On 12 and 13 October 2015, the 7. Naval Systems Seminar was held in Ankara. I am personally delighted to see this venue started as a one-man project turned to be an established organisation appreciated by everyone. Turkish Navy was officially present in this year's seminar. In previous years Turkish naval officers participated the event... Continue Reading →
What you see above may be the first published photo of the Turkish heavyweight torpedo Akya. I have found it in an online publication of Turkish Navy. I believe the photo was at the first test firing of torpedo on 11 July 2013. The test firing was done from a surface platform where a 533mm... Continue Reading →
The first steel was cut for the fourth Milgem class corvette TCG Kınalıada on 8 October 2015. The ceremony was held in Istanbul Naval Shipyard. According to Turkish Navy press announcement the hull production of the third ship TCG Burgazada was finished 12 months before than planned, therefore the first steel of the TCG Kınalıada... Continue Reading →
Turkish Navy reported that the construction of TCG Pirireis the first Type 214 class submarine has officially started. There was a ceremony at the Gölcük Naval Shipyard were the construction will be done. This is a big event actually which was not served to the mass media which I find it a little bit odd.... Continue Reading →
It has been told that with the first payment by Turkey, the contract of th LPD project come into effect. The contract was signed on 7 May 2015 during the IDEF 2015. According to Jane's Naval International, with receipt of the first payment, construction work on the ship is scheduled to begin one year from... Continue Reading →
The first ship of the new landing ship class TCG Bayraktar will be launched by ADIK Shipyard on 3rd October 2015. Her construction started 17 months ago. The contract for the construction of a new LST’s was signed between Ministry of Defence and ADIK_Furtrans shipyard on 11 May 2011. The value of the contract is... Continue Reading →
The construction of the third Ada class (Milgem) corvette Burgazada is proceeding. The fabrication of her hull is almost finished with the pre-fabrication of her superstructure proceeding. The two photos above are taken from a commercial airplane 3 weeks apart. The proceeding of the construction is visible. It appears that the ship will be ready... Continue Reading →
Last week Turkish project management company STM Mühendislik, announced that they have finished the modernization project of two Turkish Ay class submarines. As reported in earlier in this blog, in March 2010 Defense Industry Executive Committee (SSIK) decided to upgrade two Atılay class submarines and one year later the contract was signed with STM. Atılay class... Continue Reading →
Since I cannot see a Chinese warship often, I tried to take as many photos as I can make. My knowledge of Chinese naval sensors and weapons is very limited. Thus I welcome any additional information about them.
The contract signing ceremony for the LPD was the highlight of the IDEF 2015 was from the maritime point of view the. On 7 May 2015 the contract for the production of one landing platform dock, was signed between Under-secretariat for Defence Industries and Sedef Shipyard. The design is based on Spanish shipyard Navantia's Juan... Continue Reading →
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