Russian Ropuchas and Alligators are not the only landing ships pass through the Bosphorus. Here are photos of our indigenous NL-124 TCG Karamürsel showing her two recent passages. She is the sister of NL-123 TCG Sarucabey and both are enlarged version of the now deleted Çakabey class.These ships can carry 600 troops, 11 tanks and... Continue Reading →
The Milgem project will make an important step on 27 September 2013. The 27th September, the anniversary of the Battle of Preveza, celebrated as the Turkish Naval Forces Day. This year the second Milgem class corvette F-512 TCG Büyükada will enter into service and the keel of the third ship F-513 TCG Burgazada will be laid... Continue Reading →
The Turkish armament procurement agency UDI is preparing for a renewed tender for the Milgem-S construction Project according to the news in Turkish media. UDI will invite RMK ile Dearsan, Desan, ADİK, İstanbul, Sedef ve Yonca Onuk shipyards for this second tender. Earlier this month, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan signed the report prepared... Continue Reading →
The boat from my previous post has been identified as a Bigliani class patrol boat. I thank everyone who shared his/her information and made comments. Your help and support is as always very much appreciated. This is the official announcement of the handover ceremony in late May 2013: On 27 May 2013, in the presence of... Continue Reading →
The above photo shows a boat that is moving in high speed on Bosphorus. The photo was taken by Mr. Victor M.S. Barreira, on 8 june 2013. The boat in picture does not have the appearance of a pleasure craft for private use. It has as far as I can see both Turkish and Romanian... Continue Reading →
Mr. Joshua Kucera who has en extensive knowledge about Central Asia has written a post about the Turkmenistan naval rearmament. I am glad to say that I help him to write his post, originally published by EurasiaNet.org. He also allowed me to share his post as whole here: TURKMENISTAN MAKES ANOTHER QUIET PURCHASE OF WARSHIPS June 6,... Continue Reading →
The first pair of offshore Patrol vessels of the Turkish Coast Guard have arrived to their home ports and started to their duties. SG-701 TCSG Dost is located in Samsun and SG-703 TCSG Umut is located in Marmaris. TCSG Dost started her duties in the Black Sea on 19 May 2013. It is not clear... Continue Reading →
The renowned Pakistani Naval expert and journalist Usman Ansari mentioned in his article in the May issue of the Warships International, about the Aman 2013 exercise, that Pakistani Navy has acquired the GENESIS combat management system for its Perry class frigate F-260 PNS Alamgir. This is the first official acknowledgement that Turkey has sold the GENESIS CMS... Continue Reading →
After visiting Novorossiysk and Varna, the French destroyer D-615 FS Jean Bart arrived for a 3 day visit. FS jean Bart is very similar in operational capabilities with her 40 SM-1 MR surface to air missiles fired by the Mk-13 launcher and Smart Mk2 3D radar to the Turkish Navy Gabya class frigates. She looks old and... Continue Reading →
The Pomornik (Project 1232.3) class hovercraft built for the PLAN passed through the Turkish Straits; but not on her own power. The craft was on board of M/V HHL New York, a special ship designed for large and difficult cargo. M/V HHL New York left the Ukrainian port Feodosia on 27 April 2013 and passed through Bosphorus... Continue Reading →
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