>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 →
>Turkish and Egyptian navies will take part in exercise called Bahr El-Muhabbe Sea of Friendship between 29 September and 4 October 2010. The exercise will be hosted by Egypt and will be executed in Eastern Mediterranean.The aim of the exercise is to develop mutual cooperation and interoperability between two navies. Turkey will send two frigates, one replenishment... Continue Reading →
>I was able to take some photos of the two frigates and one patrol craft which were in Istanbul to celebrate the Navy Day. F-243 TCG YıldırımP-128 TCG AB-28F-240 TCG YavuzEarly in the morning as I was taking these photos there was a downpour. Later it turned to be a sunny day but I was... Continue Reading →
> The Battle of Preveza by Ohannes Umed Behzad. From Wikipedia The 27th September, the anniversary of the Battle of Preveza, is celebrated as the Day of the Navy. On 27th September 1538, a naval battle for the supremacy in the Mediterranean, was fought between the Ottoman Navy commandeered by Barbaros Hayrettin Pasa and the... Continue Reading →
>The French maritime portal Mer et Marine published photos from anti-mine exercise Olives Noires organized by French Navy. TCG Amasra is the Turkish contribution to NATO’s Standing MCM Group 2 and has taken part in that exercise. Olives Noires : Grandes manoeuvres de guerre des mines à Toulon
>After being assembled on 12th September in Rota, Spain, the Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG2) set sail to Morocco. CountryShips NameTypeNetherlandsHNLMS De Zeven ProvinciënFrigate TurkeyTCG Barbaros Frigate GermanyFGS BremenFrigateGreeceHS ThemistoclesFrigateItalyITS AviereFrigateThe five ship of SNMG2 will dock in Casablanca on16th September to boost ties with Morocco, under NATO's Mediterranean Dialogue program, launched in 1994, which focuses... Continue Reading →
>Mine, destroyed. Photos from HürriyetMines, whether buried under dirt or lurking in the deeps of the seas are in my humble view are the most loathsome weapons as they can be still deadly after decades.The scenes of old battlefields are ripe with them all over the world. There are an estimated 80,000 unexploded mines remain... Continue Reading →
>USS Dubuque on the left and TCG Gökçeada on background of Magellan StarThis week’s most important naval news is the recapturing of the Antigua-Barbuda-flagged, German–owned vessel M/V Magellan Star by US Marines.On 8th September, when the pirates aborded the ship, the crew escaped to a citadel inside the ship and called for help. The CTF-151 flagship,... Continue Reading →
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