TCG Gediz Takes Part In Dynamic Mongoose 2018
4 Jul 2018
TCG Gediz as part of SNMG-1 takes part in the Dynamic Mongoose ASW exercise. During the exercise, she has crossed the Arctic Circle. Main photo: FRA N WO Christian Valverde, insert Turkish General Staff.
Gabya class frigate TCG Gediz is hunting for submarines at the top of the world. As Turkish contribution to the Standing NATO Maritime Group One TCG Gediz takes part in anti submarine warfare exercise Dynamic Mongoose 2018.
According to the Turkish General Staff, the frigate has crossed the Arctic Circle on 29th June.
Submarines from Norway under operational control of NATO Submarine Command (COMSUBNATO), will join 7 surface ships from Denmark, Netherlands, Poland, Spain and Turkey under the command of Standing NATO Maritime Group One (SNMG1) Commodore Søren Thinggaard LARSEN. To support the simulated multi-threat environment, Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA’s) from Germany, Norway, and the United States will operate from Andoya Air Base under the operational command of NATO Maritime Air Command (COMMARAIR).
In March 2018 Turkish warship TCG Gaziantep took part in the southern ASW exercise Dynamic Manta held in Italy.
Below is the list of the participating units to Dynamic Mongoose 2018:
| Number | Name | Country | Type |
| F-363 | HDMS Niels Juel | Denmark | Frigate |
| F-828 | HNLMS Van Speijk | Netherlands | Frigate |
| F-831 | HNLMS Van Amstel | Netherlands | Frigate |
| 273 | ORP General Tadeusz Kosciuszko | Poland | Frigate |
| Z-1 | ORP Baltik | Poland | Tanker |
| F-101 | ESPS Álvaro de Bazán | Spain | Frigate |
| F-495 | TCG Gediz | Turkey | Frigate |
| Norway | Submarine | ||
| Norway | Submarine | ||
| P-3C Orion | Norway | Patrol plane | |
| P-8A Posedion VP-10 | USA | Patrol plane | |
| P-3C Orion | Germany | Patrol plane |
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