According to NATO, the Standing NATO Mine Counter Measures Group 2 (SNMCMG2) ended its participation in Italian Minex 12, an annual exercise directed by the Italian Navy MCM Forces Command The Exercise Started on 14th May and ended on 28th May, involved 14 naval units from Italy and SNMCMG2 as well as bomb-disposal specialists from... Continue Reading →
Two ships of Turkish Navy A-1600 TCG Iskenderun and A-579 TCG Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Paşa, have finished their port visit to Novorossiysk, Russia. The ships are on an open sea training cruises for the freshman of the Naval Petty Officer Training School, to prepare the future mariners for their duties. The cruise will end on... Continue Reading →
The Turkish daily, Hürriyet Daily News, published an article by Mr. Özgür Ekşi, reporting that the Turkish Defense Ministry sent a letter informing their British counterparts, last month saying that Turkey was “no longer interested” in BAE Systems’ offer. Thus the hopes of BAE to take part in the next big Turkish naval acquisition project TF-2000 are... Continue Reading →
According to a statement made on the Official Turkish Navy Web page, Turkey is participating to the Phoenix Express exercise. Phoenix Express 2012, a multi-national at-sea maritime exercise designed to help increase maritime safety and security in the Mediterranean Sea and to improve cooperation among participating nations of Algeria, Canada, Croatia, Egypt, Greece, Italy, Libya, Malta, Morocco,... Continue Reading →
As I have reported earlier, the ships of the BlackSeafor fleet visited Istanbul between 20 and 23 April 2012. They were open to the public and I took the opportunity to visit them all. It was an interesting experience for me as I was able to compare different ships build by very different construction standards... Continue Reading →
On 17th April 2012, the ships of the BlackSeaFor naval task force will end their port visit in Sevastopol, Ukraine and will be sailing again for further training. This is the google translation of the official announcement from the Ukraine Defence Ministry website: April 10-12 ships, after four-day stay in the port of Constanta (Romania), which began on April 6... Continue Reading →
Six of the eight training craft of the Turkish Naval Academy were seen during a navigation and formation training at Bosphorus. I guess this is a good opportunity to try WordPress' new photo gallery tool. Enjoy!
Three Turkish warships taking part in exercise Deniz Yıldızı 2012 are in russian port Novorossiysk for an official visit. According to Russian naval portal rusnavy.com, the frigates F-245 TCG Oruçreis, F-243 TCG Yıldırım and the fast attack craft P-332 TCG Mızrak have arrived in Novorossiysk on 13th April. The Turkish ship will stay for the... Continue Reading →
Saturday, 7th April 2012 was a busy day at Bosphorus. First the Rhein class tender A-579 TCG Cezayirli Hasan Paşa and two mine hunters plus one veteran mine sweeper made northbound passage through the Strait for their deployment to the Deniz Yıldızı 2012 naval exercise. M-269 TCG Anamur was build in Turkey. She is one of... Continue Reading →
On 6th April 2012 the Spring Activation of the call-on naval task force BlackSeaFor has started in Constanta, Romania. The Russian Federation is in command of the BlackSeaFor since August 2011 and the Russian landing ship Tsesar Kunikov is the flagship of the force. This activation of the BlackSeaFor will last until 24th April. during this period the... Continue Reading →
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