TCG Kemalreis leaves SNMG 2
After around two and a half months, the Turkish frigate Kemalreis has left Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG 2). According to NATO information, only the Spanish destroyer Méndez Núñez is now part of this group. SNMG 2 is commanded by Spanish Flotilla Admiral Manuel Aguirre Aldereguía. The Kemalreis is no stranger to German eyes: Although she was built by Gölcük Naval Shipyard in the late 1990s, the Meko-200 design comes from Blohm+Voss. Two of the Turkish ships were also built there. The Kemalreis was the last of four Barbaros-class ships to be commissioned by the Turkish Navy in June 2000. With a length of...
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