>Turkish Navy conducted an exercise in west Black sea and at northern entrance of Bosphorus on 10th March 2010.Seven frigates, six fast attack craft and two submarines took part in the first part of the exercise, in western Black Sea. The order of battle was not made public. According to official statement TCG Gökova and... Continue Reading →
>The numbers of the ships that have passed through the Turkish Straits were published few days ago.I made a small table and a chart to summarize the numbers. In total 51.422 ships passed through Bosphorus and 49.453 ships passed through Dardanelles.The details of the ships are as follows:It is the large tankers that give me... Continue Reading →
>I usually tend to report on naval news. The whether was awful the whole week and it will be getting worse at the weekend. During the storm on Thursday and Wednesday two cargo ships M/V Oruç Reis (Papur) and M/V Orçun C run aground at the Black Sea just off the entrance of Bosphorus, the... Continue Reading →
>A recent grounding of a cargo ship in Dardanelles revealed how close it came to a potential catastrophe.On 17 December 2009, the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines flagged cargo ship M/V Lady Juliet was traveling in Dardanelles in southern direction. She missed the turn at Nara point and rammed into the breakwater at Eceabat. She... Continue Reading →
>Here is my latest article, as published on November 2009 issue of Warship International Fleet Review magazine.I think I deserve a little bit of self advertisment. Please support us and buy the magazine.
>More photos from the naval parade from last Sunday.
>30th August is the Victory Day. This year Turkish Navy organized a naval parade through Bosphorus. It was an impressive show of force, enjoyed much by the on lookers. 5 frigates, 4 submarines, 4 fast attack craft, 4 mines hunters and 4 coast guard vessels, 9 helicopters took part. Numerous RHIB of naval special forces... Continue Reading →
>I usually stand on the shores of Bosphorus and take pictures of the passing or visiting Turkish or foreign warships. Most of time I wonder that it feels like to be on that particular ship. I wonder how her crew sees the outside. Generally I do not have a clue.This is why I am positively... Continue Reading →
>Turkish Navy will make a fleet parade in Bosphorus on 30th August 2009 to commemorate the 87th anniversary of Turkish victory in War of Independence.If the weather will permit it will be a good show and fun to watch. It will be also a good show case for recruiting.
>Yesterday a small squadron of 3 Japanese warships have arrived in Istanbul.Japanese warships especially training ships, do visit Istanbul almost in every other year usually as a stop of their training cruise.This visit was no exception. Two of the visiting ships, TV-3513 JDS Shimayuki and TV-3508JDS Kashima are training ships. Kashima is a pure bread... Continue Reading →
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