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Seen at anchor just in Istanbul, the TCG Yildirim was the last of four Yavuz class Frigates. These German designed ships were based on the MEKO 200 design. Yildirim was commissioned in July 89. It was noted heading south early the following morning.
TCG Gökova (F496), a Gabya-class (or G-class) frigate operated by the Turkish Navy, passing Gourock at the start of Exercise Joint Warrior 19-1. The vessel once served in the US Navy, as the Oilver Hazard Perry-class frigate USS Samuel Eliot Morison (FFG-13).
Airbus A321-211 of AlMasria Universal Airlines as charter flight Hurgada - Basle during landing in Basle, delayed of 2h30.
Barbaros-class frigates are the most modern frigates in the Turkish Navy. TCG Oruçreis (F-245) was launched in 1994 and commissioned in 1997. Speed: 32 knots (gas turbine) 22 knots (diesel only) Range: 4,100 nautical miles (8,000 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement: 180 (24 officers, 156 enlisted men
Seen heading up river prior to begining Joint Warrior exercise on 30-09-2011
Passing Greenock's Custom House Quay on passage down the Clyde from Glasgow.
TCG GEDIZ is ex USS JOHN A. MOORE FFG-19, a Oliver Hazard Perry class frigate. She was built by Todd Shipyard Corp San Pedro, California.
USS JOHN A. MOORE was commissioned in 1981 and decommissioned in 2000.
She was transferred to Turkish Naval Forces as TCG GEDIZ F 495 on the 1st September 2000.
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