It has been a while since I have updated this topic. Today the Ropucha class landing ship 110 Alexander Shabalin made a northbound passage while the tanker Iman made a southbound one. So this is the tally of Russian warship movements in 2013: Date Number Name Direction 01/01/13 142 Novocharkassk Southbound 09/01/13 152 Nikolay Filchenkov Northbound... Continue Reading →
The Turkish Coast Guard vessel SG-703 TCSG Umut is visiting Durrës, Albania. She arrived on 2 December 2013 and will stay in Durrës till 4 December. During her long-range deployment and endurance trails, TCSG Umut is making history. Her visit is probable the first official visit of a Turkish Coast Guard vessel in this country. Last week... Continue Reading →
Turkish Coast Guard vessel SG-703 TCSG Umut is making her first foreign port visit to Messina, Italy. This might be the first ever visit of a Turkish Coast Guard vessel to Italy. Under the Plan of bilateral cooperation between the Turkish and Italian Coast Guard to allow the exchange of information and mutual experiences in... Continue Reading →
The French La Fayette class frigate F-711 FS Surcouf arrived in Marmaris, yesterday. The ship will leave on Monday and resume her duties in the Eastern Mediterranean. On a lighter note the arrival of the French ship was published by many Turkish media portals as The French Navy frigate Scout F711, conducting NATO duties, came... Continue Reading →
Turkish Gabya class frigate F-493 TCG Gelibolu is replacing F-246 TCG Salihreis in SNMG-2, before the NATO's task force sails to Gulf Of Aden to combat piracy. There will be a farewell ceremony for TCG Gelibolu on 30 November in Aksaz Naval Base. While Turkish Navy deploys Yavuz (MEKO 200 Track I) and Barbaros (MEKO... Continue Reading →
After finishing her 15 day Odyssey in the Black Sea, the flag-ship of the US 6th Fleet, LCC-20 USS Mount Whitney passed through the Turkish Straits on 20 November 2013 and returned to the Mediterranean.During her 15 days in the Black Sea she visited Burgas in Bulgaria, Batumi in Georgia and Constanta in Romania and... Continue Reading →
The Nusret 2013 mine warfare exercise organised by Turkish Navy starts today in Çanakkale. The exercise will end on 1 December 2013 and will be conducted in Saros Bay, east of Gallipoli peninsula. According to Turkish Navy foreign participants are NATO mine warfare task force SNMCMG-2 and 1 mine hunter from Greece. From Turkish Navy... Continue Reading →
The third off shore patrol vessel for the Turkish Coast Guard, SG-702 TCSG Güven was delivered today to the end user. The design of the these ships are based on the Sirio class vessels produced by Italian Fincantieri. With the commissioning of these ships Coast Guard will be able to perform its duties mainly search... Continue Reading →
The Barbaros (MEKO 200 Track IIB) class frigate TCG Kemalreis was sighted today passing through Bosphorus with her new radar.When these ships were commissioned they had BAE Systems AWS-9 3D radar to provides long-range surveillance and target indication data. But the difficult and sometimes dangerous maintenance and the structural complexity of the AWS-9 radars made... Continue Reading →
The flagship of the US Navy 6th Fleet LCC-20 USS Mount Whitney is currently in Constanta, Romania. Her first port of call was Burgas, Bulgaria. She spent here 5 days. Her next port of call was Batumi, Georgia where she arrived on 11 November. After conducting some joint exercises with Georgian naval forces, USS Mount... Continue Reading →
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