Almost one year later, the Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 is in Istanbul again. According to NATO Maritime Command web site the SNMG 2 is made up from the following ships: F-105 SPS Cristobal Colon as flagship, F-247 TCG Kemalreis, FFG-50 USS Taylor, 334 HMCS Regina and A-630 FS Marne. The task force, without the US... Continue Reading →
According to the official website of Turkish Navy, the Gabya (Perry) class frigate F-494 TCG Gökçeada departed from her home port Aksaz, Marmaris on 10 March 2014 to replace the frigate F-493 TCG Gelibolu of the same class in SNMG-2. TCG Gelibolu was as part of Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 under Spanish command in... Continue Reading →
The MEKO 200 Track IIB class frigate F-246 TCG Salihreis was deployed with the NATO's Standing NATO Maritime Group 2, between June and December 2013. The photos are from this deployment. The last photo is my favorite. All photos courtesy of Mr. Muhammet Metin.
Turkish Gabya class frigate F-493 TCG Gelibolu is replacing F-246 TCG Salihreis in SNMG-2, before the NATO's task force sails to Gulf Of Aden to combat piracy. There will be a farewell ceremony for TCG Gelibolu on 30 November in Aksaz Naval Base. While Turkish Navy deploys Yavuz (MEKO 200 Track I) and Barbaros (MEKO... Continue Reading →
The Bulgarian Wielingen class frigate 41 BGS Drazki passed through Bosphorus on 5 November 2013 and returned to her home port Burgas, Bulgaria. She took part in NATO operations in the Mediterranean. According to NATO she was part of the SNMG-2 task force for a period of time: Standing NATO Maritime Group TWO (SNMG2) and Standing... Continue Reading →
Turkish Navy announced that the Doğu Akdeniz 2013 naval exercise will start on 4th November. The invitation only exercise will continue till 14 November 2013. Besides ships, planes of Turkish Navy, Coast Guard and Air Force, SNMG-2 task force of NATO and one US Navy destroyer will also take part in the exercise which will... Continue Reading →
On 19 October 2013, three NATO ships F-101 ESPS Alvaro De Bazan, F-219 FGS Sachsen and F-246 TCG Salihreis assigned to Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG2) arrived in Casablanca for a scheduled port visit. During the visit, the NATO forces will exercise together with the Moroccan Navy, conducting personnel exchange visits in port. The... Continue Reading →
One of the NATO's largest exercise Brilliant Mariner 2013 is continuing in the Mediterranean. The exercise, which will end on 6 October 2013, will take place in the Tyrrhenian Sea between Sicily and Sardinia. Over five thousand military and naval personnel from 12 NATO nations comprising Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany , Italy, Latvia, the Netherlands,... Continue Reading →
Between 26 September and 6 October 2013, a large fleet of warships from NATO’s Response Force (NRF) and from other task forces will take part in Brilliant Mariner 2013 maritime exercise in the Mediterranean Sea. According to Turkish Navy F-246 the frigate TCG Salihreis, the mine hunter M-264 TCG Erdemli and the submarine S-358 TCG... Continue Reading →
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