Today the third ship of Ada class, TCG Burgazada was launched in Istanbul Naval Shipyard and the keel laying ceremony for the fourth ship TCG Kınalıada was conducted. The construction of TCG Burgazada started on 27 September 2013. For the previous two ships, Istanbul Naval Shipyard needed 3 years from the start of the construction till... Continue Reading →
ANKARA, Turkey — The Turkish Navy is considering the purchase of long-range patrol aircraft to add to its fleet of CN-235 and ATR72s, navy and procurement officials said. “The requirement comes in line with the government’s foreign policy priorities,” explained one procurement official. Navy officials say the planned aircraft should be able to fly 1,000... Continue Reading →
The construction of the multipurpose amphibious assault ship L-408 TCG Anadolu has started on 30th April 2016. The ship is based on Navatia’s Juan Carlos 1 design. TCG Anadolu will be similar to SPS Juan Carlos 1 in Spanish Navy and HMAS Adelaide and HMAS Canberra in Royal Australian Navy. During the ceremony President of... Continue Reading →
The two large rescue ships TCG Işın and TCG Akın, the submarine rescue ship TCG Alemdar and the new LST, TCG Bayraktar can be seen on the above photo. They are in different phases of construction. TCG Alemdar was first to be launched in April 2014. She was followed by TCG Işın in June 2014... Continue Reading →
Romania has officially started the modernization process of her 2 Type-22 frigates on 16 March 2016. Like Bulgaria, Romania too needed modern, up to date and NATO compatible warships when both countries joined NATO. While Bulgaria opted to buy second hand frigates and mine hunter from Belgium, Romania bought two Type-22 frigates from Great Britain... Continue Reading →
According to Sofia News Agency, Bulgarian defence minister Nikolay Nenchev announced that Bulgaria was planing to spend up to $477.80 million to procure two multi purpose warships. The procurement cost, which comprises armaments, equipment and communication systems for the ships, could be one-third lower if the vessels were built in Bulgaria, Nenchev said during a... Continue Reading →
A few weeks earlier I have compiled the order of battle of Turkish Navy here. This is the order of battle for Turkish Coast Guard: Active Building Planned Offshore patrol vessels 4 Large patrol craft 58 Small patrol craft 47 Control craft 85 Search and rescue craft 44 Helicopters 14 Planes 3 A detailed version... Continue Reading →
It has been a while since I have last updated the order of battle for Turkish Navy. Here is the current one: Active Building Planned Submarines (Note-1) 13 1 5 Frigates (Note-2) 16 8 Corvettes 8 2 Fast Attack Craft – Missile (Note-3) 21 4 Patrol Craft (Note-4) 34 Mine hunters/Mine sweepers (Note-5) 15 6... Continue Reading →
Yonca Onuk Shipyard is constructing a new batch of fast intervention boats for Qatari Naval Forces. The boat I have seen Q-21 resembles very much to the other MRTP-16 type of boats built by the same shipyard 3 years ago. During the Dimdex 2012 maritime defence exhibition in Qatar, it was announced that the Turkish... Continue Reading →
One of the most interesting presentations of the 7. Naval System Seminar was done by Undersecretariat for Defence Industries (UDI). The topic of it was the future shipbuilding projects. The organisers of Naval System Seminar prepared a CD containing the presentations done during it. It is a useful thing if you want to reread any... Continue Reading →
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