>IMO Secretary-General Mr. Efthimios E. Mitropoulos, at a special ceremony at IMO Headquarters on 23 November 2009, during the 26th session of the Organization's Assembly presented Awards for Exceptional Bravery at Sea. In a linked ceremony, Certificates for Exceptional Services Rendered to Shipping and Mankind were presented to the Commanding Officers, Officers, Petty Officers and... Continue Reading →
>TCG Gediz Returns Home
>Almost suddenly TCG Gediz returned home from Somalia today.She arrived at her homeport Gölcük on 19th November 2009. She had left Turkey in June as part of NATO's SNMG-2. During the 154 days was she was in Gulf of Aden she spend 124 days underway, 30 days in ports. She covered a distance of 30.000... Continue Reading →
>Turkey and Egypt will conduct joint naval exercise
>The exercise Dostluk Denizi 2009 (Sea of Friendship 2009) will be held between 16th and 21st November 2009 in East Mediterranean.2 frigates, 2 fact attack craft, one support ship, one naval special forces team from Egyptian Navy and 2 frigates, 2 fact attack craft , one corvettes, one submarine, one support ship two patrol boats,... Continue Reading →
>Photos From Nusret 2009
>Turkish Navy published a few photos from the ongoing Nusret 2009 mine exercise. The exercise will end on 16th November.Click here for the photos.
Minex Nusret 2009 Has Started
>The annual Nusret naval exercise has started. The aim of this exercise is to improve anti mine warfare techniques of the participants. The details of the participating ships is not clear but according to TRT Turkish Navy is sending 9 minesweepers, 2 rescue vessels, 1 helicopter, and Air Force jets. Furthermore NATO’s SNMCMG-2 and MCM... Continue Reading →
>Turkey Navy caught 5 pirates red handed
>According to the website of Turkish General Staff, today frigate TCG Gediz, her on board helicopter and the embarked naval special forces team in a joint operation prevented the high jacking of M/V Theofors.On 5th November 2009, 70 miles off the coast of Yemen in side IRTC, the Panama flagged, Greek owned M/V Theofors reported... Continue Reading →
>Republic Day 2009
>Yesterday was the 86th 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 visiting. This year's list was published below.This year F-242 TCG Fatih and F-497 TCG Göksu were in Istanbul. Last year it was F-243 TCG Yıldırım and... Continue Reading →
>Open Ship Days
>Today and tomorrow, in order to celebrate the foundation of Turkish Republic, several Turkish Navy warships and submarines will be open for public visits.The ships and the cities they are in, is as follows:F-241...TCG Turgutreis...TrabzonS-358...TCG Çanakkale...SamsunF-247...TCG Kemalreis...İneboluF-240...TCG Yavuz...İzmitF-242...TCG Fatih...İstanbulF-497...TCG Göksu...İstanbulM-263...TCG Erdek...ErdekM-517...TCG Sapanca...ErdekF-502...TCG Bandırma...İzmirF-493...TCG Gelibolu...Marmaris F-253...TCG Zafer...Marmaris P-503...TCG Terme...MersinP-302...TCG Kuşadası...Mersin
>TCG Gaziantep returned home
>As reported earlier, TCG Gaziantep arrived yesterday at her home part Aksaz. Since 5th June 2009 she spend 122 days in the Gulf of Aden to combat piracy. During this time she way underway for 1825 hours and covered approximately 25.000 nautical miles. In other words, she spend %62 of her time cruising off the... Continue Reading →
>TCG Gaziantep is coming home
>F-490 TCG Gaziantep will arrive at her homeport Aksaz naval base, on 16th October 2009.She was in Gulf of Aden as Turkish contribution to the fight against piracy in the region. She was part of CTF-151. F-496 TCG Gökova replaced her.
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