>Another photo of Milgem has emerged. Some small changes can be seen compared to her lasf photo of late March.Photo from Mr. Turgay and it is used with his permission.
>New Photo of Milgem
>A new photo of Milgem has emerged. Previously she was in the dry dock. The installation of her sonar transducer and sonar dome seems to be finished. The alignment of her shafts and her propellers also seems to be done.Photo from user oceangoing of Savunma ve Strateji forum. Used with permission.
>New Photo of Milgem
>F-511 TCG Heybeliada, first ship of MILGEM class corvettes, is now visible on Google Earth.
>A small review of 2008
>When a year ends, it has become more or less a custom to make some Top-(n) lists to review the important events, happenings of that year.Well, I will not make an exception. Here is a 5 point list about the most important events for Turkish Navy in 2008: The launching of F-511 TCG Heybeliada: The... Continue Reading →
>TCG Heybeliada launched
>On 27 September 2008, Turkey launched its first national warship F-511 TCG Heybeliada in a ceremony held at Istanbul Naval Dockyard in Pendik, IstanbulHeybeliada is first of twelve ships of Turkey's national corvette program of Milgem. The purpose of this program is to build a modern littoral combat warship with indigenous capabilities, extensively using the... Continue Reading →
