>The location of the attack according to Turkish General StaffTurkish General Staff made an official declaration about the pirate attack to M/V 26 Ağustos.The Turkish flagged M/V 26 Ağustos, operated by Nemtaş Shipping Corporation was attacked by sea pirates in Gulf of Aden while proceeding to Bangladesh.The shipping company informed the attack to the Turkish... Continue Reading →
>TCG Gaziantep, escorting M/V Front Alfa (U.S. Navy photo)Turkey will transfer the command of CTF-151 to Pakistan on 29 November 2010.There will be a ceremony on board F-99 HMS Cornwall at Fujairah Port, UAE.Currently CTF-151 is commanded by vice Admiral Sinan Ertuğrul and his flagship is F-490 TCG GaziantepUPDATE: I would appreciate any information about the Pakistani warship that... Continue Reading →
>The German 332 class minehunter, M-1067 Bad Rappenau has an interesting webpage where they write about their deployment in SNMCMG 2.They have shared their experience in the Nusret 2010 invitation mine exercise. Click here to read it.
>Vice Admiral Dimitrios Elefsiniotis, Official PhotoAccording to Greek blog Strategy Report, the Greek Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Dimitrios Elefsiniotis will pay an official visit to Turkey from 22 to 27 November 2010, in response to a formal invitation to his Turkish counterpart, Admiral Uğur Yiğit.Vice Admiral Elefsiniotis will meet the Commander of Turkish... Continue Reading →
>What a beautiful sight.The indigenous designed Turkish frigate F-511 TCG Heybeliada has started her sea acceptance tests (SAT) on 2 October 2010 according to Turkish Navy.For more photos and for a video click here.Photo source: Turkish Navy
It is a busy week full with exercises. The Nusret 2010 mine exercise has started and is continuing in the Aegean. On Monday there was a press conference about it. According to the information shared on this conference the order of battle for the exercise looks like this: TCG Sokulu Mehmet Paşa 3 mine hunters... Continue Reading →
>This is the kind of story that makes me sentimental and warm in side.On Monday Turkish frigate TCG Gaziantep rendezvoused with Turkish solo ocean rower Erden Eruç of the coast of Madagascar. He is committed to his human powered journey around the globe.Mr. Eruç left Australia 110 days ago and was alone since then. The... Continue Reading →
>A Gür class submarine, a possible participantTurkish Navy is hosting a naval exercise in Eastern Mediterranean Sea. The invitation exercise Mavi Balina 2010 (Blue Whale 2010) has started today and will continue till 11 November 2010.The aim of the exercise is to conduct submarine warfare and anti submarine warfare training with surface, submarine and air... Continue Reading →
>This is the latest photo of Milgem. The painting of the hangar area seems to be completed. The main gun is installed. It is a 76mm OTO-Melara. It has the new stealth cupola for reduced radar cross section but it is different than show previously on documents on Milgem.Apparently the installation of the weapon systems... Continue Reading →
>The Russian naval website rusnavy.com reports that Turkey might help Ukraine with the training of the Ukraine submariners.Ukrainian defense minister Mikhail Yezhel told that he will meet with Turkish counterpart during the visit to Albania, where he will attend annual session of the Southeast Europe Defense Ministerial."We're going to discuss issues of air information exchange and... Continue Reading →
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