>FFG-50 USS Taylor, crew members participated in a compliant visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) exercise with the Turkish navy frigate F240 TCG Yavuz July 19, during exercise Sea Breeze 2010. The two ships used the training opportunity to familiarize themselves with each other’s VBSS equipment and techniques, which is remarkably very similar as most of... Continue Reading →
>The exercise Sea Breeze will end today. But finally I was able to find the names of (almost) all participating ships:US Navy:FFG-50 USS Taylor, frigateTurkish Navy:F-240 TCG Yavuz, frigateP-330 TCG Kılıç, missile boatP-331 TCG Kalkan, missile boatUkrainan Navy:U-402 Konstantin Olshansky, landing shipU-401 Kirovograd, landing sahipU-311 Cherkassy, minesweeperU-331 Mariupol, minesweeperU-360 Genichesk, minesweeperU-206 Dnieper, frigateU-209 Ternopil frigateU-705... Continue Reading →
> The exercise Sea Breeze 2010 is about to begin in Ukraine this week. The annual exercise Sea Breeze was usually held as a bilateral organization where Ukraine and the United States are the main participants. Other countries are invited as necessary. This year’s main focus will be fighting sea piracy. The exercises will involve... Continue Reading →
>Did not know, that on her way from Suez Canal, the Eisenhower Strike Group met with the Turkish Naval Task Force. Turkish task force was in Alexandria, Egypt last weekend conducting a port visit. Thus both groups had found some time to realize a Passex on their way to Turkey. There a good photos at... Continue Reading →
>Turkey and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) will conduct the annual serach and rescue exercise Caner Gönyeli between 14 and 18 June 2010.The exercise area covers, TRNC, its territorial waters, and Turkish SAR area in Eastern Mediterranean. It will be a joint exercise where civil maritime instructions like Coast Safety Directorate will cooperate with... Continue Reading →
>I think nobody would be surprised to hear that this years Reliant Mermaid naval exercise is canceled. The naval search and rescue exercise was the only venue there Turkish and Israeli navies come together officially.The annual exercise with the objective to practice coordinated emergency search and rescue procedures and measures for safety of life at... Continue Reading →
>Turkish Naval Task Force met with the German Training Cruise Flotilla south of Crete. The two task forces conducted a series of short exercises: SURFEX, PASSEX and a PHOTEX.The German task force consists of FGS Bradenburg, FGS Niedersachen and FGS Frankfurt am Main. The task force is expected to peform a harpor visit in Istanbul. This is the link... Continue Reading →
>Last week, the naval exercise Beyaz Fırtına 2010 has started. There is very little information about it in the media. It has started on 10th May and will end on 20th. There is no information about its aim nor where it is held. According to small media reports the following ships are taking part in... Continue Reading →
>Probably nobody does remember it or does care or is interested. But I do. The identity of old minesweeper that was sunk as target during last month’s Deniz Yıldızı naval exercise was revealed as ex-TCG Seddülbahir (M-513). She was decommissioned in March 2006. She can be seen on the background, burning.
>A short video from TRT about Deniz Aslanı 2010 exercise.
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