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TCG Gelibolu Takes Part In AMAN 2017

11 Feb 2017 1 Comment

TCG Gelibolu arrives at Karachi to take part in AMAN 2017 naval exercise. Photo: @Lieutenant_J

TCG Gelibolu arrived in Karachi to take part in Pakistan led naval exercise AMAN 2017. Last week she was in Seychelles as a participant top Cutlass Express exercise.

This is the first time that Turkey is taking part in this exercise with a warship. In previous exercise Turkey was present with naval special forces teams.

The biannual exercise will take part in Arabian Sea between 10 and 14 February 2017.

37 countries are participating in the exercise, nine of them with naval units. The exercise is aimed to help in enhancing interoperability with regional and extra regional navies.

This is the list of the participating naval units:

Number	Name	Type	Country
151	Arunta	Frigate	Australia
112	Harbin	Destroyer	China
575	Handan	Frigate	China
960	Dongphingu	Tanker	China
367	Sultan Iskandarmuda	Frigate	Indonesia
	Altay	Tug	Russia
	Dubna	Tanker	Russia
619	Severomorsk	Destroyer	Russia
P-621	Samudra	Patrol Boat	Sri Lanka
F-493	Gelibolu	Frigate	Turkey
D-32	Daring	Destroyer	UK
6	Amelia Earhart	Tanker	USA
1304	Maui	Coast Guard Vessel	USA
1309	Saquidnek	Coast Guard vessel	USA
5	Typhoon	Patrol Boat	USA