>Yesterday was the 86th anniversary of the Turkish Republic.It is a custom of Turkish Navy to send a couple of warships to port cities and open them for public visiting. This year's list was published below.This year F-242 TCG Fatih and F-497 TCG Göksu were in Istanbul. Last year it was F-243 TCG Yıldırım and... Continue Reading →
>Today and tomorrow, in order to celebrate the foundation of Turkish Republic, several Turkish Navy warships and submarines will be open for public visits.The ships and the cities they are in, is as follows:F-241...TCG Turgutreis...TrabzonS-358...TCG Çanakkale...SamsunF-247...TCG Kemalreis...İneboluF-240...TCG Yavuz...İzmitF-242...TCG Fatih...İstanbulF-497...TCG Göksu...İstanbulM-263...TCG Erdek...ErdekM-517...TCG Sapanca...ErdekF-502...TCG Bandırma...İzmirF-493...TCG Gelibolu...Marmaris F-253...TCG Zafer...Marmaris P-503...TCG Terme...MersinP-302...TCG Kuşadası...Mersin
>According to Greek newspaper Kathimeiri the defense minister of the newly elected Greek government have met with the CEO of TMKS. The agenda of the meeting was of course the ongoing tug of war between the two parties on Neptune II and Archimedes programmes.The news paper says that Venizelos and Atzpodien have reached an agreement... Continue Reading →
>As reported earlier, TCG Gaziantep arrived yesterday at her home part Aksaz. Since 5th June 2009 she spend 122 days in the Gulf of Aden to combat piracy. During this time she way underway for 1825 hours and covered approximately 25.000 nautical miles. In other words, she spend %62 of her time cruising off the... Continue Reading →
>According to Bulgarian news portal novinite, Bulgaria officially declared that it will not buy Gowind 200 corvettes from DCNS.The Bulgarian Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, said the commitment made by the three-party coalition government for the purchase of the French corvettes is not feasible at the moment because the country's previous rulers not only did not... Continue Reading →
>F-490 TCG Gaziantep will arrive at her homeport Aksaz naval base, on 16th October 2009.She was in Gulf of Aden as Turkish contribution to the fight against piracy in the region. She was part of CTF-151. F-496 TCG Gökova replaced her.
>I thank Jane from Scottish Views for allowing me to use her photos from her excellent blog.Here are her photos of F-245 TCG Oruçreis in Clyde.
>With a ceremony, the keel of the first search and rescue ship TCSG Dost was laid down.As the construction of the ship was already started in May 2008, there was no keel laying in traditional sense but block erecting. Her launching is scheduled for May 2010TCSG Dost is the first ship of a batch of... Continue Reading →
>Exactly after 90 days in capture, Turkish bulker M/V Horizon-1 has been released. According to news report a USD1, 5 million ransom has been paid.When the release was acknowledged F-495 TCG Gediz was send to help.The crew of Horizon-1 received medical examination on board of F-495 TCG Gediz while naval special forces searched the ship... Continue Reading →
>I have missed the anniversary of the incident of TCG Muavenet being hit.On 2th October 1992, 11 minutes past midnight, during the NATO's Display Determination '92 naval exercise, two Sea Sparrow surface to air missiles fired accidently from the aircraft carrier CV-60 USS Saratoga, hit the bridge of the Turkish destroyer DM-357 TCG Muavenet. 5... Continue Reading →
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