6 years ago Indonesia was looking for new submarines to replace her old German Type 209 class boats. Turkey and South Korea were in competition to supply the new submarines. That was odd, very odd since both nations can only construct German submarines under license but neither has a locally developed submarines design. In other... Continue Reading →
On 29 August 2013, the Korean KDX-II class destroyer 977 Dae Jo Young, arrived in Istanbul for a undefined port visit. The ship is not a stranger in Istanbul as she was here before, in 2008 with the replenishment tanker 57 Chun Lee.
"You're never beaten until you admit it." a beautiful and very true quote from General Patton. Just when South Korea seemed to have won the bid for producing submarines for Indonesia, Turkish officials deny being defeated. Indonesia, the world's largest archipelago with more than 17,000 islands, lies across shipping lanes between the Indian and Pacific oceans as well as... Continue Reading →
Here are some more photos of the South Korean KDX-II class destroyer DDG-979 Gang Gam Chan. And at the end my favorite photo: Click here for A Close Look To A KDX-II Class (Part 1)
Yesterday, a South Korean Naval Task Force consisting of the destroyer DDG-979 Gang Gam Chan and tanker AOR-57 Chun Jee arrived in Istanbul for a four day visit. In every three year a South Korean task force visits Istanbul periodically where a Turkish warships visits South Korea. These are the photos of the South Korean... Continue Reading →
Turkey and South Korea are in direct competition to sell Indonesia 209 Type 1400 class conventional submarines, designed by Germany. This project might be a good example how globalization and dissemination of advanced ship building technologies shape the our world. Although never ever used by the German Navy, the Type 209 submarines are one of best post Second World War submarine designs made in Germany.... Continue Reading →
>According to the latest Savunma ve Havacılık magazine a contract was signed between Turkish Naval Research Center Command (ARMERKOM), Tübitak, Roketsan and Undersecretariat for Defense Industries for developing and prototyping of a heavy weight torpedo. The value of the contract is 24 million euros. ARMERKOM has the lead in designing the 533mm torpedo named Akya,... Continue Reading →
>Turkey plans to acquire blue prints for a torpedo from South Korea says a recently published newspaper story.The story itself has some obvious technical mistakes. It describes a wire guided heavy torpedo of 55km range and 50km speed, but names it as Blue Shark which is a light weight non-guided torpedo.Despite that technical error the... Continue Reading →
> Two South Korean warships are in Istanbul for a official visit. Chun Lee 57 logistics support ship and Daejoyoung 977 a KDx-2 class destroyerEscoorting them is one of the training ships of Turkish Navy A-597 TCG Cezayirli Gazi Hasan PaşaAccording to the news these ships are on a training cruise. It seems that these... Continue Reading →
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