>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.
>Photos of TCG Oruçreis from Scotland
>I thank Jane from Scottish Views for allowing me to use her photos from her excellent blog.Here are her photos of F-245 TCG Oruçreis in Clyde.
>The keel of TCSG Dost laid down
>With a ceremony, the keel of the first search and rescue ship TCSG Dost was laid down.As the construction of the ship was already started in May 2008, there was no keel laying in traditional sense but block erecting. Her launching is scheduled for May 2010TCSG Dost is the first ship of a batch of... Continue Reading →
>Lest We Forget: DM-357 TCG Muavenet
>I have missed the anniversary of the incident of TCG Muavenet being hit.On 2th October 1992, 11 minutes past midnight, during the NATO's Display Determination '92 naval exercise, two Sea Sparrow surface to air missiles fired accidently from the aircraft carrier CV-60 USS Saratoga, hit the bridge of the Turkish destroyer DM-357 TCG Muavenet. 5... Continue Reading →
>TCG Oruçreis will join Joint Warrior (Updated)
>After completing the electronic warfare trail organized by RN in Portsmouth, TCG Oruçreis apparently sailed to north. Not quite yet. I am sorry but the news about the journeys of TCG Oruçreis comes to me with a delay.Apparently after completing the electronic warfare trail organized by RN in Portsmouth, she has sailed to Amsterdam and... Continue Reading →
>TCG Oruçreis in Portsmouth
>Royal Navy webiste reported that F-245 TCG Oruçreis was in Portsmouth. She took part in a electrionic warfare exercise along with D-646 FNS Latouche Treville, F-802 HNLMS De Zeven Provincien, F-101 SPS Alvaro De Bazan and F-312 HNOMS Otto Sverdrup.According to RN the exercise is aimed at enhancing NATO’s knowledge of ship and task force... Continue Reading →
>TCG Gökova will join CTF-151
>TCG Gökova sailed from Gölcük Naval Base on 27th September 2009, to Gulf of Aden. She will join CTF-151 and will replace TCG Gaziantep which is in the region since July 2009.TCG Gökova was in the region as part of SNMG-2 between 16th October and 12th December 2008.Turkish Navy prefers to send Oliver Hazard Perry... Continue Reading →
>TCG Gediz captures 7 more pirates
>Yesterday, on 26th September 2009 the naval special forces team on board of TCG Gediz captured 7 more pirates.According to the news release from Turkish General Staff, the pirates were inside the IRTC and 66 miles off the coast. (The press release does not mention which coast it is). The pirates were attacking M/V Handy... Continue Reading →
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