NATO has updated its list of the warships taking part in the Operation Unified Protector. Thus I have to update my list too. It seems that it is the Turkish submarine S-353 TCG Preveze that is taking part in the operation rather than previously announced S-358 TCG Çanakkale. TCG Preveze is the first boat of... Continue Reading →
The Turkish civilian ferry M/F Ankara finally docked at Misurata port tonight according to Turkish Foreign Ministry tweets. The ferry sailed from Çeşme, İzmir on 27 March 2010. For the last five days she was waiting off the Libyan city Misurata. The fighting in and around the city prevented M/F Ankara to dock at the... Continue Reading →
NATO has published the names of the warships taking part in the arms embargo against Libya, as called for in UN Security Council Resolution 1973. On left is the screen shot from NATO website showing the photos of the participating ships. The regular readers of this blog will find the two photos I have marked very very familiar.... Continue Reading →
M/F Ankara is 25 miles off shore of Libyan city Misurata according to news reports. The civilian ferry left Çeşme, İzmir with 2 tons of medical supplies, 3 ambulances. On board are 15 healthcare professionals and a security detail of 10 too. M/F Ankara was supposed to dock in Misurata to disembark her cargo and to pick up 200... Continue Reading →
Turkish ferry M/F Ankara is heading to Misurata Libya according to an announcement made by the Office of the Prime Minister. She is carrying 2 ambulances and 2 tons of various medical supplies. On board are 15 healthcare professionals and a security detail of 10. When in Misurata, the ferry will pick up injured Libyans and bring them to Turkey for medical... Continue Reading →
>U-402 Konstantin Olshansky. NATO photo.Exactly at midnight of 23th March 2011, the Ukrainian Ropucha 1 class landing ship U-402 Konstantin Olshansky Sevastopol to conduct Non-Combatant Evacuation of Ukranian citizens trapped in Libya.She has passed through Bosphorus on 24 March 2011 early in the morning and left Turkish territorial waters late at night.According to Ukrainian Goverment Portal the ship can accommodated 500 to 600... Continue Reading →
>Yesterday, on 23 March 2011, Supreme Allied Commander, Europe Admiral Stavridis arrived in Ankara for a two day visit.I do not know when this visit was planned but the timing could not have been better, after yesterdays declaration that Turkey will take part in NATO's arms embargo against Libya.According to Anadolu Ajansı news agency, Admiral Stavridis had... Continue Reading →
>According to Reuters, Turkey agreed to provide 4 frigates, one submarine and one support ship to NATO, so that NATO can enforce the arms embargo imposed on Libya. The alliance had offers of 16 ships to implement a decision to launch the mission taken by NATO this week, NATO military officer Brigadier Pierre St Amand told a... Continue Reading →
> M/V Samsun and TCG Gelibolu in Tripolis. Official Turkish Navy Photo. According to Turkish General Staff website, the ferry M/V Samsun arrived in Tripolis escorted by the frigate F-493 TCG Gelibolu. M/V Samsun will pick up Egyptian evacuees who wish to return to their country. This will be the second trip of the ship.... Continue Reading →
>In my personal the the most important lesson that Turkey should learn from the Libyan NEO is that it is the high time for Turkey to invest in new, large, fast and seaworthy passenger ships.Compared to the evacuation by air the evacuation by sea was very limited. Only 8351 person, 36% of the evacuees, were... Continue Reading →
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