The Turkish Navy announced that, the Gabya class Frigate F-497 TCG Göksu will take part in Joint Task Force-151 (CTF-151) between 6 June and 6 December 2013. On 6 June 2013, on board of TCG Göksu was command hand over ceremony of CTF-151. Real Admiral Muhammad Ihsan Qadir from Pakistani Navy, replaced Read Admiral Giam Hock Koon from... Continue Reading →
Mr. Joshua Kucera who has en extensive knowledge about Central Asia has written a post about the Turkmenistan naval rearmament. I am glad to say that I help him to write his post, originally published by EurasiaNet.org. He also allowed me to share his post as whole here: TURKMENISTAN MAKES ANOTHER QUIET PURCHASE OF WARSHIPS June 6,... Continue Reading →
Russian landing ship Korolev replaces Alexander Shabalin in L'Armada event. The Ropucha class landing ship, from the Baltic Fleet, Alexander Shabalin was scheduled for a 4 day visit in Rouen for the L'Armada event. This entry is from this blog in April: The Kaliningrad and Alexander Shbalin have left Russia in mid April and I had the impression that they were heading back... Continue Reading →
I'm sorry for my absence since last Friday. As you might have guess I was, I'm and I will be very much occupied with the things going on in Gezi Parkı, Taksim. Thus I have little time left for the maritime domain. The Russian Naval portal flot.com posted today that one of the Ropucha class,... Continue Reading →
Yesterday the Deniz Kurdu 2013 naval exercise has ended. This is the list of the participants as far as I can find: Number Name Type A-573 TCG Bnb. Saadettin Gürcan Tanker A-580 TCG Akar Tanker A-595 TCG Yrb. Kudret Güngör Tanker F-241 TCG Turgutreis Frigate F-243 TCG Yıldırım Frigate F-244 TCG Barbaros Frigate F-246 TCG... Continue Reading →
Turkish Navy in cooperation with Turkish Army and Air Force conducted the Efes 2013 military exercise in annex to the Deniz Kurdu 2013 naval exercise. The annual Efes exercise is always about making a forces entry to the enemy territory from the sea and from the air. This year the scenario was the same. Turkish... Continue Reading →
Yesterday the two large amphibious ships of the Black Sea Fleet which took part in the operations in Eastern Mediterranean returned to the Black Sea today. The Ropucha class 151 Azov and the Alligator class 152 Nikolay Filchenkov, passed through Dardanelles yesterday. So this is the latest tally of Russian warship movements Date Number Name Direction 27/12/12 151 Azov Southbound 27/12/12... Continue Reading →
The naval exercise Deniz Kurdu 13 is continuing. This is the list of the participants as far as I can find: Number Name Type A-573 TCG Bnb. Saadettin Gürcan Tanker A-595 TCG Yrb. Kudret Güngör Tanker F-243 TCG Yıldırım Frigate F-246 TCG Salihreis Frigate F-247 TCG Kemalreis Frigate F-494 TCG Gökçeada Frigate F-495 TCG Gediz... Continue Reading →
As reported earlier, Turkish Navy training ship A-577 TCG Sokullu Mehmet Paşa and the transporter A-1600 TCG İskenderun made an official visit to Odessa, Ukraine.The ships are carrying the students of the Turkish Naval Petty Officer Vocational School. Their first port of call was Samsun, Turkey. The ships will sail to Varna, Bulgaria after leaving Odessa.The always information website BlackSea News has an excellent post... Continue Reading →
This week to large landing ships of the Russian Pacific Fleet passed through the Turkish Straits and made a port visit in Novorossiysk. Pacific Fleet ships from the Mediterranean grouping logged in Novorossiysk for resupply and crew rest, told reporters on Friday the head of the information department of the Black Sea Fleet (BSF) Captain... Continue Reading →
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