>Order Of Battle For Exercise Sea Breeze 2010

>The exercise Sea Breeze will end today. But finally I was able to find the names of (almost) all participating ships:US Navy:FFG-50 USS Taylor, frigateTurkish Navy:F-240 TCG Yavuz, frigateP-330 TCG Kılıç, missile boatP-331 TCG Kalkan, missile boatUkrainan Navy:U-402 Konstantin Olshansky, landing shipU-401 Kirovograd, landing sahipU-311 Cherkassy, minesweeperU-331 Mariupol, minesweeperU-360 Genichesk, minesweeperU-206 Dnieper, frigateU-209 Ternopil frigateU-705... Continue Reading →

>The Russians Are Here

>On 20 July, the Commander of Russian Navy, Admiral Vladimir Vysotsky started a 3 day official visit to Turkey.According to news the two commanders will discuss directions of further cooperation on security issues on the Black Sea.Vysotsky expected to visit Turkey's Izmir and Askaz naval bases as well. The bilateral relations between two navies have... Continue Reading →

>The Submarine Deals That Helped Sink Greece

>Last week Wall Street Journal ran an interesting article about the Greek economy and the weapon acquisition for the armed forces. For me the whole issue is a typical example of the guns or butter dilemma. Adding not too honest politicians and creative accounting into the mixture does not make things easier either. There are... Continue Reading →

>Greek Navy Is Saying Goodbye To Zubr’s (Part 2)

>Apparently Greek Navy is retiring its hovercrafts faster that anticipated. It was reported earlier that Greek Navy was having difficulties in keeping the hovercrafts operational and that they were going to be decommissioned.According to Jane’s Defence Weekly, Greek Navy has already decommissioned two of them already. Photo from Wikipedia.

>New Commander For Russian Black Sea Fleet

>This important news slipped my attention last week. Vice Adm. Vladimir Korolyov has been appointed the new commander of the Russian Black Sea Fleet. Korolyov, former deputy commander of the Northern Fleet, replaces Vice Adm. Alexander Kletskov, who will formally retire in August when he passes the mandatory age limit for active service. Russian Navy... Continue Reading →

>Jean De Vienne In The Region

>The French destroyer D-643 Jean de Vienne has arrived at Dardanelles after shooting up an Greek islet.The warship passed the Turkish Stratis and will visits Sevastopol and Nicopolis in Bulgaria where Admiral Jean de Vienne was killed in 1396, after visiting Batumi.Click here and here for further reading. Photo from Wikipedia.

>Sea Breeze 2010

> The exercise Sea Breeze 2010 is about to begin in Ukraine this week. The annual exercise Sea Breeze was usually held as a bilateral organization where Ukraine and the United States are the main participants. Other countries are invited as necessary. This year’s main focus will be fighting sea piracy. The exercises will involve... Continue Reading →

>Turkish Coast Cutter To Visit Georgian Ports

>The coast cutter TCSG-122 will sail to Georgia on Wednesday. The cutter, currently stationed in Rize will visit Poti first. She is scheduled to arrive at Poti on 14 July. Official visits and some joint exercises will be conducted. On 15th, TCSG-122, will leave Poti for Batumi. After some more visits and exercises, she will... Continue Reading →

>Bulgaria To Buy More Minehunters From The Netherlands

>The Bulgarian news portal novinite.com reported that Bulgaria was planning to but two second hand minehunters from Netherlands in 2014.Currently Bulgarian Navy has one Tripartite class minehunter 32 BNS Tsibar in active service. The ship originally destined for Belgian Navy was decommissioned in 2007 after 20 years of service. She was re-activated and transferred to... Continue Reading →

>Greek Navy Is Saying Goodbye to Zubr’s

>According to Strategy Page website Greek Navy is going to retire the four Zubr class hovercrafts it had acquired from Russia and Ukraine. According to Strategy Page website Greek Navy is going to retire the four Zubr class hovercrafts it had acquired from Russia and Ukraine. Three of them joined the Greek Navy in 2001... Continue Reading →

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