On 15 June 2015, F-495 TCG Gediz becomes the first Turkish warship to dock in Manila, Philippines. This 4 day visit in Manila will foster the bilateral ties of the two nations. The Turkish Navy ship was met by the BRP Silang Patrol Gunboat (PG14) near Corregidor and escorted it to the port area in Manila.... Continue Reading →
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmyctqLG3Nc When PLAN ships were passing through the Turkish Straits, a Turkish frigate was visiting China to return the favor. TCG Gediz arrived in Hong Kong on 15 May and will stay there till 18 May. The visit of a Turkish warship to a Chinese port is equally rare as Chinese warships passing through the... Continue Reading →
Turkish frigate TCG Gediz arrived in Port Klang in Malaysia on 3 May 2015. She will continue to her journey on 5 May 2015. The frigate is on a commemorative cruise replicating the route of the ill fated deployment of the Ottoman frigate Ertuğrul.
The Deniz Yıldızı 2015 exercise ended on 16 April 2015 and the participants returned to their home ports. According to the Turkish Navy website following units took part 6 frigates, 3 corvettes, 5 fast attack craft, 2 submarines, 7 auxiliaries, 2 patrol boats, 3 maritime surveillance planes, 7 helicopters. I was able to identify 18... Continue Reading →
On 2 April 2015, the Gabya class frigate F-495 TCG Gediz set sail from Aksaz Naval base, Marmaris for a 122 day deployment. The highlight of this deployment will be the commemoration of the sinking of the Ottoman frigate Ertuğrul off the coast of Wakayama Prefecture in Japan. TCG Gediz will follow he original route... Continue Reading →
The Turkish Navy is participating to the Joint Warrior 2015 exercise with frigates F-496 TCG Gökova, F-497 TCG Göksu, submarine S-359 TCG Burakreis and mine hunter M-266 TCG Anamur. TCG Göksu is currently part of NATO's naval task force SNMG-2 and TCG Anamur is with the NATO's mine warfare task force SNMCMG-2. Exercise Joint Warrior... Continue Reading →
The US Congress passed the Naval Vessel Transfer Act of 2013. With this act the President of USA is authorized to sell or to grant decommissioned US Navy warships to other countries. Usually the US Congress passes one Naval Transfer Act (NTA) once or twice in every legislation. And in each NTA certain warships and... Continue Reading →
The Gabya (ex Perry) class frigate F-491 TCG Giresun seems to have gotten her new radar and vertical launcher. She is the last ship to received this upgrade. The new Thales SMART-S Mk2 3D radar replaced the incumbent AN/SPS-49(V)4 radar which was 2D. The addition of 8 cell Mk41 in the forecastle increased the range... Continue Reading →
Turkish Navy has published a video from the test firings on Overberg Test Range. You can watch the RAM firing of TCG Heybeliada, Sea Sparrow firing of TCG Oruçreis, ESSM and SM-1 firings of TCG Gediz. This is the link to the video: http://www.dzkk.tsk.tr/denizweb/turkce/guncel/guncel_video.php?id=374
According to Turkish Navy website the ships of the Barbaros Task Force demonstrated live missile firings in Delen Overberg Test Range in South Africa. The frigate F-245 TCG Salihreis and the corvette F-511 TCG Heybeliada were at the range on 13 May 2014. TCG Oruçreis conducted 5 Sea Sparrow firings while TCG Heybeliada shot one... Continue Reading →
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