Today, the Milgem class Corvette F-512 TCG Büyükada evacuated 55 Turkish citizens trapped in Yemen. The corvette was deployed to the Gulf of Aden and was in the region since January. It is the first major operation for TCG Büyükada. This is also the first non combatant evacuation operation for any Milgem class warship.... Continue Reading →
Tomorrow, on 17 March 2014, the Barbaros Turkish Maritime Task Group will leave Turkish Naval Base in Gölcük to starts its circumnavigation of Africa. The task force will contain the frigates F-495 TCG Gediz, F-245 TCG Oruçreis, the corvette F-511 TCG Heybeliada and the replenishment tanker A-595 TCG Yarbay Kudret Güngör. During the deployment, which is... Continue Reading →
The Turkish frigate F-494 TCG Gökçeada escorted the merchant ship M/V Aqua Luna carrying Turkish aid to Somalia. M/V Aqua Luna chartered by Turkish Red Crescent was carrying 90 thousand canned goods, 5 thousand tons of sugar, 5 thousand tons of flour and many other goods and machinery need to overhaul Somalia's infrastructure. I was assuming that this escort duty would be performed by TCG Gökova as she has been in the with... Continue Reading →
Today, The Turkish General Staff website run a thank you note (an e-mail actually) from a recovering Turkish merchant sailor who got very ill when his ship was in Gulf of Aden 15 days ago. According to the e-mail, the sailor, electrician officer on board of M/V Tuna 7 (in the actual e-mail the name of the ship... Continue Reading →
According to the announcement made by Turkish General Staff, the Turkish frigate F-496 TCG Gökova escorted the cargo vessel M/V Aqua Luna as she was carrying humanitarian cargo to Somalia. The Turkish owned and Monrovia flagged freighter left the port of Mersin in late November and passed through the Suez Canal on 30th November. TCG Gökova escorted the cargo... Continue Reading →
Today Turkish general Staff published photos from the search and rescue salvage operations Turkish Navy is conducting off Syrian coast. As reported earlier, the research vessel, E/V Nautilus was able to send her ROVs and broadcast live images from the wreck of the Turkish reconnaissance airplane RF-4ETM. This broadcast also confirmed what we have been fearining: The two pilots have died and their bodes were recovered... Continue Reading →
This was rumored repeatedly last week but now it is official. E/V Nautilus is helping Turkish Navy to locate and inspect the wreckage of RF-4ETM, shoot down by Syria. The ship was in Istanbul for the preparations of her 2012 expedition to explore the Black Sea, Aegean Sea and Mediterranean Sea off the coasts of Turkey and Cyprus. She has departure from Istanbul on... Continue Reading →
In the wake of the 11th September 2001 terrorist attacks on WTC, NATO implemented Article 5 of the Washington Treaty. One of the actions taken in this regard was the starting of Operation Active Endeavour (OAE) in Eastern Mediterranean. The aim of OAE is to control the shipping through the Mediterranean basin by hailing ships or by boarding them so that the... Continue Reading →
Turkish merchant ship M/V Burak A. carrying 5.000 tons of humanitarian including 8 full equipped ambulances, 1 forklift, 5 jeeps, 6 generators, 500 tents, 5000 blankets and 4.500 tons of food and medical supplies arrived in Mogadishu . The ship left Istanbul on 16th August and escorted by the frigate F-494 TCG Gediz all the way. After escorting M/V... Continue Reading →
A few days ago the Turkish Daily Sabah run an article about the Barbaros Action Plan of Turkish Navy. The owners of Sabah have a very personal and close relationship with Turkish Prime Minister Mr. Erdoğan. That creates a dilemma. Did Sabah run that article because they have received some insider information from sources close... Continue Reading →
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