Ukrainian warships Hetman Sahaidachny and Balta made a short port visit to Istanbul today. Both ships passed through Istanbul Strait on 7th March 2016 and sailed to main Turkish Navy base in Gölcük, Kocaeli. There the ships have conducted joint exercises with Turkish warships. The frigate Hetman Sahaidachny and the degaussing ship Balta arrived on... Continue Reading →
On 10th March 2016, a Turkish Navy, Ay 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 electro-optic... Continue Reading →
One of the largest anti submarine warfare exercises organised by NATO has started to-day off the coast of Sicily.Exercise Dynamic Manta 2016 will be held in Central Mediterranean where the ports and airbases on the island will host ships, submarines and air planes. The exercise will end of 4th March 2016. Submarines from France, Greece,... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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