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 →
According to the official announcement made from Turkish Navy website the naval exercise Deniz Yıldızı 2012 has started today. The exercise will be conducted in the Black Sea and Marmara Sea. 8 frigates (half of the inventory), 1 corvette, 3 submarines, 7 fast attack craft, 4 auxiliaries, 4 maritime patrol aircraft, 6 helicopters and various special forces and EOD... Continue Reading →
Turkish Navy’s sole surviving Knox class frigate, F-253 TCG Zafer is very active despite her age. Last year she took part in Operation Unified Protector. She had her photos posted on the Facebook page of USNS Kanawha. I was thinking that she may have been already decommissioned but the old lady was seen today in Mersin harbor. The UN... Continue Reading →
Just like the last year, on 18 March 2012, Turkish Navy organized a naval parade in Dardanelles, to commemorate the 97th anniversary of the victory against the Allied Fleet in 18 March 1915. Last year it was a 25 hours round trip to Çanakkale for me, but this year it was a family event for the whole weekend.... Continue Reading →
Yesterday, Standing NATO Mine Counter Measure Group 2 (SNMCMG2) ended their 5 day visit to Casablanca, Morocco. The port visit was a part of an extensive Programme for the Group aimed at furthering and increasing cooperation and understanding between NATO and Morocco. SNMCMG-2 visited Tunisia and Algiers before arriving in Morocco. The visit will allow NATO units to... Continue Reading →
Turkish Navy maintains a large fleet of medium sized landing vessels. There are 25 LCT's and 16 LCM's according to Jane's fighting Ships in the inventory of Turkish Navy. The newest of these vessels is more than 20 years old and their top speed is around 8,5 knots. In 2007, Undersecretariat for Defence Industries (UDI), submitted... Continue Reading →
As reported earlier, the SNMCMG-2 left Algeria the second stop during their tour of North African States on 24th February. NATO has released some photos and a short news report about that visit. Currently the task force should be in Casablanca, Morroco, but there are no official news about it. Welcomed into port on 21 February by Algerian... Continue Reading →
Today the NATO mine counter measures task force SNMCMG-2 has ended its 4 day port visit in Algeria. The next port of call for the task force will be Casablanca, Morroco. The Port Visit will last from 21to 24 February and forms part of an extensive Programme for the Group aimed at increasing cooperation and... Continue Reading →
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