The Nusret 2013 mine warfare exercise organised by Turkish Navy starts today in Çanakkale. The exercise will end on 1 December 2013 and will be conducted in Saros Bay, east of Gallipoli peninsula. According to Turkish Navy foreign participants are NATO mine warfare task force SNMCMG-2 and 1 mine hunter from Greece. From Turkish Navy... Continue Reading →
Doğu Akdeniz 2013 Naval Exercise
Turkish Navy announced that the Doğu Akdeniz 2013 naval exercise will start on 4th November. The invitation only exercise will continue till 14 November 2013. Besides ships, planes of Turkish Navy, Coast Guard and Air Force, SNMG-2 task force of NATO and one US Navy destroyer will also take part in the exercise which will... Continue Reading →
TCG Oruçreis In Toulon
NATO's Maritime Capability Group 1 on Above Water Engagement conducted naval electronic warfare trials in Toulon, France between 30 September and 4 October 2013. 4 vessels and measuring/simulator systems from France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Sweden and Turkey took part. The MEKO 200 Track IIA class frigate F-245 TCG Oruçreis was the Turkish participant to these... Continue Reading →
The Participants Of Brilliant Mariner 2013
One of the NATO's largest exercise Brilliant Mariner 2013 is continuing in the Mediterranean. The exercise, which will end on 6 October 2013, will take place in the Tyrrhenian Sea between Sicily and Sardinia. Over five thousand military and naval personnel from 12 NATO nations comprising Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany , Italy, Latvia, the Netherlands,... Continue Reading →
Brilliant Mariner 2013
Between 26 September and 6 October 2013, a large fleet of warships from NATO’s Response Force (NRF) and from other task forces will take part in Brilliant Mariner 2013 maritime exercise in the Mediterranean Sea. According to Turkish Navy F-246 the frigate TCG Salihreis, the mine hunter M-264 TCG Erdemli and the submarine S-358 TCG... Continue Reading →
Photos From Breeze 2013 Exercise
Mr. Nikolay Zlatev who creates the very informative blog Sea Dog, kindly shared his photos.
Sea Breeze 2013 Naval Exercise
While the Breeze 2013 naval exercise has started in Bulgaria, Ukraine is hosting the Sea Breeze 2013 naval exercise. The choise of names and the timing makes it very easy to confuse the two exercises. The Sea Breeze 2013 starts today and will end on 20 July 2013. Germany, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Romania, Turkey, Canada, Italy... Continue Reading →
More On Breeze 2013 Naval Exercise
The Breeze 2013 Naval Exercise -not to be confused with the Sea Breeze 2013 naval exercise hosted by Ukraine- has started in Varna Bulgaria. In the period July 6-15 the international Breeze 2013 naval drill will take place in the western part of the Black Sea. Over 15 different vessels, helicopters and planes take part... Continue Reading →
Breeze 2013 Naval Exericse
Bulgarian Naval Forces are hosting an international naval exercise called Breeze 2013 between 6 and 15 July 2013. According to Turkish Navy Turkish Gür class (Type 209/1400 Mod) submarine S-360 TCG Birinci İnönü is taking part in the exercise as well as the fast attack craft TCG Bora and the minesweeper TCG Sığacık. NATO's SNMG-2... Continue Reading →
More On Deniz Kurdu 13 Naval Exercise (Part 2)
Yesterday the Deniz Kurdu 2013 naval exercise has ended. This is the list of the participants as far as I can find: Number Name Type A-573 TCG Bnb. Saadettin Gürcan Tanker A-580 TCG Akar Tanker A-595 TCG Yrb. Kudret Güngör Tanker F-241 TCG Turgutreis Frigate F-243 TCG Yıldırım Frigate F-244 TCG Barbaros Frigate F-246 TCG... Continue Reading →
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