>On Friday 20th August 2010, the ships with the Black Sea Naval Cooperation Task Group Blackseafor arrived at the port of Sevastopol, Ukraine in accordance with the plan of the Blackseafor regular activation, according to the press center of the Ukraine Navy.Click here to read more. It is a pity that Istanbul is not among the... Continue Reading →
>August 2010 Activation of Blackseafor
>On 14th August 2010, the second activation period for the cal-on naval task force BlackSeaFor has begun in Constance, Romania. Romania will take the command of the BlackSeaFor from Bulgaria, for one year. This activation of the task force will continue till 30th August. The ships will spend 12 days in port and 8 days... Continue Reading →
>TCG Gelibolu Returned Home
>TCG Gelibolu returned home on 13th August 2010, after being away for 6 months. She was in the Gulf of Aden as part of Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG2).During her operation in the region she has sailed approximately 30.000 nautical miles and escorted many ships. She is by far the most efficient Turkish warship... Continue Reading →
>SNMCMG-2 In Izmir
>NATO's Standing MCM Group 2 has arrived in Izmir harbor today. The task force will stay there till 6th August.SNMCMG-2 was in Black Sea since mid July and conducted Breeze/Certex 2010 exercise with Bulgarian Navy. The task force passed through Bosporus on 1st august 2010 Sunday. I was able to take photos of the ships but because... Continue Reading →
>Somali Pirates Release M/V Frigia
>M/V Frigia was captured by Somali pirates in March just 1000 miles west of India. The incident was one of the most eastward hijackings.She was of the Somali coast since then. According to the urkish shipping company's lawyer the ship is heading toward Oman's western town of Salalah where the current crew will be chaned... Continue Reading →
>Italian Warship Commandante Borsini Is In Mersin
>Photo: Italian NavyCommandate class OPV, P-491 ITS Commandante Borsini arrived in Mersin for a liberty call.The ship is the flagship of the commander of UNIFIL Rear Admiral Paolo Sandalli.P-491 ITS Commandante Borsini, is very similar to SAR vessels being built for the Turkish Coast Guard. Both are designed by Italian company Fincantieri and have the same hull.
>Russian Submarine Alrosa Back To The Sea
>© RIA Novosti. Igor ChuprinThis is an interesting coincidence. Little did I know when I wrote almost one week ago that the operational status of Russian submarine Alrosa was doubtful.Today the Russian news portal RIA Novosti ran an article about that submarine. It seems that the repairs work is finished and the submarine is back... Continue Reading →
>TCG Gökçeada Sails To The Gulf Of Aden And Turkey Will Lead CTF-151 Again
>Today Turkish frigate F-494 TCG Gökçeada departed from Aksaz Naval base to Gulf of Aden. TCG Gökçeada will serve under the international anti-piracy mission, CTF-151, to fight piracy and carry out surveillance tasks. According to some Turkish internet news portals she will replace TCG Gelibolu. This is unlikely as TCG Gelibolu is in SNMG-2 but on... Continue Reading →
>Bulgaria Will Cease Its Submarine Force
>Bulgarian Defense Minister Anyu Angelov, stated that the life of the only operational Bulgarian submarine Slava has expired, and it will probably be retired in the coming months.“Calling it a submarine force is too strong because any such unit must include at least two vessels. As you know, we have only one submarine. Its life... Continue Reading →
>The Americans Are Here Too
>FFG-50 USS Taylor, crew members participated in a compliant visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) exercise with the Turkish navy frigate F240 TCG Yavuz July 19, during exercise Sea Breeze 2010. The two ships used the training opportunity to familiarize themselves with each other’s VBSS equipment and techniques, which is remarkably very similar as most of... Continue Reading →
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