>Turkish frigate F-496 TCG Gökova was in the media again. This time her fame was limited with the local Turkish media.She was last heard of when she left with MV As Salaam the port of Mombassa on 20 November with a load of 11,000 tons of humanitarian aids. According to NATO TCG Gökova escorted the... Continue Reading →
>On 26 January 2007, Turkish Coast Guard commissioned the fast response boat TCSG-307. The boat, locally know as MRTP-33 class, was designed and build by Turkish Yonca-Onuk shipyard. Although there are 7 similar boats in service, the TCSG-307 is unique. She is the only vessel that has STAMP remote controlled stabilized gun platform installed.In April... Continue Reading →
>A bit of history about Turkish fire control system. In 1990’ies Turkish Navy still operated two Tang class submarines. These were ex USS-Tang, TCG Pirireis and ex USS Gudgeon, TCG Hızırreis; both were transferred from US navy in early 1980’ies.In Turkish service they were used without any major structural modifications. Their original fire control systems... Continue Reading →
>To find the whereabouts of Turkish frigate TCG Gökova was becoming almost an obsession for me. After passing through the Suez Canal in October she has kind of disappeared from the public view.After Somali pirates hijacked two Turkish owed ships the rumors about TCG Gökova become wilder in the local news. First it was reported... Continue Reading →
>US Navy conducted another flag relay in the Black Sea. DDG-52 USS Barry entered the Black Sea on 18 November 2008 and the flagship of the 6th Fleet LCC-20 USS Mount Whitney returned to the Med on 19 november 2008. This is the third Black Sea cruise of USS Barry since August 2008. Apparently the... Continue Reading →
>According to ITAR-TASS News Agency Turkish and Russian navies are going to participate in a bilateral naval exercises in the Mediterranean in January 2009.This was announced before the scheduled visit of Russian defence minister on 18 November 2008. Click here for the whole story.
>Turkish maritime portal kaptanhaber.com was able to conduct a interview with the captain of the hijacked Turkish chemical tanker MV Karagöl.This interview gives interesting information and some insight about how things are happening down there. When I first heard the news of the hijacking, I wondered how the ship failed to hinder the pirates by... Continue Reading →
>On 12th November 2008, another Turkish ship was hijacked, 50 miles south of Aden. The India bound chemical tanker Karagöl was attacked and boarded by Somali pirates. According to the captain, the pirates forced the ship to stop by firing machine guns to the bridge. The crew of 14, is unharmed. This is the second... Continue Reading →
>I have forgotten to report the northward passage of USS Mount Whitney on 30th October 2008.She has replaced USS Barry as the USN ship in the Black Sea. This is the second voyage of USS Mount Whintey after the Russian - Georgian war in August 2008.She was in Konstanza, Romania between 1st and 4th November.... Continue Reading →
>The October, F-496 TCG Gökova sailed the Suez Canal as a part of SNMG-2 to counter piracy, off Somalia. Later, according to NATO only three ships were detached for Operation Allied Provider. The rest of the SNMG-2 supposed to sailed to Persian Gulf in order to visit ICI countries starting with Kuwait.Yesterday, NATO released news... Continue Reading →
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