The Spanish aircraft carrier ESPS Prince of Asturias in her glory days. This photo is taken during her visit to Istanbul on 11th November 1992. She was decommissioned in 2003.
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18th March 2016 Naval Parade
Like in previous years, on 18th March 2016, Turkish Navy organised a Naval Parade in Çanakkale Strait to commemorate Turkish Victory over the Allied Armada 101 years ago. 6 Navy and Coast Guard helicopters, 3 maritime patrol planes and 6 Army helicopters took part in a fly over. And the Turkish Stars, the aerobatics demonstration... Continue Reading →
Ukrainian Warships Paid a Short Visit To Istanbul
Ukrainian warships Hetman Sahaidachny and Balta made a short port visit to Istanbul today. Both ships passed through Istanbul Strait on 7th March 2016 and sailed to main Turkish Navy base in Gölcük, Kocaeli. There the ships have conducted joint exercises with Turkish warships. The frigate Hetman Sahaidachny and the degaussing ship Balta arrived on... Continue Reading →
NATO SNMCMG-2 In Istanbul
Turkish led NATO mine warfare task force Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 2 arrived in Istanbul for a port visit on 5th February 2016. The last time when the SNMCMG-2 visit the town was in July 2014. The task force spend the previous week in Marmara Sea practising mine sweeping and hunting operations. Duration of the... Continue Reading →
NATO Maritime Group One In Istanbul
On 3 December 2015 Standing NATO Maritime Group One, consisting of the flag-ship F-334 NRP Francisco de Almeida, F-103 ESPS Blaz de Lezo and FFG-338 HMCS Winnipeg arrived for a port visit in Istanbul. The duration of this port visit was not announced. It is also not clear whether this visit was planed before the shooting... Continue Reading →
INS Trikand In Istanbul
In the morning hours on 4 October 2015 Istanbul welcomed a very rare visitor: the Indian Navy vessel INS Trikand. Despite being a large navy, Indian warships very seldom visit Istanbul. The Talwar (Project 1135.6) class frigate INS Trikand arrived in Istanbul for a 3 day port visit. The youngest ship of this class, INS... Continue Reading →
TCG Burgazada Coming Along Nicely
The construction of the third Ada class (Milgem) corvette Burgazada is proceeding. The fabrication of her hull is almost finished with the pre-fabrication of her superstructure proceeding. The two photos above are taken from a commercial airplane 3 weeks apart. The proceeding of the construction is visible. It appears that the ship will be ready... Continue Reading →
Russian Border Police Vessel Took Part In Turkish Led Exercise
Turkish Coast Guard hosted the international exercise Black Sea Hawk, in Istanbul. The two-day exercise started on 18 August 2015 and ended the next day. The aim of this exercise was to increase and improve the workability and cooperation agreement between the Security Services of the Black Sea nations. Border Police and Coast Guard units from... Continue Reading →
Mexican Navy Sail ship ARM Cuauhtémoc Left Istanbul
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 →
A Submarine Sighted
On 13 August 2015, a Turkish Navy, Gür or Preveze class submarine was sighted passing through Bosphorus. Since Turkish Navy stopped painting the pennant number of the submarines on their hulls, it is impossible to identify each individual submarine anymore. While this new painting scheme helps the submarines to blend and prevents IR/FLIR/LLTV using trackers or... Continue Reading →
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