>On 4 April 1953, Swedish freighter Naboland collided with Turkish submarine TCG Dumlupınar. She and her sister boat TCG 1. İnönü were returning from NATO exercise Blue Sea. At 02:15 in the morning Naboland rammed TCG Dumlupınar from starboard forecastle just aft of the forward diving planes. The submarine rolled to port with force of... Continue Reading →
>Lest We Forget: Nusret. The Little Ship That Changed The History
>Today is the 95th anniversary of the Turkish forces over the Allied Fleet in the Dardanelles.Known as the Çanakkale Naval Victory, in Turkey, this battle effectively sunk (no pun indented) the hopes of the British Admiralty and Churchill to force the Turkish Straits and a quickly dash to Istanbul to occupy it. This Turkish victory... Continue Reading →
>Lest We Forget: DM-357 TCG Muavenet
>I have missed the anniversary of the incident of TCG Muavenet being hit.On 2th October 1992, 11 minutes past midnight, during the NATO's Display Determination '92 naval exercise, two Sea Sparrow surface to air missiles fired accidently from the aircraft carrier CV-60 USS Saratoga, hit the bridge of the Turkish destroyer DM-357 TCG Muavenet. 5... Continue Reading →
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