>F-240 TCG Yavuz, Meko 200 Track IToday is the 87th anniversary of the Turkish Republic.It is a custom of Turkish Navy to send a couple of warships to port cities and open them for public visitingThis year F-240 TCG Yavuz and F-243 TCG Yıldırım are in Istanbul. Last year F-242 TCG Fatih and F-497 TCG... Continue Reading →
>According to Turkish Navy website F-494 TCG Gökçeada was replaced with F-490 TCG Gaziantep.TCG Gaziantep will serve as the flagship of Read Admiral Sinan Ertuğrul, the commander of CTF-151 until 1 December 2010. This is the second deployment of TCG Gaziantep to the region.TCG Gökçeada ran aground 20 day ago at Mombasa, Kenya. Although there has been... Continue Reading →
>There is a new photo of MILGEM, which is quite interesting. It shows that there has been considerable progress in her construction.The installation of her main radar Smart-S Mk2 seems to be completed. The construction of the ARES-2N ES antennas located just below the Smart-S Mk2 seems to be completed as well. The complete system... Continue Reading →
>I have written my previous post after my visit at the Naval Systems seminar late at night. Now after reading by good friend Arda Mevlutoğlu’s blog post about 3. NSS I have remembered a few more things. You should read his excellent blog as he attended the second day of the seminar as well.1. TF-2000... Continue Reading →
>I have attended the first day of the naval systems seminar yesterday. The naval systems seminar has started as a one day event, three years ago. The aim was to bring the ship building industry, Turkish Navy and the procurement agency together to exchange ideas. This year’s event has spread on two days but my... Continue Reading →
>On 6th September 2010, when leavening the Mombassa harbor Turkish frigate F-494 TCG Gökçeada ran aground briefly.She was freed with the help of Kenyan tugs after one hour. She was docked back in Mombassa for a damage survey. The seemingly undamaged frigate then left Kenya for Dar Es Salaam on her own power, the same day. More... Continue Reading →
>On 2nd October in Istanbul the first fast LCT for Turkish Navy was launched. The construction of Ç-151, the first ship of a class of 8 was started in January 2010. ADİK shipyard was won the bid to produce 8 LCT’s for Turkish Navy and in June 2009, a contract was signed between SSM and... Continue Reading →
>DM-357 TCG MuavenetOn 2nd October, 18 years ago Turkish Navy experienced one of its worst friendly fire incidents. On 2nd October 1992, 11 minutes past midnight, during the NATO's Display Determination '92 naval exercise, two Sea Sparrow surface to air missiles fired accidentally from the aircraft carrier CV-60 USS Saratoga, hit the bridge of the... Continue Reading →
>On 30th September, Turkish submarine TCG Anafartalar, rescued 3 from a burning boat in the Eastern Mediterrean.The submarine was conducting her planned exercises in eastern Mediterrean, when the motor yacht Marinel-1 made a distress call at 15 nautical miles south of Dalaman. Being the nearest vessel Marinel-1, 209 Type 1400 class, TCG Anafartalar proceeded to... Continue Reading →
>Turkish Navy announced yesterday, that a skiff used for piracy was put out of action. Turkish frigate F-492 TCG Gökçeada during the execution of a reconnaissance-surveillance mission close to the coast identified a boat that was used for piracy. According to the news release appropriate action was taken against the boat. Now the term “appropriate... Continue Reading →
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