In the early morning hours on 13th January 2018, a fire erupted in the engine room of the corvette TCG Beykoz. The ship was in a berth at Foça Naval Base. Damage control party interfered and put out the fire. 11 sailors were hospitalized of which 8 were later released the same day. According to... Continue Reading →
The new electronic warfare suite on board of TCG Fatih has been accepted after rigorous testing according to Aselsan. The system is made of the following units: Electronic Support Measures Decoy Launching System Dedicated or Shared Multi-Function Consoles The heart of the system is the CPU of the EW processing and its interface with the... Continue Reading →
Today the long career of TCG Akın in naval service has finished. The ship can have a well-earned rest after 75 years. TCG Akın began her life as USS Greenlet, a Chanticleer-class submarine rescue ship in the United States Navy. She was launched in 1942 and served in US Navy during World War 2, Korean... Continue Reading →
Doğu Akdeniz 2017 naval exercise kicked off yesterday at Turkish Naval Base in Aksaz, Marmaris The biannual, invitation exercise will take in areas near Aksaz in the Eastern Mediterranean between 7 and 16 November 2017. Turkey has invited the NATO Standing Maritime Task Force-2 (SNMG-2), the United States and Romanian Naval Forces. They will join... Continue Reading →
A part of the UK led NATO mine warfare task force Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 2 arrived in Batumi Georgia on 3rd November for a port visit. The NATO delegation led by Vice Admiral Bléjean, the Deputy Commander of the Allied Maritime Command (MARCOM) held meeting with Minister of Internal Affairs of Georgia, Mr. Giorgi Mgebrishvili. According... Continue Reading →
According to Turkish General Staff website Spanish frigate SPS Blas De Lezo, along with Turkish frigates TCG Fatih, TCG Gaziantep and TCG Barbaros, are conducting an electronic warfare exercise off the coast of Antalya. although not mentioned in the statement the Bulgarian frigate Drazki was also observed in the region. Both SPS Blas De Lezo and TCG Barbaros are... Continue Reading →
Today we are celebrating the 94th anniversary the creation of Turkish Republic. I am grateful to those who made it possible for me and my family to live in this beautiful country under our own flag. And I can’t think of a better way to celebrate our independence with a couple of elegantly decorated ships.
Ex-US Navy frigate Duncan has found her watery grave after all. She was bought from US Navy as a spare part source for the 8 existing Gabya class frigates in service, a procedure also known as cannibalization. The hull of Duncan was observed being towed through Istanbul towards the Black Sea on 22nd March 2017. At... Continue Reading →
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 Turkish destroyer DM-357 TCG Muavenet. 5 sailors including the commander of the ship were killed instantly and 15... Continue Reading →
A large fleet of warships gathered in French town Toulon this week. The ships are part of NATO Maritime Command's both Standing NATO Maritime Groups (SNMG) and Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 2 (SNMCMG-2). In addition to the four NATO task forces, France and Spain have sent additional ships for the exercise. France will take... Continue Reading →
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