On 30 June 2014 a fleet of 4 landing craft was sighted moving towards the Black Sea. TCG Ç-151, TCG Ç-155, TCG Ç-156, TCG Ç-157, the half of the 8 new LCT craft Turkish Navy has procured sailed to an unknown destination. Together they could carry up to 12 main battle tanks or up to 1000... Continue Reading →
Turkish Navy in cooperation with Turkish Army and Air Force conducted the Efes 2013 military exercise in annex to the Deniz Kurdu 2013 naval exercise. The annual Efes exercise is always about making a forces entry to the enemy territory from the sea and from the air. This year the scenario was the same. Turkish... Continue Reading →
Turkish Navy officially and permanently commissioned the fast landing ship Ç-151. Ç-151 is the first ship of the new LCT class of Turkish Navy. In 2007, Undersecretariat for Defence Industries (UDI), submitted a Request for Proposal for 8 LCT’s. These new vessels were to be built in Turkey and had to be fast. From the four companies that submitted to the... Continue Reading →
The Commander of Ukrainian Navy Vice-Admiral Yurii Ilyin Ivanovych visited Turkey as a guest of Admiral Murat Bilgel, Commander of Turkish Naval Forces. Neither Ukrainian nor Turkish Navy made any public announcements about this visit. Instead of the PR officers in both navies we should be thanking the marketing department of ADIK shipyard for the following photos and the text. As it is a... Continue Reading →
Some more information and gossip from the 5th Naval Systems Seminar. Click here to read the first part on Bosphorus Naval News. In November, F-511 TCG Heybeliada, the first ship of the Milgem class corvettes will leave for her first overseas deployment, to the Gulf of Aden. It is not clear at the moment if... Continue Reading →
According to the ADİK shipyard's web site the first ship of the New LCT class Ç-151 will participate to the joint Turkish-Egyptian naval exercise Sea of Friendship (Bahr El Sadaka). In 2007, Undersecretariat for Defence Industries (UDI), submitted a Request for Proposal for 8 LCT’s. These new vessels were to be built in Turkey and had to be fast.... Continue Reading →
Turkish Navy maintains a large fleet of medium sized landing vessels. There are 25 LCT's and 16 LCM's according to Jane's fighting Ships in the inventory of Turkish Navy. The newest of these vessels is more than 20 years old and their top speed is around 8,5 knots. In 2007, Undersecretariat for Defence Industries (UDI), submitted... Continue Reading →
Some time ago, I have read a very interesting and thought evoking post on the influential blog information dissemination, about the large amphibious ships (LAS) becoming the dreadnoughts of the 21. centuries maritime domain. Well read the post yourselves and decide if it is true or not. But if you ask me amphibious ships (landing... Continue Reading →
This is the second installment of my impression from the IDEF'11. In this post I will try to focus more on companies and products rather than procurement projects. As 621 companies attended the fair I will focus about those that made the most impressions. Aselsan: This company had the biggest stand of the fair and showed a... Continue Reading →
Today is the last day of IDEF'11, 10th International Defence Industry Fair. I was visiting the fair for the least two days. It was very tiring event. But there are very to share. I visited the first IDEF twenty years ago. And I can tell you that there has been a considerable change in the... Continue Reading →
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