>USS Providence. Source: WikipediaLos Angeles class attack submarine SSN-719 USS Providence docked in Aksaz Naval Base in Marmaris Turkey, yesterday.Usually foreign warships visiting Turkey are hosted in the commercial ports for the ease of bringing sailors to the shore and back. But USS Providence is in naval base away from public for increased security, I... Continue Reading →
>Without much fanfare or big ceremony, Greek Navy commissioned its first Type 214 class submarine HS Papanikolis, 10 years after they have ordered it and 4 years after she was completed. The boat is expected to start her voyage to Greece in a couple of weeks.Vice Admiral Dimitrios Elefsiniotis, Chief of the Hellenic Navy General... Continue Reading →
>A Gür class submarine, a possible participantTurkish Navy is hosting a naval exercise in Eastern Mediterranean Sea. The invitation exercise Mavi Balina 2010 (Blue Whale 2010) has started today and will continue till 11 November 2010.The aim of the exercise is to conduct submarine warfare and anti submarine warfare training with surface, submarine and air... Continue Reading →
>The Russian naval website rusnavy.com reports that Turkey might help Ukraine with the training of the Ukraine submariners.Ukrainian defense minister Mikhail Yezhel told that he will meet with Turkish counterpart during the visit to Albania, where he will attend annual session of the Southeast Europe Defense Ministerial."We're going to discuss issues of air information exchange and... Continue Reading →
>Bulgarian defense ministry allowed women to serve in submarine force but the Bulgarian parliament slammed the door as it decided to decommission the country’s only submarine.The Romeo class (Project 633) class submarine, Slava was inoperational since 2000 anyway, and as reported earlier, she has been slated for decommissioning.Bulgaria's defence ministry on Thursday lifted a ban on... Continue Reading →
> Papanikolis in Kiel I am starting believe why sailors are superstitious people. Some ships are really doomed or some are really cursed with bad luck from the start.The submarine Papanikolis supposed to be handed over to the Greek Navy today. But it turned to be a no show. Despite what I said earlier.Below is... Continue Reading →
>In Greek internet news portals and blog are correct then, Greek Navy will commission its first Type 214 class submarine HS Papanikolis on 15th October 2010, after ten years of the signing of her contract. Her sisters will follow Papanikolis in 18, 28 and 38 months intervals. On 30th September, TKMS the maker of the... Continue Reading →
>On 30th September, Turkish submarine TCG Anafartalar, rescued 3 from a burning boat in the Eastern Mediterrean.The submarine was conducting her planned exercises in eastern Mediterrean, when the motor yacht Marinel-1 made a distress call at 15 nautical miles south of Dalaman. Being the nearest vessel Marinel-1, 209 Type 1400 class, TCG Anafartalar proceeded to... Continue Reading →
>© RIA Novosti. Igor ChuprinThis is an interesting coincidence. Little did I know when I wrote almost one week ago that the operational status of Russian submarine Alrosa was doubtful.Today the Russian news portal RIA Novosti ran an article about that submarine. It seems that the repairs work is finished and the submarine is back... Continue Reading →
>Bulgarian Defense Minister Anyu Angelov, stated that the life of the only operational Bulgarian submarine Slava has expired, and it will probably be retired in the coming months.“Calling it a submarine force is too strong because any such unit must include at least two vessels. As you know, we have only one submarine. Its life... Continue Reading →
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