>According to a CNN news, SNMG-2 ships have arrived off the coast of Somali to help in the battle against pirates in the region."We are so delighted with the arrival of those NATO ships into our waters and they have our full consent to fight against the pirates," said Somali Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein... Continue Reading →
>According to some unconfirmed news Turkish Navy decided no the take the two additional Perry class frigates. GEORGE PHILIP (FFG–12) and SIDES (FFG–14) were granted to Turkey under “Naval Vessel Transfer Act of 2007”.Currently there are 8 Perry class frigates in service. These make the backbone of Turkish Navy along with 8 German design MEKO... Continue Reading →
>US Navy destroyer USS Barry DDG-52 passed through Turkish Straits and entered the Black Sea today, just three days after USS Mason left the region.She can stay in the Black Sea untill 5th November 2008.I have missed her on her way to north. Let's see if I can catch her on her way back.Update: USS... Continue Reading →
>According to SHAPE press release SNMG-2 passed Suez Canal today.SNMG-2 is going to protect the ships of the World Food Program and will work together with naval assets of the European Union and the US Led Operation enduring Freedom.SNMG-2 consists of:• ITS Durand de la Penne (flagship, destroyer D560, Italy)• FGS Karlsruhe (frigate F212, Germany)•... Continue Reading →
>USS Mason DDG-87 left Istanbul today. She made a 3 day visit in Istanbul returning from the Black Sea.She had entered Black Sea on 29 September 2008. She could have stayed in the Black Sea until 19 October 2008.During her stay in Istanbul USS Mason was surrounded by a floating barrier. This was a countermeasure... Continue Reading →
>Shorty after last month visit of Admiral Ataç to Athens it was announced that Turkish and Greek navies are going to hold a joint military exercise.It is yet early to speculate about the details (Photoex, Passex or something else) of this exercise and about its scope.But it seems that the "confidence building measures" discussed by... Continue Reading →
>Greek and Turkish Cypriot administrations announced that they are cancelling their planed military exercise bilaterally. It is hoped this gestures will increse the mutual trust and help the ongoing talks between two sides.It is yet early to speculate the pros and cons of such gestures. But is such moves are really going to help the... Continue Reading →
>The defence ministers of NATO countries are meeting in Budapest. One of the important result of this meeting is that NATO has finally decided to send a naval task group to Gulf of Aden in order to combat piracy.NATO officials said the seven frigates from a group that were to have taken part in an... Continue Reading →
>Between 1st October and 3rd October 2008, the Commander of the Turkish Navy Admiral Metin Atac conducted a three day visit to Athens. The scope of this visit was to discuss confidence building measures in the Aegean and go over steps to be taken in the future. According to information of the news Admiral Ataç... Continue Reading →
>There is a very interesting blog report about the state of the Georgian Navy after the war.I suppose it will a good complementry reading to my entry. So click if you want to know What happened to the Georgian navy?
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