On 13 May 2017 Turkish warships set sail to participate in annual Deniz Kurdu exercise. The exercise is held in Marmara, Aegean and Mediterranean Sea and will continue till 26 May 2017. The purpose of the exercise is: to test the efficiency level of the current command control structure under realistic conditions to determine the... Continue Reading →
The task force has started its recent activities in Turkish naval base in Erdek, Balıkesir in early January. Erdek is the home port of the Turkish mine hunter ships. TCG Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Paşa replaced her sister TCG Sokullu Mehmet Paşa as the flagship of the task force. Following this change the task force sailed... Continue Reading →
Yesterday the Deniz Kurdu 2013 naval exercise has ended. This is the list of the participants as far as I can find: Number Name Type A-573 TCG Bnb. Saadettin Gürcan Tanker A-580 TCG Akar Tanker A-595 TCG Yrb. Kudret Güngör Tanker F-241 TCG Turgutreis Frigate F-243 TCG Yıldırım Frigate F-244 TCG Barbaros Frigate F-246 TCG... Continue Reading →
The naval exercise Deniz Kurdu 13 is continuing. This is the list of the participants as far as I can find: Number Name Type A-573 TCG Bnb. Saadettin Gürcan Tanker A-595 TCG Yrb. Kudret Güngör Tanker F-243 TCG Yıldırım Frigate F-246 TCG Salihreis Frigate F-247 TCG Kemalreis Frigate F-494 TCG Gökçeada Frigate F-495 TCG Gediz... Continue Reading →
The largest annual exercise of the Turkish Navy Deniz Kurdu has started on 20 May 2013. Vice Admiral Bülent Bostanoğlu, Commander of the Fleet is in charge of the exercise. The participating ships left their port in Gölcük, Foça and Aksaz. The exercise will be conducted in the Marmara, the Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean. According to Akşam newspaper F-243... Continue Reading →
I had reported about the port visit of the Safeguard class salvage ship of the US Military Sealift Command T-ARS-51 USNS Grasp in Istanbul last week. I had the impression that after leaving Istanbul USNS Grasp would be heading to the Mediterranean as had spent at least 14 days in the Black Sea where she... Continue Reading →
Today two Turkish patrol boats P-337 TCG Atak and P-338 TCG Bora collided in Marmara Sea. Both boats are afloat but 8 sailors have been injured. Neither Turkish Navy nor the Turkish General Staff made any public announcements about the accident therefore all information including the names of the boats are yet to be officially verified. According to news reports the... Continue Reading →
M/V Kartepe, a high speed passenger vessel belonging to the municipality of Izmit was hijacked by 4 or 5 terrorist this evening as the vessel was on her routine voyage from Izmit to Karamursel. According to news reports there are 19 passengers, 6 crew. The terrorist overwhelmed the crew and entered into the bridge by... Continue Reading →
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