>Bulgaria will send a warship to Gulf of Aden according to Turkish maritime portal denizhaber.com.trThe Koni class (Project 1159) frigate 11 Smeli (Valiant) will join the naval task forces combating piracy off the coast of Somalia. At the moment it is not clear whether the Bulgarian warship will join EU led Operation Atalanta or US... Continue Reading →
>IMO Secretary-General Mr. Efthimios E. Mitropoulos, at a special ceremony at IMO Headquarters on 23 November 2009, during the 26th session of the Organization's Assembly presented Awards for Exceptional Bravery at Sea. In a linked ceremony, Certificates for Exceptional Services Rendered to Shipping and Mankind were presented to the Commanding Officers, Officers, Petty Officers and... Continue Reading →
>Almost suddenly TCG Gediz returned home from Somalia today.She arrived at her homeport Gölcük on 19th November 2009. She had left Turkey in June as part of NATO's SNMG-2. During the 154 days was she was in Gulf of Aden she spend 124 days underway, 30 days in ports. She covered a distance of 30.000... Continue Reading →
>According to the website of Turkish General Staff, today frigate TCG Gediz, her on board helicopter and the embarked naval special forces team in a joint operation prevented the high jacking of M/V Theofors.On 5th November 2009, 70 miles off the coast of Yemen in side IRTC, the Panama flagged, Greek owned M/V Theofors reported... Continue Reading →
>As reported earlier, TCG Gaziantep arrived yesterday at her home part Aksaz. Since 5th June 2009 she spend 122 days in the Gulf of Aden to combat piracy. During this time she way underway for 1825 hours and covered approximately 25.000 nautical miles. In other words, she spend %62 of her time cruising off the... Continue Reading →
>Exactly after 90 days in capture, Turkish bulker M/V Horizon-1 has been released. According to news report a USD1, 5 million ransom has been paid.When the release was acknowledged F-495 TCG Gediz was send to help.The crew of Horizon-1 received medical examination on board of F-495 TCG Gediz while naval special forces searched the ship... Continue Reading →
>According to http://www.australia.to website Turkish Navy is is way out of line in Somali waters when naval special forces were seen attacking seven Somali teenagers in the Gulf of Aden, off Somalia.I guess somebody was watching too much Pirates of the Caribbean and Midnight Express and got confused. Or they would also mention the sufferings... Continue Reading →
>TCG Gökova sailed from Gölcük Naval Base on 27th September 2009, to Gulf of Aden. She will join CTF-151 and will replace TCG Gaziantep which is in the region since July 2009.TCG Gökova was in the region as part of SNMG-2 between 16th October and 12th December 2008.Turkish Navy prefers to send Oliver Hazard Perry... Continue Reading →
>Yesterday, on 26th September 2009 the naval special forces team on board of TCG Gediz captured 7 more pirates.According to the news release from Turkish General Staff, the pirates were inside the IRTC and 66 miles off the coast. (The press release does not mention which coast it is). The pirates were attacking M/V Handy... Continue Reading →
>Turkey has handed over the command of CTF-151 to USA.Since 4th May 2009 Turkish Rear Adm. Caner Bener, was commanding this international task force.US Navy 5th Fleet Commander, Vice Admiral William E Gortney said the task force, since its creation in January, has encountered 496 pirates; 251 of whom were disarmed and released, 235 of... Continue Reading →
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