Turkish Navy's sole surviving Knox class frigate F-253 TCG Zafer is taking part in Operation Unified Protector. Or she was, as today NATO's website about the operation does not list she, but her name does appear on the Google cache of the same page. But the photo of the left leaves no doubt that TCG... Continue Reading →
I was not able to report about this earlier as putting the information I hace gathered during IDEF took much more than I have thought. Last week, during the IDEF'11, we had a US Navy destroyer visiting Istanbul. DDG-72 USS Mahan is an Arleigh Burke class destroyer. She was in Istanbul for a 3day port visit. Well actually it was just... Continue Reading →
Some time ago, I have read a very interesting and thought evoking post on the influential blog information dissemination, about the large amphibious ships (LAS) becoming the dreadnoughts of the 21. centuries maritime domain. Well read the post yourselves and decide if it is true or not. But if you ask me amphibious ships (landing... Continue Reading →
This is the second installment of my impression from the IDEF'11. In this post I will try to focus more on companies and products rather than procurement projects. As 621 companies attended the fair I will focus about those that made the most impressions. Aselsan: This company had the biggest stand of the fair and showed a... Continue Reading →
Today is the last day of IDEF'11, 10th International Defence Industry Fair. I was visiting the fair for the least two days. It was very tiring event. But there are very to share. I visited the first IDEF twenty years ago. And I can tell you that there has been a considerable change in the... Continue Reading →
The Panama flagged and Chinese owned merchant ship M/V Full City was attacked by Somali pirates yesterday (05.05.2011) morning. She was 400 nautical miles off the coast of India. The Turkish frigate F-491 TCG Giresun, the nearest coalition warship was ordered to proceed and help the attacked merchant ship. During the deployment TCG Giresun contacted the Chinese... Continue Reading →
The first ship of the new search and rescue ship class, SG-701 TCSG Dost continues her builder trials. She was launched in June 2010. TCSG Dost is the first ship of a batch of 4 ships at RMK Marine Shipyard. The second ship SG-702 TCSG Güven was launched in December 2010. With the commissioning of these... Continue Reading →
In 2006 , The Commander of Turkish Naval Forces Admiral Yener Karahanoğlu, laid down the long terms amphibious ship acquisition goals for Turkish Navy: • One LPD • Two LST’s • 8 fast LCT’s • 27 AAV/AAAV’s According to this road map in 2007, Ministry of Defence's Undersecretariat for Defence Industries (UDI), submitted a RfP for 8 LCT’s. From... Continue Reading →
On 31 March 2011, a contact about the modernization of Ay class (Type 209/1200) submarines was signed between STM and Undersecretariat for Defence Industries. The contract covers the youngest two boats, S-51 TCG Doğanay and S-352 TCG Dolunay . My previous information about the new Zeiss periscopes, that will replace the existing Kollmorgen periscopes was wrong. I wrote that the new periscopes would be... Continue Reading →
Turkish Navy reported that F-491 TCG Giresunfreed a Yemeni fishing boat from Somali pirates on 24 April 2011. The suspicious looking fishing dhow was sighted 300 miles of the coast of Umman. and the nearest warship, TCG Giresun was ordered to intercept the boat and to inspect it. When the dhow was in sight of... Continue Reading →
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