>A mother ship and 2 skiff type speed boat were detected by F-493 TCG Gelibolu, 250 miles north east of Seychelles on 18 April 2010 at 07:00 local time. They were on the route of the Turkish vessel M/V Servet-Y.TCG Gelibolu intervened and stopped the mother ship. The naval special forces boarded the pirate vessels and... Continue Reading →
>The mine that washed up to the coast of Karasu was destroyed by Naval EOD teams. As reported earlier an old and rusty object was found on the beach by locals. After positively being identified as a mine, the Navy decided to destroy it.The Naval Special Forces EOD teams cleared the sand around the mine and... Continue Reading →
>The Canadian Halifax class frigate F-337 HMCS Fredericton is in Istanbul for a port visit. She arrived on 10 April morning.In the mean time there is a lot of activity in the Black Sea right now. Turkish frigate F-244 TCG Barbaros and submarine S-350 TCG Batıray are visiting Sevastopol Ukraine. One other foreign warship visiting... Continue Reading →
>Yesterday the first boat of the New Type Patrol Boat class was launched. As the boats are not officially commissioned they do not have a class names yet, neither does the boat. The boat P-1200 was laid in May 2008 and she is the first of a class of 16 boats. In August 2007, a... Continue Reading →
>The Turkish merchant M/V Yasin-C was reported to be hi jacked by pirates on 7th April, 270 nautical miles of Mombasa. The pirates climbed on board after attacking the ship with RPG and starting a fire. Since then there has been no communication from the ship. As of today the ship is free again. It... Continue Reading →
>An old and rusty mine has washed up to a beach in Karasu, a small town at the Black Sea coast. Locals alerted the police, and police asked Navy for help to identify the object. After the investigation of navy the object was identified as a very old mine. Naval EOD teams were called to... Continue Reading →
>The On-Call Naval Force of Black Sea navies BlackSeaFor will be activated on 9th April in Turkish town Ereğli on Black Sea. Bulgaria will command this activation. The next activation will be in August 2010 and will be commanded by Romania. The following ships will take part in the activation:Bulgaria: Frigate, BGS VerniRomania Corvette, ROS... Continue Reading →
>NATO released her version of the events that F-493 TCG Gelibolu disrupted a pirate attack against Dutch merchant ship MV Torm Ragnhild and resulted in the release of a hijacked dhow. The Commanding Officer of TCG Gelibolu, Commander Baybars Küçükatay Turkish Navy said:‘With Gelibolu quickly arriving on the scene the pirates had little option to abandon... Continue Reading →
>Turkish Navy has started with its annual spring naval exercise Deniz Yıldızı 2010.The exercise will be held between 6 and 18 April in Marmara Sea and in Black Sea. The order of battle of the exercise includes 7 frigates, one corvette, 3 submarines, 4 fact attack craft, 3 auxiliaries, 4 coast guard vessels, 4 helicopter,... Continue Reading →
>USN frigate FFG-32 USS John L Hall arrived in Bodrum today. A four minutes long video of her docking can be seen here. According to Turkish maritime internet portals she will spend one night in Bodrum. Bodrum is one of the most popular touristic locations of Turkey and hosts a well developed entertainment district. I hope... Continue Reading →
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