The Bulgarian Navy is hosting a nine day long naval exercise Breeze 2014. The military exercise is to be held in the Western section of the Black Sea and is aimed at improving the tactical compatibility and collaboration among naval forces of the alliance's member states. Bulgaria's port city of Burgas has peen picked to... Continue Reading →
USS Vella Gulf In Kuşadası
On 3 July 2014 the US cruiser USS Vella Gulf arrived in Kuşadası for a port visit. According to news reports the ship will stay till Sunday
Foreign Warship On Bosphorus (Part 17)
We had a again a very busy day at Bosphorus. First, one of the NATO's standing maritime task forces, Standing NATO Mine Counter-Measures Group 2 (SNMCMG-2) passed through Bosphorus. They are heading to Burgas, Bulgaria and the task force will take part in the Bulgarian led naval exercise Breeze. According the NATO webpage the SNMCMG-2 is... Continue Reading →
A Fleet Of Turkish Landing Craft Moved To The Black Sea
On 30 June 2014 a fleet of 4 landing craft was sighted moving towards the Black Sea. TCG Ç-151, TCG Ç-155, TCG Ç-156, TCG Ç-157, the half of the 8 new LCT craft Turkish Navy has procured sailed to an unknown destination. Together they could carry up to 12 main battle tanks or up to 1000... Continue Reading →
A Submarine Sighted
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 →
TCG Salihreis Will Escort M/V Cape Ray
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 →
From The Archive (3)
This is Soviet replenishment tanker Berezina, making a northbound passage through Bosphorus. This photo was taken in August 1991.
Centennial Of Turkish Naval Aviation (Part 2)
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.
TCG Işın Launched
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 →
Foreign Warship On Bosphorus (Part 16)
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 →
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