>According to a CNN news, SNMG-2 ships have arrived off the coast of Somali to help in the battle against pirates in the region."We are so delighted with the arrival of those NATO ships into our waters and they have our full consent to fight against the pirates," said Somali Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein... Continue Reading →
>According to some unconfirmed news Turkish Navy decided no the take the two additional Perry class frigates. GEORGE PHILIP (FFG–12) and SIDES (FFG–14) were granted to Turkey under “Naval Vessel Transfer Act of 2007”.Currently there are 8 Perry class frigates in service. These make the backbone of Turkish Navy along with 8 German design MEKO... Continue Reading →
>According to SHAPE press release SNMG-2 passed Suez Canal today.SNMG-2 is going to protect the ships of the World Food Program and will work together with naval assets of the European Union and the US Led Operation enduring Freedom.SNMG-2 consists of:• ITS Durand de la Penne (flagship, destroyer D560, Italy)• FGS Karlsruhe (frigate F212, Germany)•... Continue Reading →
>Shorty after last month visit of Admiral Ataç to Athens it was announced that Turkish and Greek navies are going to hold a joint military exercise.It is yet early to speculate about the details (Photoex, Passex or something else) of this exercise and about its scope.But it seems that the "confidence building measures" discussed by... Continue Reading →
>The defence ministers of NATO countries are meeting in Budapest. One of the important result of this meeting is that NATO has finally decided to send a naval task group to Gulf of Aden in order to combat piracy.NATO officials said the seven frigates from a group that were to have taken part in an... Continue Reading →
>Between 1st October and 3rd October 2008, the Commander of the Turkish Navy Admiral Metin Atac conducted a three day visit to Athens. The scope of this visit was to discuss confidence building measures in the Aegean and go over steps to be taken in the future. According to information of the news Admiral Ataç... Continue Reading →
>Without much fanfare or public announcements NATO has stater ted its biggest annual maritime exercise: Noble Midas 08 (NMS 08)Fifteen NATO nations will participate NMS 08 from 26 September until 10 October 2008 in the Central Mediterranean.The purpose of NMS 08 is to provide training focused on NATO Response Force (NRF) missions to maritime forces... Continue Reading →
>On 27 September 2008, Turkey launched its first national warship F-511 TCG Heybeliada in a ceremony held at Istanbul Naval Dockyard in Pendik, IstanbulHeybeliada is first of twelve ships of Turkey's national corvette program of Milgem. The purpose of this program is to build a modern littoral combat warship with indigenous capabilities, extensively using the... Continue Reading →
>Today, 27th September, is the Day of Turkish Navy. Today is also the anniversary of the Battle of Preveza .Two naval ships visited Istanbul for the ceremonies.F-245 TCG Oruçreis, a MEKO 200 Track 2A class frigate. She was build between 1995 -1997 in Gölcük Naval Shipyard. She is scheduled for a mid-life modernisation and will... Continue Reading →
>Kongsberg Maritime AS, a wholly owned Kongsberg Gruppen ASA company specialising in development of high end hydroacoustic technology has signed a contract with the Turkish company HAVELSAN A.S.for delivery of Simrad SP92MKII commercial sonars to the New Type Patrol Boat Project for the Turkish Naval Forces Command. The contract, valued at approx. 30 MNOK is... Continue Reading →
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