>Turkish Contribution To NATO Operations Off Libya Takes Shape
24 Mar 2011 1 Comment
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| F-243 TCG Yıldırım. Here in Çanakkale on 18 March 2011, soon off the coast of Libya. |
Turkish contribution to NATO enforced maritime embargo to Libya takes shape.
Yesterday, on 23 March it was announced that Turkey would send 4 frigates, one replenishment tanker and one submarine to the NATO task force off the coast of Libya. According to news reports this intention was officially declared to NATO in writing.
Today Turkish Parliament will discus about sending warships to Libya and will vote on the subject. I expect that the motion will be accepted by majority.
The following ships are selected for the NATO Task Force:
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Pennant
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Ship
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Type
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Location/Status
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| A-580 | TCG Akar | Tanker | In Transit to Libya |
| F-243 | TCG Yıldırım | Frigate | In Transit to Libya |
| F-… | TCG …x | Frigate | In Transit to Libya |
| F-491 | TCG Giresun | Frigate | Off Libya |
| F-492 | TCG Gemlik | Frigate | Off Libya |
| S-350 | TCG Yıldıray | submarine | Not Avaliable |
| Bosphorus Naval News | |||
It turns out that creating a Turkish Naval Task Force and sending it on a cruise in Mediterranean during last summer, was a very good exercise. I am sure the lessons learned from that cruise will be used for the planing of the current operations.
Hat Tipp: A very good friend of mine: Arda Mevlutoğlu.
Hi, thank you for your post, it helped me a lot figuring out many things.