The Turkish Naval EOD teams destroyed another floating mine in the Black Sea today. According to a news release from the Turkish Ministry of National Defence, a mine believed to be from the Russia-Ukraine War was detected off the coast of Kefken in the Black Sea and subsequently neutralized. The type of mine was not... Continue Reading →
On 8 September 2022, a Romanian ship reported a floating mine approximately 25 nautical miles northeast of Constanta harbour. The mine is believed to be one of the mines laid during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The Romanian Naval Forces deployed Musca class minesweeper Lieutenant Dimitrie Nicolescu to destroy the mine. However, when the minesweeper... Continue Reading →
This week a fishing boat operating off the coast of Ayvalık, Balıkesir found a mine in its net. They have informed the Coast Guard and the harbor master. The old and probably inert mine was brought to the shore on board. A Turkish Navy EOD team was called by the Coast Gaurd. The EOD team... Continue Reading →
Aydın class minehunter TCG Akçay has discovered a mine probably a relic of Second World War, as she was conducting training operations with SNMCMG-2 off the coast of Romania. The NATO task force made its northbound passage through Turkish Straits 16 days ago. The mine was discovered at 8 A.M. local time while TCG AKÇAY, under... Continue Reading →
Turkish Navy announced today that 20 mines from World War 1 and World War 2 has been found in Northern and Central Aegean and destroyed by Turkish mine hunters. These mines were destroyed in two separate occasions, on 30 November - 1 December 2013 and on 13 - 15 January 2014. Every year, mines from World... Continue Reading →
On 31st May 2012, an old and rusty mine was found in a popular beach in Didim, Aydın. A swimmer notified the local police about an odd-shaped rusty metal object laying on the sea floor after she/he injured her/his feed by it. The local police turned to the coast guard for help. Eventually the Navy... Continue Reading →
On 10th March 2012, the fishing boat M/V Yeni Asya returned home with a very unusual catch: a G7A torpedo. The fishing boat found the torpedo dangled in its nets as they were fishing off the coast of Foça, İzmir. The waters around Foça, located at the entrance of Bay of İzmir is one of the popular exercise areas of Turkish Navy. The fishermen realized that it the torpedo was an... Continue Reading →
When the crew of the fishing boat Rafet Reis 3 cast their nets off the Kabatepe on Gallipoli Peninsula for a good catch of fish, they found something else: a very old and rusty object. According to the captain of the fishing vessel, they have encountered mines before when hunting in the region. But this time the object did not looked like the... Continue Reading →
>A fishing boat found a mine in its nets when it was hunting in Güllük Bay, Muğla.The rusted mine was brought to the harbor by the boat and was carefully lifted to the shore. In such cases the local authorities call in the naval special forces EOD teams in order to destroy the mine.In 2010 alone in three different occasions a... Continue Reading →
>Last week a fishing boat operating of the coast of Hopa, Artvin found this in its net.The 150 kilo, British made mine was tangled in the net as the fishermen were collecting the net. They have placed the mine on the deck of their boat and returned to the harbor.The local security forces summoned an... Continue Reading →
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