According to the official web site of Turkish general Staff Turkish Type 209 class submarine TCG 18 Mart conducted and ASW exercise with an US Navy ASW plane on 15th April 2012 in Mediterranean Sea. The original text of the announcement is just one sentence. But This one sentence holds a lot of interesting information. The submarine TCG... Continue Reading →
On 4 April 1953, in the wee hours of the morning two Turkish submarines TCG Dumlupınar and her sister boat TCG 1. İnönü,entered from the Aegean into the Dardanelles Strait, as the returning from the NATO naval exercise Blue Sea. The Commodore of First Submarine Squadron was in command of the two submarines and he was on board of TCG Dumlupınar. When... Continue Reading →
The commander of US 6th Fleet, VADM Frank Craig Pandolfe, made an official visit to Greece in 28th and 29th March 2012. According to official Greek Navy web site, VADM Pandolfe visited the Fleet Headquarters where he met with Chief of Navy Rear Admiral Konstantinos Mazarakis Ainians, on 28th March 2012 Navy and boarded the submarine and S-120 HS Papanikolis and fast attack... Continue Reading →
On 22 February 2012, in the early morning hours, one Turkish Type 209 / 1400 class submarine sailed through Bosphorus to Marmara Sea. Since Turkish Navy stooped 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... Continue Reading →
It is once again time for the NATO's biggest anti submarine warfare (ASW) exercise Proud Manta. From 14-26 February 2012, Canada, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States. will provide 5 submarines, 15 aircraft and 12 surface ships take part in this exercise. The exercise will take place in... Continue Reading →
As a photographer I am a firm believer of the saying "one photo is better that thousand words". The above is a photo from the official web page of Greek Naval Forces. Please mind that the photo is only in the Greek part of the web site and cannot be found on the English part. The... Continue Reading →
On 28 November 2011, one Turkish Type 209 / 1400 class submarine sailed through Bosphorus to Black Sea. Since Turkish Navy stooped 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... Continue Reading →
Turkish Naval Academy was founded in 18 November 1773. To celebrate the 238th anniversary of this occasion a small armada of Turkish warships visited Heybeliada were today the Turkish Naval High School still educates the futures cadres of Turkish Navy. Among the visitors were the first of Milgem class, TCG Heybeliada, the first of New... Continue Reading →
Yesterday, just as expected and reported, the last submarine was decommissioned from Bulgarian Navy. The decommissioning of Romeo (Project 633) class BNS Slava means the termination of Bulgaria’s submarine force after 94 years. The Romeo class, derived from the German Type XXI submarine, by Soviet Union in 1950. BNS Slava was given to Bulgarian Navy in 1986. She is well beyond her useful... Continue Reading →
"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 →
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