch the mission taken by NATO this week, NATO military officer Brigadier Pierre St Amand told a... Continue Reading →
>On Friday, 18 March 2011, to commemorate the 96th anniversary of the victory against the Allied Fleet in 18 March 1915, Turkish Navy organized a naval parade in Dardanelles.It meant a 25 hours round trip to Çanakkale for me, to watch the parade, take photos of the participating ships and return home.But it was worth... Continue Reading →
>N-16 TCG NusretThere are a few ships, that directly influenced the history. The small minelayer Nusret is one of them. Perhaps the smallest of them.She was a German built mine layer in service of Ottoman Navy when she laid 20 new mines to a bay which was used previously cleared by Allied mine sweepers. This bay was used to... Continue Reading →
>F-495 TCG Gediz. The first Gabya class frigate to receive Mk41 VLSThis is most probably the first photo of the Turkish frigate F-495 TCG Gediz with the newly installed 8 cell Mk-41 VLS system.In 2009 it was announced that four of the eight Gabya (Perry) class frigates in Turkish inventory would receive a 8 cell Mk-41 VLS... Continue Reading →
>As you might know since the beginning of March Turkish bloggers are having a very difficult time to reaching their beloved blogger blogs. This is so because as a court in Diyarbakır ruled that access to blogger and to all the blogs it hosts should be blocked. The ruling of the court is based on... Continue Reading →
> This is sort of breaking news. The civilian ferry M/V Ankara left Istanbul in the evening of 16. March 2011. Her possible port of call is Sirte, Libya. Her sister M/V Samsun is in Tripoli since 15 March 2011. She is evacuating Egyptians who flee from Libya. Turkey Continues Evacuations From Libya (Part 1) Turkey Continues Evacuations... Continue Reading →
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