>A bit of history about Turkish fire control system. In 1990’ies Turkish Navy still operated two Tang class submarines. These were ex USS-Tang, TCG Pirireis and ex USS Gudgeon, TCG Hızırreis; both were transferred from US navy in early 1980’ies.In Turkish service they were used without any major structural modifications. Their original fire control systems... Continue Reading →
>To find the whereabouts of Turkish frigate TCG Gökova was becoming almost an obsession for me. After passing through the Suez Canal in October she has kind of disappeared from the public view.After Somali pirates hijacked two Turkish owed ships the rumors about TCG Gökova become wilder in the local news. First it was reported... Continue Reading →
>According to ITAR-TASS News Agency Turkish and Russian navies are going to participate in a bilateral naval exercises in the Mediterranean in January 2009.This was announced before the scheduled visit of Russian defence minister on 18 November 2008. Click here for the whole story.
>Turkish maritime portal kaptanhaber.com was able to conduct a interview with the captain of the hijacked Turkish chemical tanker MV Karagöl.This interview gives interesting information and some insight about how things are happening down there. When I first heard the news of the hijacking, I wondered how the ship failed to hinder the pirates by... Continue Reading →
>On 12th November 2008, another Turkish ship was hijacked, 50 miles south of Aden. The India bound chemical tanker Karagöl was attacked and boarded by Somali pirates. According to the captain, the pirates forced the ship to stop by firing machine guns to the bridge. The crew of 14, is unharmed. This is the second... Continue Reading →
>The October, F-496 TCG Gökova sailed the Suez Canal as a part of SNMG-2 to counter piracy, off Somalia. Later, according to NATO only three ships were detached for Operation Allied Provider. The rest of the SNMG-2 supposed to sailed to Persian Gulf in order to visit ICI countries starting with Kuwait.Yesterday, NATO released news... Continue Reading →
>Turkish Navy is hosting a planned invitation exercise between 2nd and 14th November 2008.The exercise Doğu Akdeniz -2008 (East Mediterranean-2008) will be held in Aegean Sea and not surprisingly East Mediterranean Sea.Frigates, fast attack craft, submarines, landing ships, supply ships, maritime patrol planes, ASW helicopters of Turkish Navy will take part in the East Med... Continue Reading →
>The crew of the hijacked Turkish bulk carrier M/V Ya-Sa Neslihan is reportedly unharmed.The company did not made any official statements whether the pirates demanded a ransom or not. But the news on the media is that the pirates want 5 million USD as ransom.In the mean time there were some reports that TCG Gökova... Continue Reading →
>Minex Nusrat 2008 has started on 31th October 2008 and will continue till 8th November 2008.This exercise, organized by Turkish Navy is held in North Aegean. Among the participants are ships from MCM ships from Romanian, Greek, Royal Navy, SNMCMG-2, mine sweeping and laying ships from Turkish Navy and naval EOD forces from UK and... Continue Reading →
>Actually it was just a matter of time. Yesterday it happened.Turkish owned, Marshal Islands flagged bulk carrier MV YASA NESLIHAN was hijacked by pirates off Somalia coast. The ship was carrying 77.000 tons iron ore from Canada to China.20 of the 30 strong personnel are Turkish citizens. The spokesmen for the company stated that pirates... Continue Reading →
devrimyaylali.com 