>Vice Admiral Dimitrios Elefsiniotis, Official PhotoAccording to Greek blog Strategy Report, the Greek Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Dimitrios Elefsiniotis will pay an official visit to Turkey from 22 to 27 November 2010, in response to a formal invitation to his Turkish counterpart, Admiral Uğur Yiğit.Vice Admiral Elefsiniotis will meet the Commander of Turkish... Continue Reading →
It is a busy week full with exercises. The Nusret 2010 mine exercise has started and is continuing in the Aegean. On Monday there was a press conference about it. According to the information shared on this conference the order of battle for the exercise looks like this: TCG Sokulu Mehmet Paşa 3 mine hunters... Continue Reading →
>Apparently November will be a busy month. While Turkish submarines are playing hide and seek with Turkish and SNMG-2 frigates, SNMCMG-2 will be hunting mines with Bulgarian, Greek and Turkish mine hunters.The annual Nusret naval exercise will be held between 6 and 13 November. The aim of this exercise is to improve anti mine warfare... Continue Reading →
>Without much fanfare or big ceremony, Greek Navy commissioned its first Type 214 class submarine HS Papanikolis, 10 years after they have ordered it and 4 years after she was completed. The boat is expected to start her voyage to Greece in a couple of weeks.Vice Admiral Dimitrios Elefsiniotis, Chief of the Hellenic Navy General... Continue Reading →
> Papanikolis in Kiel I am starting believe why sailors are superstitious people. Some ships are really doomed or some are really cursed with bad luck from the start.The submarine Papanikolis supposed to be handed over to the Greek Navy today. But it turned to be a no show. Despite what I said earlier.Below is... Continue Reading →
>Mine, destroyed. Photos from HürriyetMines, whether buried under dirt or lurking in the deeps of the seas are in my humble view are the most loathsome weapons as they can be still deadly after decades.The scenes of old battlefields are ripe with them all over the world. There are an estimated 80,000 unexploded mines remain... Continue Reading →
>Last week, the naval exercise Beyaz Fırtına 2010 has started. There is very little information about it in the media. It has started on 10th May and will end on 20th. There is no information about its aim nor where it is held. According to small media reports the following ships are taking part in... Continue Reading →
>Turkish Navy announced that it has formed a Task Force. This TF will be activated on 6th May 2010 and will remain active till July 2010. Turkish warships regularly take part in NATO’s task forces SNMG-2 and SNMCMG-2 for years. And in the last two years a frigate took part in US lead anti-piracy task... Continue Reading →
>Turkish Navy, Coast Guard and Air Force conducted a search and rescue exercise in Aegean, on 29th April 2010.The participants were one frigate, two corvettes, three coast guard vessels, one plane and five helicopters. The exact names of the participating ships, with the exception of the frigate, were not mentioned in the press releases. But... Continue Reading →
>LHD-5 USS Bataan will visit İzmir between 16th and 19th of November. She was stationed in Persian Gulf and is returning back to USA. Apparently İzmir will be the only port of liberty on her way back home.The local businesses are exited about the prospect of receiving more than 20.000 2.000 hard drinking US Marines... Continue Reading →
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