On 10 February 2016, The Grand National Assembly of Turkey, extended the presence of Turkish Navy in Gulf of Aden, Arabian Sea, and adjacent seas. The first bill allowing Turkish government to deploy Turkish Naval Forces for anti piracy operations was accepted in 10 February 2009. It was extended in one year periods ever since. Turkish warship... Continue Reading →
A Submarine Sighted
On 5th February 2016, a Turkish Navy, Gür or Preveze class submarine was sighted passing through Bosphorus. Since Turkish Navy stopped 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 trackers or... Continue Reading →
NATO SNMCMG-2 In Istanbul
Turkish led NATO mine warfare task force Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 2 arrived in Istanbul for a port visit on 5th February 2016. The last time when the SNMCMG-2 visit the town was in July 2014. The task force spend the previous week in Marmara Sea practising mine sweeping and hunting operations. Duration of the... Continue Reading →
TCG Edremit Joins NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 2
The Engin class mine hunter, M-261 TCG Edremit has joined NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 2. She will remain deployed till 24 April 2016. and will spend 72 days on sailing. SNMCMG-2, under the Command of Turkish Navy, made a port visit to Izmir between 15 and 17 January 2015. The other port visits planed for SNMCMG-2... Continue Reading →
Turkish Navy Order Of Battle
It has been a while since I have last updated the order of battle for Turkish Navy. Here is the current one: Active Building Planned Submarines (Note-1) 13 1 5 Frigates (Note-2) 16 8 Corvettes 8 2 Fast Attack Craft – Missile (Note-3) 21 4 Patrol Craft (Note-4) 34 Mine hunters/Mine sweepers (Note-5) 15 6... Continue Reading →
General Hulusi Akar Visits TCG Büyükada
The Commander of the Turkish Armed Forces, General Hulusi Akar visited the Ada class corvette TCG Büyükada on 29 December 2015. According to the Turkish General Staff website General Akar visited TCG Büyükada while she was deployed for Operation Mediterranean Shield. Operation Mediterranean Shield initiated by Turkey in the eastern Mediterranean on 1 April 2006... Continue Reading →
Like A Sheep To The Slaughter
A commercial tug was towing this old hull of a former Turkish patrol boat to the Black Sea. As far as I know there are no ship breakers in Black Sea, this means she is about to get sunk. The hull belonged to one of the 4 former Turkish gun boats TCG AB-21 to TCG AB-24.... Continue Reading →
Egemen 2015 Naval Exercise Kicks Off
Today Turkish led amphibious exercise Egemen 2015 kicked off in Aegean Sea. This is the 3 simultaneous exercise Turkish naval units are taking part. The others are Trident Junction 2015 and Nusret 2015. The exercise will end on 28 October 2015. Turkish Navy is participating with one frigate, two corvettes, four patrol boats, one submarine,... Continue Reading →
Nusret 2015 Mine Warfare Exercise Started
Each year Turkish Navy organises a mine warfare exercise named after the famous minelayer Nusret. This year the exercise will be held between 21 and 27 October 2015, in Saros Bay, northern Aegean. The aim of the exercise is to provide training for the planning and execution of mine warfare and to improve the interoperability... Continue Reading →
Future Shipbuilding Projects For Turkish Navy And Coast Guard
One of the most interesting presentations of the 7. Naval System Seminar was done by Undersecretariat for Defence Industries (UDI). The topic of it was the future shipbuilding projects. The organisers of Naval System Seminar prepared a CD containing the presentations done during it. It is a useful thing if you want to reread any... Continue Reading →
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