Foreign ships visiting Turkish harbors usually stay for 3 or 4 days. Thus I was quite curious about the extended stay of us Perry class frigate FF(G)-50 USS Taylor in Samsun, Turkey. I my opinion she should have left three days ago Samsun in order to join USS Mount Whitney off the coast of Sochi... Continue Reading →
Perry class Frigate FF(G)-50 USS Taylor docked at Samsun, Turkey after spending the last 6 days making circles in the Black Sea. Samsun is not a new place for USS Taylor. The ship was there on the New Years Eve in 2009. It was not announced how long the ship will stay for its well... Continue Reading →
Today, two Ropucha class landing ship from Russian Navy passed through Bosphorus for their Syrian deployment. Unfortunately I was not able to identify the ships as I watched them through the web cam. I appreciate any information regarding these ships. UPDATE: These ships are Georgiy Pobedonosets and Azov. Here is a photo gallery of them... Continue Reading →
Today, during an awful winter storm the Russian large landing ship 102 Kaliningrad passed through the Bosphorus. The list of Russian warship movements in 2014: Date Number Name Direction 02/01/14 016 Georgiy Pobedonosets Northbound 02/01/14 156 Yamal Northbound 18/01/14 016 Georgiy Pobedonosets Southbound 18/01/14 151 Azov Southbound 27/01/14 102 Kaliningrad Southbound I have archived the... Continue Reading →
Yesterday two Russian Ropucha class large landing ships passed through Dardanelles on their deployment to Syria. One of them was 016 Georgiy Pobedonosets, from Baltic Fleet, the other was 151 Azov from Black Sea Fleet. The list of Russian warship movements in 2014: Date Number Name Direction 02/01/14 016 Georgiy Pobedonosets Northbound 02/01/14 156 Yamal Northbound... Continue Reading →
A video showing the capsizing of the tug TCG Değirmedere has been published on the internet. This video contradicts many facts of the news story I have based my reporting earlier: apparently there is no order to abandon the ship, the trying to balance the ship. Everything happens to quickly and I hate to say... Continue Reading →
This morning we had two Russian Ropucha class landing ship returning from their Syrian Deployment. One of them was 016 Georgiy Pobedonosets, the other remained unidentified. The list of Russian warship movements in 2014: Date Number Name Direction 02/01/14 016 Georgiy Pobedonosets Northbound 02/01/14 ? ? Northbound I have archived the list of the Russian ship... Continue Reading →
I have received a copy of the press release made by Defense Industry Undersecretariat, after posting my blog about the Turkish LPD project. I have created the below table with the information on the press release to make a comparison between the Spanish Juan Carlos, Australian Canberra and Turkish LPD, all based on the same... Continue Reading →
On 27 December 2013 the Defence Industry Executive Committee made a statement consisting of just one sentence: After the completion of the evaluation of the bids for Landing Platform Dock (LPD) project by Defense Industry Undersecretariat, on 26 December 2013, the Defense Industry Executive Committee decided to start contract negotiation with the Sedef Ship Building Company; and... Continue Reading →
I was away for a short holiday and quite important and sad things happened in my absence. So this next few post will be an effort to update this blog. The tug A-576 TCG Değirmendere capsized inside the floating dock as she was being floated. 17 people injured and sadly 10 people was killed during... Continue Reading →
devrimyaylali.com 