>I have missed the anniversary of the incident of TCG Muavenet being hit.On 2th October 1992, 11 minutes past midnight, during the NATO's Display Determination '92 naval exercise, two Sea Sparrow surface to air missiles fired accidently from the aircraft carrier CV-60 USS Saratoga, hit the bridge of the Turkish destroyer DM-357 TCG Muavenet. 5... Continue Reading →
> Today a south bound Panama flagged bulk carrier Poseidon V (IMO No:8217518) lost her steerage while transiting on Bosphorus.The 188 meter long ship headed strait for the shore. She stoped a mere 50 meters before hitting the pavement along the Bosphorus.The was towed away from the scene of the accident by the boats of... Continue Reading →
>The St Vincent Grenadines flagged Ro-Ro ship Ella J was pulled free from the shore on 29 May 2009 at 07:53 in the morning.She had run aground in Bosphorus just few meters away from residences the day before.
>Today a potentially dangerous accident happened in Bosporus. Thankfully there was no loss of life. St Vincent Grenadines flagged Ro-Ro ship Ella J run aground in Bosphorus just few meters away from residences. According to online newspapers and portals the rudders of the ship did not functioned at the bend and she drifted to the... Continue Reading →
>According to maritime portals and online newspapers there has been an explosion on board of Turkish submarine S-348 TCG Saldıray today.The explosion happened when the submarine was in overhaul at the Gölcük Naval Shipyard. Two persons, one officer and one worker are reported as injured. There has been no official announcement yet.TCG Saldıray is a... Continue Reading →
>According to Turkish daily Hürriyet, a sailor died during a fire on board a Russian aircraft carrier, when she was docked in naval base Aksaz in Marmaris. The fire, lasting about two hours, was caused by a short circuit in the ship's wiring and the sailor died from smoke inhalation late on Tuesday, RIA news... Continue Reading →
>US Destroyer USS Barry DDG-52 ran aground at Samsun harbour this morning according to Sabah Newspaper.Apparently the entrance of the harbor was shallower than indicated in the charts thus causing the ship to sit upon a sandbank. Turkish naval special forces teams were send to survey the damage and to secure the ship from any... Continue Reading →
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