Today on 1 July 2014, in the late evening hours, one Turkish Type 209 / 1400 class submarine sailed through Bosphorus to the Black Sea. Since Turkish Navy stopped painting the pennant number of the submarines on their hulls, it is impossible to identify each individual submarine anymore. While this new painting scheme helps the... Continue Reading →
Turkish Navy announced that the MEKO 200 T/IIB class frigate F-246 TCG Salihreis will be escorting M/V Cape Ray, that will destroy the chemical weapons from Syria. TCG Salihreis, will be among US, German and Italian warships and Greek submarine under the command of Combined Task Force 64 of US 6th Fleet. The task force... Continue Reading →
This is Soviet replenishment tanker Berezina, making a northbound passage through Bosphorus. This photo was taken in August 1991.
This is the second part of the photos, that I took during the the celebrations of the Centennial of Turkish Naval Aviation. Click here for the first part.
I know this headline is confusing as there is already one ship named as TCG Işın in Turkish Navy inventory. But apparently her days are limited. The ship today launched is the first of the two RATSHIP (Rescue and Towing Ship) Istanbul Shipyard is constructing for Turkish Navy. Istanbul Shipyard a private company, was selected to build... Continue Reading →
On Tuesday 24 June 2014, the training ship of the Polish Navy ORP Wodnik made a northbound passage through Turkish Straits and is now in Constance, Romania. And today the Russian Alligator class landing ship 150 Saratov made a southbound passage. She is probably heading to Syria. Date Number Name Direction Nationality 02.01.2014 16 Georgiy... Continue Reading →
"One Century In Two Blue" is the motto for the celebrations of the Centennial of Turkish Naval Aviation. Cengiz Topel Naval Air Base in Izmit, Kocaeli was open to the public on 22 June 2014 for the celebrations. One ATR-72 MTU, one CN-235 ASW, one TB-20 Trinidad planes and one SH-60 Seahawk ASW, one AB-212... Continue Reading →
Almost one year later, the Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 is in Istanbul again. According to NATO Maritime Command web site the SNMG 2 is made up from the following ships: F-105 SPS Cristobal Colon as flagship, F-247 TCG Kemalreis, FFG-50 USS Taylor, 334 HMCS Regina and A-630 FS Marne. The task force, without the US... Continue Reading →
This is French frigate D-603 Suffren with her unique DRBI23 3D radar radome on top of her pilot house. This photo was taken in October 1991.
The traffic of foreign warships through Turkish Straits increased in the last few days. This we have witnessed the passage of the French warship F-711 FS Surcouf in the morning. Later in the afternoon we have seen the southbound passage of two Russian Ropucha class large landing ships Yamal and Novocherkassk. Date Number Name Direction Nationality 02.01.2014... Continue Reading →
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