>On 31 March 2010, Turkish frigate to SNMG-2, F-493 TCG Gelibolu, arrested 9 pirates.The frigate sighted a suspiciously acting skiff inside IRTC, 80 miles off the shore. The frigate closed in on the skiff, warnings from the ships and aggressive maneuvering kept the pirates from fleeing. The skiff with 9 pirates was detained. With the... Continue Reading →
>NATO ships from SNMG-1, arrived in the Gulf of Aden on 24th March 2009 as part of NATO’s counter piracy mission, Operation Allied Protector. The aim was to disrupt and deter the piracy in the Gulf of Aden at that time. A year later NATO ships (from SNMG-2) are still there.NATO reflects last year’s important events... Continue Reading →
>As I have reported 8 days ago, NATO is sending SNMG-2 to Gulf of Aden. The task force will replace SNMG-1.The whole transcript of NATO's Spokesman James Appathurai’s statement can be read here. It has also very valuable information about recent operations in Afghanistan.I have extracted what I think is important:The North Atlantic Council has... Continue Reading →
>There is no word about it yet on NATO’s official pages, but SNMG-2 is heading to Gulf of Aden again, says Turkish Navy.F-493 TCG Gelibolu will join SNMG-2 and will head for Gulf of Aden. She will leave her homeport Aksaz, Marmaris on 5th March 2010 Friday. SNMG-2 will be on patrol off Somalia from... 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 →
>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 →
>On 11 August 2009, TCG Gaziantep captured 5 more Somali pirates.A skiff with 5 men on board was sighted 150 miles off shore well inside the International Recommended Transit Corridor. The skiff seemed to be suspicious so that the naval commandoes on board of TCG Gaziantep in assistance with the on board helicopter intercepted it.... Continue Reading →
>Turkish General Staff announced today that 7 pirates were arrested by Turkish naval special forces team from TCG Gediz. The skiff was suspicious therefore TCG Gediz was ordered to intervene before a crime was committed. The intervention happened at around 14:00 and the helicopter of the frigate also assisted the naval commandos. This is the... Continue Reading →
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