1) It ain't a 45 to 50 knot fuel-guzzling speedboat;
2) It's main gun is stealth-cupolaed Oto Melara 76 mm gun rather than that anemic little 57 mm pop-gun installed on the LCS types;
3) It has a singular and specific mission - ASW;
4) It's just one type member amongst an entire family of vessels being designed and built in Turkey under the Milgem program;
5) And, yeah - it's one-half the cost of either type of LCS and its more capable half-sibling frigates are going to be far, far more capable than either LCS type and still cost much less.
Too bad about the way Turkey's present political leadership appears to be committed to separating that nation from its recent strategic alliances...
Did you notice the type of vessel displayed in the banner of Bosphorus Naval News?
Also, if you go back two or three weeks into that blog then you'll see an article about the proposed dissolution of the Turkish Coast Guard. The intention appears to be to make it part of a border police force... :-(
DER, Thanks, I see the Coast Guard 378 at the masthead. Presumably that is the one that carried supplies to Georgia right after their war with Russia.
Reading the bit about the change to the Coast Guard, looks like the intention is to make it more a police force and less a military organization. One of the justifications they give is to comply with the EU Acquis.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acquis_communautaire
Presumably they will still have a "Coast Guard" organization but it will be more law enforcement and less naval auxiliary. My first response when I read your note was that they are bucking a trend in that increasingly countries seem to see a need for a Coast Guard, separate from the Navy. This doesn't seem that far off. They may be going to far it the direction of civilianization.
I'm trying to write something about the way the UK is organized to do Coast Guard missions, in response to something I saw on "Think Defense" http://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2010/11/maritime-security-operations-and-the-%E2%80%98myth%E2%80%99-of-piracy/
Grand Logistics, would you like to comment on it be fore I publish?
UAE Baynunah class corvette.
ReplyDeleteI've never actually seen a picture of one.
Hello Chuck Hill,
ReplyDeleteit shows.
This isn't a Baynunah!
Good guess though.
GrandLogistics.
No, http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cys2T5FgJdo/SkhJrOmFd2I/AAAAAAAAG2Y/SOBii0pMWiU/s1600-h/Baynunah.jpeg
ReplyDeleteClose but not the same.
Omani, Khareef Class Corvettes?
ReplyDeleteHello Chuck Hill,
ReplyDeleteit is not a Khareef either.
GrandLogistics.
It's the Turkish Milgem class corvette TCG Heybeliada.
ReplyDeleteSee here:
Milgem Has Started Her Sea Trials
http://turkishnavy.blogspot.com/2010/11/milgem-has-started-her-sea-trials.html
In my estimation, simply superior to USN LCS-1 type vessel...
Hello D.E.Reddick,
ReplyDeletefunny you should say that,I have pictures of both of them here for a brief post tomorrow.
The MILGEM is said to cost $260 Million which must be half the price of an L.C.S..
GrandLogistics.
GL / tangosix,
ReplyDeleteAs I said, it's simply superior:
1) It ain't a 45 to 50 knot fuel-guzzling speedboat;
2) It's main gun is stealth-cupolaed Oto Melara 76 mm gun rather than that anemic little 57 mm pop-gun installed on the LCS types;
3) It has a singular and specific mission - ASW;
4) It's just one type member amongst an entire family of vessels being designed and built in Turkey under the Milgem program;
5) And, yeah - it's one-half the cost of either type of LCS and its more capable half-sibling frigates are going to be far, far more capable than either LCS type and still cost much less.
Too bad about the way Turkey's present political leadership appears to be committed to separating that nation from its recent strategic alliances...
Some additional information about the Milgem program:
ReplyDeleteMilgem class corvette
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgem_class_corvette
Beautiful ship, it would make a nice Coast Guard Cutter.
ReplyDeleteChuck,
ReplyDeleteDid you notice the type of vessel displayed in the banner of Bosphorus Naval News?
Also, if you go back two or three weeks into that blog then you'll see an article about the proposed dissolution of the Turkish Coast Guard. The intention appears to be to make it part of a border police force... :-(
DER, Thanks, I see the Coast Guard 378 at the masthead. Presumably that is the one that carried supplies to Georgia right after their war with Russia.
ReplyDeleteReading the bit about the change to the Coast Guard, looks like the intention is to make it more a police force and less a military organization. One of the justifications they give is to comply with the EU Acquis.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acquis_communautaire
Presumably they will still have a "Coast Guard" organization but it will be more law enforcement and less naval auxiliary. My first response when I read your note was that they are bucking a trend in that increasingly countries seem to see a need for a Coast Guard, separate from the Navy. This doesn't seem that far off. They may be going to far it the direction of civilianization.
I'm trying to write something about the way the UK is organized to do Coast Guard missions, in response to something I saw on "Think Defense" http://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2010/11/maritime-security-operations-and-the-%E2%80%98myth%E2%80%99-of-piracy/
Grand Logistics, would you like to comment on it be fore I publish?
GL, I went ahead and published. It is here: http://cgblog.org/2010/11/24/a-very-different-coast-guard/
ReplyDeletePlease feel free to comment or correct.
Hello Chuck Hill,
ReplyDeletesorry to keep you waiting,I have been working on a post.
I will read that shortly.
GrandLogistics.