The ships participating to the Turkish led mine warfare exercise Nusret 2014 were in İzmir for the weekend. The below is the list of the participating warships as far as I could identify: F-511 TCG Heybeliada Corvette Turkey M-267 TCG Ayvalık Mine Hunter Turkey M-268 TCG Akçakoca Mine Hunter Turkey M-261 TCG Edremit Mine Hunter... Continue Reading →
As the Turkish led anti submarine warfare exercise Mavi Balina 2014 ends participating warships are starting their port visits in order to give their crews a rest. Today Turkish warships, F-247 TCG Kemalreis, A-595 TCG Yarbay Kudret Güngör and one Preveze class submarine, Canadian frigate FFH-331 HMCS Toronto and US Navy warships CG-55 USS Leyte... Continue Reading →
The US, Arleigh Burke class destroyer DDG-71 USS Ross ended its port visit in Istanbul on 13 November 2014 and headed to the Mediterranean. USS Ross, arrived in Istanbul on 9 November and made a 5 day stop here. She was deployed between 6 and 9 November to the Black Sea where she had performed underway engagement... Continue Reading →
On 28 October 2014, the Udaloy class destroyer of Russian Northern Fleet, Vitse Admiral Kulakov has arrived in Aksaz Naval Base for a port visit. The ship sailed away from her home port Severomorsk, on 15 April 2014. Since then she has been deployed in the Mediterranean. She was in Black Sea for a small overhaul between... Continue Reading →
The Turkish Navy is having a really big party at the weekend to celebrate the Navy Day and to commemorate the Battle of Prevesa. 40 warships of various types will be open for public in 16 different cities. The whole list of activities is long and can be found here. The following ships and boats... Continue Reading →
Task Unit 2 of SNMG-2 consisting of F-102 ESPS Almirante Juan De Borbon and Canadian frigate FHH-333 HMCS Toronto arrived in Varna Bulgaria today. Led by Commander Jason Armstrong (Royal Canadian Navy), SNMG2 TU.02 is currently composed of HMCS TORONTO (Royal Canadian Navy) and AMIRALTE JUAN de BORBON (Spanish Navy). SNMG2 is visiting the port as... Continue Reading →
Royal Fleet Auxiliary Lyme Bay has docked in Bodrum for a port visit. Her sister, RFA Mounts Bay, made also a port visit in Bodrum during last year's deployment. L-3007 RFA Lyme Bay is currently on a 4 month-long deployment in the Mediterranean called Cougar 2014 with other Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary units. According... Continue Reading →
The training ship of Brazilian Navy U-27 Brasil arrived this morning in Istanbul. BNS Brazil stops by in Istanbul every couple of years during the training cruise of Brazilian Naval Cadets. I have no information how long she will stay here.
The resolution of the photo is not excellent but it is good enough to recognize the shapes of the warships of SNMCMG-2 making a port visit in Istanbul. The NATO taskforce arrived, on 23 July 2014 in Istanbul, after making port visits in Varna Bulgaria and Constanta Romania. While in Bulgaria, the task force took... Continue Reading →
On 3 July 2014 the US cruiser USS Vella Gulf arrived in Kuşadası for a port visit. According to news reports the ship will stay till Sunday
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