Today I was lucky to see one of the two patrol boats constructed by Yonca Onuk shipyard for Turkish Navy. A photo of the other boat P-141 TCG Yunus 1 was made public in December 2012. This is her identical sister P-142 TCG Yunus 2. The Turkish Coast Guard is the largest customer of the... Continue Reading →
Just like in the previous years, on 18 March 2013, Turkish Navy organized a naval parade in Dardanelles, to commemorate the 98th anniversary of the victory against the Allied Fleet in 18 March 1915. Unlike past 3 years, I was not able to travel to Çanakkale to watch the parade. But instead I am honored and delighted to... Continue Reading →
There are a few ships, that directly influenced the history. The small minelayer Nusret is one of them. Perhaps the smallest of them. Today is the 98th anniversary of the victory of Turkish forces over the Allied Fleet in the Dardanelles. It is the proper time to remember this small minelayer constructed in Germany in service of Ottoman Navy as the mines... Continue Reading →
The port of Beirut is filled to the brim with foreign warships. According to Lebanese almayadeen TV there are three Russian warships in Beirut. The Ropucha class, large landing ships Kaliningrad, Alexander Shabalin and Neustrashimy class frigate Yaruslav Mudryy. All three warships belong to the Russian Baltic Fleet and are conducting a 3 day port visit. When they leave they will... Continue Reading →
Turkish Navy officially and permanently commissioned the fast landing ship Ç-151. Ç-151 is the first ship of the new LCT class of Turkish Navy. In 2007, Undersecretariat for Defence Industries (UDI), submitted a Request for Proposal for 8 LCT’s. These new vessels were to be built in Turkey and had to be fast. From the four companies that submitted to the... Continue Reading →
In the morning hours two German warships will leave the Turkish naval base Aksaz, Marmaris and will head to eastern Mediterranean. The frigate F-221 FGS Hessen and the replenishment ship A-1442 FSG Spessart have arrived in Aksaz naval base on 8th March 2013 for a 3 day port visit. According to NATO, these two warships make the whole Standing... Continue Reading →
According to Turkish Navy, Turkish frigate F-496 TCG Gökova will participate to AMAN-2013 naval exercise between 4th and 8th March 2013. The AMAN is a biannual naval exercise organised by Pakistan Navy. The exercise is usually conducted in North Arabian Sea. The aim of the exercise is: Display of united resolve against terrorism and crimes in maritime domain. Contributing towards... Continue Reading →
I have found a long video from the Media Day of the Proud Manta 2013 via SatSicilia. I must tell you that I have found the submarine just behind the admirals, in the first part of the video especially admirable. Proud Manta News Conference 2013
One again the time of the year has come when dozens of ships, submarines,planes and robots meet and play hide and seek two weeks long. Yes, NATO's largest anti submarine warfare exercise Proud Manta 13 (POMA 13) has started. It will end on 8th March 2013. According to NATO the aim of the exercise is... Continue Reading →
This from the official web site of Ukrainian Ministry of Defence: This was announced Secretary General of NATO, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, opening on Friday in Brussels meeting of NATO-Ukraine Commission. - I just exchanged letters with the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Pavel Lebedev, confirming Ukraine's participation in the NATO operation against piracy "Ocean Shield" - said the... Continue Reading →
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