After visiting Novorossiysk and Varna, the French destroyer D-615 FS Jean Bart arrived for a 3 day visit. FS jean Bart is very similar in operational capabilities with her 40 SM-1 MR surface to air missiles fired by the Mk-13 launcher and Smart Mk2 3D radar to the Turkish Navy Gabya class frigates. She looks old and... Continue Reading →
As reported earlier, the French destroyer D-615 Jean Bart is continuing her Black Sea cruise. She was in Novorossiysk, Russia between 23 and 26th April. On 27 April she arrived in Varna Bulgaria, for a 2 or 3 day visit.Bulgarian ship spotter and blogger Mr. Nikolay Zlatev has some excellent photos of Jean Bart in... Continue Reading →
As reported earlier, the Cassard class French destroyer, D-615 FS Jean Bart has arrived in Novorossiysk on 23 April 2013 for an official visit. The ship will stay till 26 April. I have no information about where she will sail after leaving Russia. Russian shipspotter and blogger Mr. Igor Torgachkin has some excellent photos of FS Jean Bart... Continue Reading →
According to Russian web sites rusnavy.com, the French Aviso class frigate F-796 Commandant Birot arrived in Novorossiysk, Russia for a 5 day port visit that will end today. The French frigate was in Istanbul between 16th and 20th November 2011. Before arriving in Istanbul, the ship was part of the Surge Operation for the Operation Active... Continue Reading →
The French frigate F-796 Commandant Birot arrived in Istanbul on 16th November 21011, for a port visit. The ship was part of the Surge Operation for the Operation Active Endeavour Beginning 12 November NATO will concentrate assets in the Eastern Mediterranean for more than a week’s intense patrolling: “The backbone of this Surge is the... Continue Reading →
>The French maritime portal Mer et Marine published photos from anti-mine exercise Olives Noires organized by French Navy. TCG Amasra is the Turkish contribution to NATO’s Standing MCM Group 2 and has taken part in that exercise. Olives Noires : Grandes manoeuvres de guerre des mines à Toulon
>M-269 TCG Anamur, sister ship of TCG AmasraThe Turkish mine hunter M-266 TCG Amasra is taking part in naval exercise Olives Noires 2010 organized by French Navy. TCG Amasra is the Turkish contribution to NATO’s Standing MCM Group 2. TCG Amasra was commssioned in 2005. She belongs to Aydin class mine hunters, is based on... Continue Reading →
>The French destroyer D-643 Jean de Vienne has arrived at Dardanelles after shooting up an Greek islet.The warship passed the Turkish Stratis and will visits Sevastopol and Nicopolis in Bulgaria where Admiral Jean de Vienne was killed in 1396, after visiting Batumi.Click here and here for further reading. Photo from Wikipedia.
>According to excellent webpage http://www.navy.ru/, the French warship D-643 Jean De Vienne will visit Batumi, Georgia in July and will held joint military exercises. The visit of the French warship will last from 8 to 11 July. The ship will be open to public on 9th and 10th July.It will be not easy for the French... Continue Reading →
>The editor, of a French bloggers cooperative, Alliance Geostrategique, asked me to write my 2 cents about the relations and situation between Turkey and France. Turkey was choosen as the topic of the month in this excellent and interesting blog and they have found my views appealing. I was honored to oblige. You can read my... Continue Reading →
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