This is a very recent and sad story and it breaks my hearth to write about it. Today Hürriyet newspaper reported about an attempted sabotage on board of Turkish submarine TCG Gür. I am sure that, we will hear more about it in the coming days, but as today the story is as follows: A... Continue Reading →
Today the new submarine rescue ship A-582 TCG Alemdar was finally commissioned into service. The ceremony was planned for an earlier date, but had to be postponed. TCG Alemdar is the most capable submarine rescue vessel in Eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea region. TCG Alemdar was designed from the keel as a submarine rescue ship... Continue Reading →
Yesterday, on 19th November 2016, anti submarine warfare exercise Mavi Balina (Blue Whale) has started. The exercise led by Turkish Navy will be held in Eastern Mediterranean. The aim of the exercise is to increase the submarine warfare and ASW skill of the participating units. Turkish Navy is taking part with 4 frigates, one corvette... Continue Reading →
Turkish military electronic company Aselsan was chosen to supply ARES-2SC electronic support measures system for the Agosto 90B submarines in Pakistan Navy, according to IHS Jane's. ARES family of ESM systems are developed by Aselsan to be used both on surface ships and on submarines. The ARES ESM system detects, intercepts, identifies, classifies, tracks, direction-finds (DF), localizes,... Continue Reading →
On 29 June 2016, the improved Kilo submarine of the Black Sea Fleet, Stary Oskol made her inaugural passage through Istanbul Strait. She is the third of a four Varshavyanka submarines being build for the Russian Black Sea Fleet. The first pair of these submarines, Novorossiysk and Rostov-na-Donu are already been commissioned. With the arrival... Continue Reading →
The Undersecretariat for Defence Industries (UDI) has issued a request for proposal for the mid-life modernisation work on Preveze class submarines. UDI has issued the RfP in Turkish as it is local development project. UDI previously managed the upgrade of two Type 209/1200 class submarines TCG Doğanay and TCG Dolunay. The contract was awarded to... Continue Reading →
Pakistan's Ministry of Defence Production selected Turkish company Savunma Teknolojileri Mühendislik (STM) to upgrade Pakistani Khalid class submarines. The contract was signed on 22 June and is about the upgrade of one submarine with an option for two. Pakistan operates 3 Khalid submarines. The work on the first submarine will be finished in 45 months. Pakistani... Continue Reading →
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zymeF_vNgvI Turkish Navy released a official video from the live firings conducted during the Beyaz Fırtına 2016 (White Storm) Naval Exercise. I must admit that, I have found the scene showing, the torpedo leaving the submarine, very impressive.
Turkish Navy concluded Beyaz Fırtına (White Storm) 2016 Naval exercise on 28 May 2016. During this exercise the hull of the decommissioned Knox class frigate ex USS Thomas C. Hart and ex TCG Zafer was used as a target. The torpedo is believed to be DM2A4
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 →
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