The Australian frigate HMAS Toowoomba conducted Exercise Scimitar Exocet with Turkish warships TCG Barbaros and TCG Yarbay Kudret Gungor before the Turkish ships stopped in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia for a port visit. The exercise was conducted in the Bab Al Mandeb Strait when the Turkish ships were returning to the Red Sea after completed their anti piracy patrols. Exercise Scimitar Exocet was... Continue Reading →
F-492 TCG Gemlik has finished her visit to Medan Indonesia and proceeded to Kuala Lumpur Malaysia. The frigate was one of the 5 ships that sailed as the Turkish Naval Task Group from Marmaris in June. After finishing their visit in India the rest of the group returned to piracy fighting operations in Gulf of... Continue Reading →
On 21 July 2011, the Navy Technology website reported that the Chinese Navy has officially launched its largest amphibious dock landing warship, Jinggangshan, in Shanghai. While the information about the ship is sketchy and the lack of any visual material makes any assessment difficult it was reported that the 210m-long warship had a water displacement... Continue Reading →
One of the NATO's standing naval forces was in Istanbul last week. According to NATO: The Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 is a multinational, integrated maritime force - made up of vessels from various allied nations, training and operating together as a single team. The Group is permanently available to NATO to perform a wide range of... Continue Reading →
On 7 July 2011, Captain Adbulhamit Şener, Turkish Navy, relieved Captain Georgios Pelekanakis, Greek Navy, as Commander of the Standing NATO Mine Counter Measures Group 2 (SNMCMG2). According to NATO, during 2010, SNMCMG2 has seen the participation of 19 ships from five contributing nations. The Group sailed 15,000 nautical miles, training and operating as a... Continue Reading →
According to Turkish Navy website the NATO SNMG-2, currently led by Turkish Navy will make a visit in Istanbul between 13 - 15 July 2011. Later the task group will proceed to Black Sea and take part in Breeze-11 naval exercise, hosted by Bulgarian Navy. After the command handover on 17 June 2011, SNMG-2 visited Catania, Italy... Continue Reading →
The Turkish Navy Task Force is continuing its deployment and is making headlines around the Gulf region. The task force is composed of F-244 TCG Barbaros as flagship, F-492 TCG Gemlik, F-493 TCG Gelibolu and A-595 TCG Yarbay Kudret Güngör. This is from Oman Daily Observer: Muscat City Centre (Seeb) will play host to a Turkish Navy band today from 7pm onwards. The band... Continue Reading →
In this video Turkish special forces team deployed on board of MEKO 200 Track I class,Turkish frigate F-243 TCG Yıldırım are boarding the Romanian frigate F-221 Regele Ferdinand. This boarding was made as a demonstration for the Lieutenant General Charles Bouchard, Operational Commander of the Operation Unified Protector. Click here for the photos of the... Continue Reading →
The Standing NATO Maritime Group 2, is one of the four NATO's permanent naval task forces. Usually SNMG-2 is deployed in the Mediterranean area but, as required, the task force is deployed anywhere NATO requires it to deploy to. The command of the task force is rotated among its participants on a yearly basis. The... Continue Reading →
According to Times of Oman, Turkish Naval Task Force will dock at the Sultan Qaboos Port in Muscat on 19 June 2011. TNTF will conduct joint exercises with their Omani counterparts. During the visit which will last till 22 June, TCG Gelibolu will host a press day. The warships coming here are TCG Yarbay Kudret Güngör, TCG Barbaros, TCG Gelibolu,... Continue Reading →
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