The largest anti submarine warfare exercise NATO holds in the Mediterranean has started in Italy. The exercise Dynamic Manta formerly known as Noble Manta kicked on 12 September 2015 in Sicily. The Augusta Naval Base and the Sigonella Air Base in Catania are full with participating naval and air units. Submarines from France, Greece, Italy, Spain,... Continue Reading →
The Ukrainian led exercise Sea Breeze 2015 finished today. The exercise had stared on 31 August 2015 and had a land and a sea phase. Warships from Romania, Turkey, USA and Ukraine has participated to the sea phase of the exercise. The exercise was attended by 2,5 thousand military personnel not only from the United... Continue Reading →
The Russian presence in Syria is growing so is the frequency of Russian warships carrying equipment and supplies to the region has increased too. On 7 September 2015, the Alligator class landing ship Saratov sister of Nikolay Filchenkov made her southbound passage to the Mediterranean. Like the much discussed passage of Nikolay Filchenkov, the deck... Continue Reading →
With the increased Russian presence on the ground in Syria the frequency of Russian warships carrying equipment and supplies to the region has increased too. We have witnesses southbound passages of 3 Russian landing ships: one Alligator and two Ropucha during the last week. The training ship Smoly also left the Black Sea region and... Continue Reading →
The Turkish led NATO mine warfare task force Standing NATO MCM Group 2 is continuing its presence in the Adriatic Sea. Last week the ships of the task force made passing exercise with the Croatian Naval units LM-51 HRVS Korcula, RTOP-42 HRVS Dubrovnik and RTOP-21 HRVS Sibenik and visited Spit port. The task force is now in... Continue Reading →
On 3 September 2015 two Ropucha class large landing ship of Russian Navy made their southbound passage through Bosphorus. Their passage would not be remarkable if one of the ships had cargo stored on her forecastle. The landing ship Korolev is assigned to the Baltic Fleet. But since July the ship is going back... Continue Reading →
We are grateful to those who paid the ultimate price for our independence and for our country. This year we celebrate the 93th anniversary of the victory in the Battle of Dumlupınar, the final battle in the Turkish War of Independence in 1922. The Battle of Dumlupınar was fought from 26 August to 30... Continue Reading →
On 30 August 2015 the tug Shaktar and the corvette Samum returned from their Mediterranean deployment while the Baltic Fleet tug SB-921 Paradox exited from the Black Sea. She towed the corvette R-32 to the Black Sea 11 days ago. On 28 August 2015, US Navy destroyer USS Donald Cook made her second Black Sea... Continue Reading →
The construction of the third Ada class (Milgem) corvette Burgazada is proceeding. The fabrication of her hull is almost finished with the pre-fabrication of her superstructure proceeding. The two photos above are taken from a commercial airplane 3 weeks apart. The proceeding of the construction is visible. It appears that the ship will be ready... Continue Reading →
On 20 August 2015 the Alligator class landing ship Nikolay Filchenkov made one of her passages through Istanbul. The event was not worth of remembering if there was no cargo on deck of the ship. During their previous passages Russian landing ships never had cargo on their top deck. Thus it is worth to look... Continue Reading →
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