Tag: Royal Navy

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This weeks photo feature the Falkland War veteran F-90 HMS Briliant. She served in the Brazilian Navy 8 years in addition to her service in RN of 18 years.

HMS Daring In Malta

Yesterday, HMS Daring arrived in Malta with a very excellent timing, after a few hours I had to fly home. The photo above was taken on 16 February 2014, over a very long distance as the destroyer was waiting for the right time to enter the Grand Harbour. For a better photo of her visit: www.maltaspotting.com

RFA Mounts Bay In Bodrum

One of the participants of the Royal Navy's Response Force Task Group (RFTG) in Cougar 2013, RFA Mounts Bay arrived in Bodrum for a week long visit. Click here for a video of the ship.

HMS Ark Royal Reached Her Final Destination

The decommissioned British aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal has finished her 22 day voyage from Portsmouth to Aliağa and reached her final destination. She was bought by Turkish scrapyard Leyal for 10 million TL (aproximately 3.400.000,- GBP and 5.280.000,- USD). This company has quite an expertise in scrapping warships: HMS Invincible, HMS Cardiff, HMS Newcastle, HMS Glasgow, HMS Exeter, HMS Southampton, HMS... Continue Reading →

About Nusret 12 And Mavi Balina 12 Exercises

Turkish Navy is conducting two naval exercises simultaneously. One is Nusret 2012 mine warfare exercise is held in the Aegean with the participation of NATO's SNMCMG-2 and Turkish, Greek and US naval units. Below is the order of battle for this exercise as far as I could find.  Number Name Type Country M-500 TCG Foça... Continue Reading →

SNMG-2 Is Heading To Djibouti

According to NATO, SNMG-2 has passed through the Suez Canal some time between December 2nd and today and the task force consisting of Turkish flagship F-491 TCG Giresun and Italian frigate F-571 ITS Grecale is sailing to Djibouti to join Task Force 508.  TCG GIRESUN, the new flagship of Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 recently... Continue Reading →

BAE Systems, Global Combat Ship And Turkey (Part 1)

In November Turkish President Abdullah Gül will visit United Kingdom. This visit has two highlight particularly important from naval point of view: First during his visit he will visit the BAE System's shipyard in Portsmouth. Second an agreement (probably a Letter of Agreement) about joint defense R&D with UK will be signed. A similar agreement... Continue Reading →

HMS Iron Duke In Marmaris

The Type 23 class frigate F-234 HMS Iron Duke docked in Marmaris, Muğla today for a port visit. According to news reports the ship will stay in Marmaris for 3 days before returning to her operations. Marmaris is a nice coastal town favorite among Britons as a holiday destination. Therefore most of the local business, cafes and restaurants adapted themselves to British tourists.... Continue Reading →

>TCG Göksu to take part in Joint Warrior 2009

>I know that Scotland and its Loch's are miles away from Bosphorus but there is a big naval exercise is about to begin and one Turkish warship is taken part in it.The exercise is called Joint Warrior 2009 and is organised by Royal Navy. NATO's SNMG-2 including F-497 TCG Göksu, is taking part. The JW... Continue Reading →

>Egemen 2009 (Updated)

>This week a multinational military exercise called Egemen-2009, will start in Turkey.There is absolutely nothing on the Turkish news and defence portals about this exercise and about the participants except the fact that this exercise will happen. Therefore it is very difficult to determine the exact order of battle.Among the participants are Taurus 2009 task... Continue Reading →

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