>Turkish and Egyptian navies will take part in exercise called Bahr El-Muhabbe Sea of Friendship between 29 September and 4 October 2010. The exercise will be hosted by Egypt and will be executed in Eastern Mediterranean.The aim of the exercise is to develop mutual cooperation and interoperability between two navies. Turkey will send two frigates, one replenishment... Continue Reading →
>August 2010 Activation of Blackseafor
>On 14th August 2010, the second activation period for the cal-on naval task force BlackSeaFor has begun in Constance, Romania. Romania will take the command of the BlackSeaFor from Bulgaria, for one year. This activation of the task force will continue till 30th August. The ships will spend 12 days in port and 8 days... Continue Reading →
>The Submarine Deals That Helped Sink Greece
>Last week Wall Street Journal ran an interesting article about the Greek economy and the weapon acquisition for the armed forces. For me the whole issue is a typical example of the guns or butter dilemma. Adding not too honest politicians and creative accounting into the mixture does not make things easier either. There are... Continue Reading →
>Greek Navy Is Saying Goodbye To Zubr’s (Part 2)
>Apparently Greek Navy is retiring its hovercrafts faster that anticipated. It was reported earlier that Greek Navy was having difficulties in keeping the hovercrafts operational and that they were going to be decommissioned.According to Jane’s Defence Weekly, Greek Navy has already decommissioned two of them already. Photo from Wikipedia.
>Bulgaria To Buy More Minehunters From The Netherlands
>The Bulgarian news portal novinite.com reported that Bulgaria was planning to but two second hand minehunters from Netherlands in 2014.Currently Bulgarian Navy has one Tripartite class minehunter 32 BNS Tsibar in active service. The ship originally destined for Belgian Navy was decommissioned in 2007 after 20 years of service. She was re-activated and transferred to... Continue Reading →
>Greek Navy Is Saying Goodbye to Zubr’s
>According to Strategy Page website Greek Navy is going to retire the four Zubr class hovercrafts it had acquired from Russia and Ukraine. According to Strategy Page website Greek Navy is going to retire the four Zubr class hovercrafts it had acquired from Russia and Ukraine. Three of them joined the Greek Navy in 2001... Continue Reading →
>Video Of Infiltration Boat Of Special Forces
>http://www.turkishnavy.net/SATinfiltrationboattrial.wmvI have made a short video from the photos of the infiltration boat. It is not a real movie, just still photos pasted after one other, thus the video is shaky and not fluent. But never the less I believe it shows radiates the speed and agility of the boat.
>A New Photo of Milgem And First Photo Of Special Forces Infiltration Boat Ever
>Today was a good day for ship spotting. I was able to observe the construction of MILGEM, from a distance. The work on her mast seems to be almost completed. The housing for the ESM/ECM sensors is finished and soon the sensor will be installed. The work on the aft seems to have progressed. The... Continue Reading →
>More On New Salvage and Rescue Ships
>Specifications for submarine rescue ship (MOSHIP) and two rescue and towing ships (RATSHIP) have been made public. MOSHIP:Length: 91mBeam: 18,5mDraft: 7,8mMax continuous speed: min 18 KnotsEconomical speed: min 14 KnotsRange: 4500 milCrew: 131The main task will be rescue submarines that are unable to resurface themselves. She will be able to provide life support to the... Continue Reading →
>New Salvage and Rescue Ships For Turkish Navy
>On their latest meeting on 15th June 2010, Defense Industry Executive Committee (SSIK) decided to start contract negotiations for construction of submarine rescue ship (MOSHIP) and two rescue and towing ships (RATSHIP) with, Istanbul Shipyard. This marks an important milestone for this acquisition project. With fourteen modern diesel-electric submarines in service, the Turkish Navy is... Continue Reading →
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