>The numbers of the ships that have passed through the Turkish Straits were published few days ago.I made a small table and a chart to summarize the numbers. In total 51.422 ships passed through Bosphorus and 49.453 ships passed through Dardanelles.The details of the ships are as follows:It is the large tankers that give me... Continue Reading →
>The Russian news portal RIA Novosti reports that two new corvettes and three conventional submarines are to join the Black Sea Fleet by 2015."In line with the approved shipbuilding program and armaments program until 2015, the Black Sea Fleet is to receive two frigates and three diesel submarines," the admiral said, stressing that he indeed... Continue Reading →
> F-492 TCG Gemlik left her homeport Aksaz Naval Base to relieve TCG Gökova in Gulf of Aden. Both ships will meet in Djibouti on 8 February. They will exchange information, stories and the mission. When they depart TCG Gökova will sail home and TCG Gemlik will sail to south. She will stay in the... Continue Reading →
>I must confess that I am not much a fan of modern shipbuilding processes. In the former days there would be keel laying ceremony to celebrate the start of the construction of the ship. The hull of the ship would evolve around that keel. Nowadays with introduction of advanced production processes, the ships are produced... Continue Reading →
>Turkish government submitted a motion to the Parliament, to extend the presence of Turkish warships in Gulf of Aden for one year.Last year in early February, Parliament approved the government's wish about sending a warship to Gulf of Aden and adjacent waters, in order to, participate the multinational efforts of anti-piracy. But duration of that... Continue Reading →
>According to Ares Defence Technology Blog of Aviation weekly, Turkey is installing Smart-S Mk2 3D medium-range surface radars on a total of 10 of its warships. In cooperation with the radar's producer, Thales Nederland, Turkish defense electronics company Aselsan will manufacture the radar under license for eight upgrades of existing ships and one new-build MILGEM.... Continue Reading →
>The Perry class (locally known as G class) frigate, F-492 TCG Gemlik will replace F-496 TCG Gökova currently serving in CTF-151.TCG Gemlik will set sail on 1 February 2010 from Aksaz Naval Base. She will the fifth frigate to be send to Gulf of Aden. The others were TCG Giresun, TCG Gaziantep, TCG Gediz and TCG... Continue Reading →
>Today 3 Russian warships Ropucha (Project 775) class LST's 156 Yamal and 158 Tsesar Kunikov and Amur (Project 304) class repair ships PM-138 passed through Dardanelles.They have entered the strait at approximately 13:30. Their passage lasted until 17:30As they are heading to Black Sea they will face strong weather there.
>I usually tend to report on naval news. The whether was awful the whole week and it will be getting worse at the weekend. During the storm on Thursday and Wednesday two cargo ships M/V Oruç Reis (Papur) and M/V Orçun C run aground at the Black Sea just off the entrance of Bosphorus, the... Continue Reading →
>On 16 January 2010, F-496 TCG Gökova intervened to a pirate attack to an Indian ship.India flagged M/V Jal Layak was inside the International Recommended Transit Corridor (IRTC) and 105 miles off the coast when she was attacked by 6 pirates in a skiff. First the helicopter from TCG Gökova intervened, later the naval special... Continue Reading →
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