As reported earlier this week the NATO’s Standing Mine Counter Measures Group 2 started a 5 day port visit in La Goulette, Tunisia on 9th February. The task force's commander Captain Abdülhamit Şener from Turkish Navy hosted a press conference for the Tunisian media on board of his flagship A-577 TCG Sokullu Mehmet Paşa. After conducting a training... Continue Reading →
NATO's Standing Mine Counter Measures Group 2 will start a 5 day port visit in La Goulette, Tunisia today. Captain Abdulhamit Sener from the Turkish Navy is leading the SNMCMG2, and will also chair a press conference scheduled for Friday, February 10th, on board the flagship “Mehmetpasa.” The mission of this NATO group is to protect shipping lanes against the... Continue Reading →
The Turkish flagship of NATO's Standing Maritime Group 2 F-491 TCG Giresun took part in a joint replenishment at sea exercise with EUNAVFOR and Russian ships in Gulf of Aden. According to the EU Navfor press release the Europeans showed their replenishment at sea skills first and later watched how Russians do it. The flagship of EUNAVFOR, A-14 SPS Patiño refueled the Turkish frigate later,... Continue Reading →
It is once again time for the NATO's biggest anti submarine warfare (ASW) exercise Proud Manta. From 14-26 February 2012, Canada, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States. will provide 5 submarines, 15 aircraft and 12 surface ships take part in this exercise. The exercise will take place in... Continue Reading →
Last week the marketing department of the Spanish shipbuilder Navantia send the following press release to a small group of Turkish defense journalists, about the latest Spanish F-100 class frigate F-105 Cristóbal Colón. NAVANTIA PREPARES SPANISH NAVY’S FIFTH FRIGATE FOR SEA TRIALS On 9th. January, the F-100 class frigate “Cristóbal Colón”, under construction in Navantia for the Spanish Navy, left the shipyard dry... Continue Reading →
Almost one month after her departure and weeks after the announcement of her departure, the sole Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov and her battle group arrived in Eastern Mediterranean. The Russian battle group includes the destroyer Admiral Chabanenko, the support vessel Nikolay Chiker and the tanker Sergey Osipov from the Northern Fleet, the frigate Yaroslav Mudry from the... Continue Reading →
As a photographer I am a firm believer of the saying "one photo is better that thousand words". The above is a photo from the official web page of Greek Naval Forces. Please mind that the photo is only in the Greek part of the web site and cannot be found on the English part. The... Continue Reading →
This is a quick review of the current status of the construction project for Turkish Navy: Active Pre Production Production Post Production Milgem 1 10 1 0 New class patrol craft 2 5 5 4 214 Type submarine 0 6 0 0 LPD 0 1 0 0 LST 0 2 0 0 LCT 0 3 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) 14 6 Frigates (Note 2) 17 Corvettes 7 1 10 Fast Attack Craft - Missile 26 1 Patrol Craft (Note 3) 19 11 4 Minehunters/sweepers (Note 4)... Continue Reading →
Turkish and Egyptian navies will take part in exercise called Bahr El-Muhabbe (Sea of Friendship) between 17 and 23 December 2011. The exercise will be hosted by Turkey and will be executed in Eastern Mediterranean. According to the press release of Turkish Navy, the aim of the exercise is to develop mutual cooperation and interoperability between two... Continue Reading →
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