Turkish submarine TCG Preveze made a 3 day port visit in Durrës, Albania. She was returning from the NATO exercise Dynamic Manta 2015 in Italy. The submarine set sail for this deployment on 3 September 2015. Pursuant to the Plan of Cooperation between the Albanian and the Naval Forces of Turkey, arrived for a visit... Continue Reading →
The sail training ship of Mexican Navy ARM Cuauhtémoc ended her 4 day visit in Istanbul on 14 August 2015. She is currently underway to Malta. The last time when, ARM Cuauhtémoc was in Istanbul was in 2011. According to Wikipedia she is named named for the last Mexica Hueyi Tlatoani Cuauhtémoc who was captured and... Continue Reading →
The two ship strong Standing NATO Maritime Group-1 left Istanbul this morning. SNMG-1 arrived in Istanbul on 24 July 2015, for a four day visit after spending 21 days in Black Sea with extensive training with Bulgarian and Romanian navies. Unlike their previous passage through the Bosphorus, this time the ships sailed in broad day... Continue Reading →
The Chinese build Daxin class training ship of the Algerian Navy 937 ANS Soummam arrived in Istanbul for a visit on 27 July 2015. This visit is part of the training cruise for the midshipmen of Algerian Navy. Major General, Commander of Naval Forces Acting Mohamed Lakmech, inspected Saturday in Algiers on Soummam training ship... Continue Reading →
On 24 July 2015 Friday, the two ship strong Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 arrived in Istanbul for a port visit. The task force made its northbound passage on 4 July 2015 late in the evening and spend the allowed 21 days exercising with Bulgarian and Romanian navies. The ships are expected to leave Istanbul... Continue Reading →
We are having a distinguished guest since 7 July 2015. The French Horizon class destroyer D-620 FS Forbin is in Istanbul. Although she is classified as anti-air frigate she is to be considered as a destroyer. The visit of FS Forbin is the first visit of a Horizon class warship in Istanbul ever. Her sister... Continue Reading →
Turkish frigate TCG Gediz is nearing the end of her long deployment to the Asia. In 26 day time she will arrive in Turkey. Her deployment is for the commemoration of the 125th anniversary of the Ottoman frigate Ertugrul’s historic voyage from Istanbul to Yokohama. She has finished her port visit in India today and is... Continue Reading →
On 15 June 2015, F-495 TCG Gediz becomes the first Turkish warship to dock in Manila, Philippines. This 4 day visit in Manila will foster the bilateral ties of the two nations. The Turkish Navy ship was met by the BRP Silang Patrol Gunboat (PG14) near Corregidor and escorted it to the port area in Manila.... Continue Reading →
I think we are witnessing a rare moment in naval diplomacy. Turkish and Chinese Naval Forces are conducting reciprocal port visits. Turkish Gabya class frigate F-495 TCG Gediz arrived at a naval port in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, on May 22, 2015 for a 3-day visit. As reported earlier she is on an... Continue Reading →
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmyctqLG3Nc When PLAN ships were passing through the Turkish Straits, a Turkish frigate was visiting China to return the favor. TCG Gediz arrived in Hong Kong on 15 May and will stay there till 18 May. The visit of a Turkish warship to a Chinese port is equally rare as Chinese warships passing through the... Continue Reading →
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