Just like the last year, on 18 March 2012, Turkish Navy organized a naval parade in Dardanelles, to commemorate the 97th anniversary of the victory against the Allied Fleet in 18 March 1915. Last year it was a 25 hours round trip to Çanakkale for me, but this year it was a family event for the whole weekend.... Continue Reading →
>On Friday, 18 March 2011, to commemorate the 96th anniversary of the victory against the Allied Fleet in 18 March 1915, Turkish Navy organized a naval parade in Dardanelles.It meant a 25 hours round trip to Çanakkale for me, to watch the parade, take photos of the participating ships and return home.But it was worth... Continue Reading →
>N-16 TCG NusretThere are a few ships, that directly influenced the history. The small minelayer Nusret is one of them. Perhaps the smallest of them.She was a German built mine layer in service of Ottoman Navy when she laid 20 new mines to a bay which was used previously cleared by Allied mine sweepers. This bay was used to... Continue Reading →
>Arleigh Burke class US Navy destroyer DDG-66 USS Gonzales passed through the Dardanelles on 28 November 2010.http://www.haberler.com/video-haber/iframe/video.asp?id=2384649Haberajans.com is the source of the video above.USS Gonzales can stay 21 days in the Black Sea as Montreux Convention dictates. According to news reports she entered the straits at around 14:00 and ended her transit after 90 minutes. She... Continue Reading →
>Yesterday and today many Turks, Australians and New Zealanders commemorate the Gallipoli wars and the death.It was clear to the Allied commanders, after their attempt to force the Dardanelles by the naval alone, failed dramatically in 18 March; ground troops were needed to silence the Turkish defenses along the strait.On the dawn of 25th April... Continue Reading →
>Yesterday, to commemorate the 95th anniversary of the Gallipoli Campaign, Turkish Navy organized a naval parade in Dardanelles. It meant a 20 hours round trip for me to Çanakkale, see the parade, take the photos of the participating ships and return home. But it was worth it. 4 frigates, 4 fast attack craft and 4... Continue Reading →
>On 4 April 1953, Swedish freighter Naboland collided with Turkish submarine TCG Dumlupınar. She and her sister boat TCG 1. İnönü were returning from NATO exercise Blue Sea. At 02:15 in the morning Naboland rammed TCG Dumlupınar from starboard forecastle just aft of the forward diving planes. The submarine rolled to port with force of... Continue Reading →
>Tomorrow, on 18th March 2010, Turkish Navy will conduct a naval parade at Dardanelles. The naval parade will be for the remembrance and celebration of the victory against the Allied Fleet in 18 March 1915. The parade is scheduled to start at 14:30 and will last 75 minutes. Unfortunately I will not be able to... 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 →
>Today 3 Russian warships Ropucha (Project 775) class LST's 156 Yamal and 158 Tsesar Kunikov and Amur (Project 304) class repair ships PM-138 passed through Dardanelles.They have entered the strait at approximately 13:30. Their passage lasted until 17:30As they are heading to Black Sea they will face strong weather there.
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