Showing posts with label Greek Navy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Greek Navy. Show all posts

February 19, 2018

Footage of the moment when the Turkish patrol boat rammed the Greek Coast Guard late on Monday







February 15, 2018

A Greek and a rogue Turkish Navy ship almost collide with one another over a territory dispute


Turkey and Erdoclown starting trouble with all its neighbors




April 21, 2016

March 20, 2015

Germans make video mocking Yanis Varoufakis


Demonizing of Greek Finance minister by MSM(money makes the world go round).

Make no mistake Yanis Varoufakis is going to kick out the Euro


Doctored video of the greek finance minister.



V for Varoufakis | NEO MAGAZIN ROYALE mit Jan Böhmermann - ZDFneo

















January 27, 2015

Greek F-16 crashes on take-off at Albacete air base in Spain


French Air Force 2x Rafales and 2x Mirage 2000Ds lost








A fighter plane crash at a military base in southeastern Spain has killed the two Greek pilots on board and eight French nationals, according to Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy.

The two-seater Greek F-16 fighter jet attempted to take off during a Nato military exercise at around 3:30pm (local time) at the Los Llanos base, in Albacete, but lost thrust and crashed into a hangar - triggering a large fire.

The plane crashed in an area where French Mirage and Italian Alpha Jets were parked and preparing to join the Tactical Leadership Program (TLP) training exercise, Spain's Defence Ministry said in a statement.A further 21 people -10 French people, 11 Italians - were injured in the incident at the base used by Nato to train pilots and crews from member states, Rajoy told Telecinco TV.

Five of those injured were taken to a specialist burns unit at La Paz Hospital in Madrid while the others were treated at a hospital in Albacete, the Defence Ministry said.

October 8, 2014

The Pipinos, the first submarine constructed in Greece launched


Photo - Greek  ministry of defense

The Pipinos, the first submarine constructed in Greece, was launched on Monday in the Skaramangas shipyard of western Athens.

The christening of the Pipinos was attended by Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, Deputy Prime Minister Evangelos Venizelos, Defense Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos, Shipping Minister Miltiadis Varvitsiotis, Chairman of the Greek Parliament Evangelos Meimarakis, Minister of Public Order Vasilis Kikilias, Deputy Minister of National Defense Fofi Gennimata and Archbishop Ieronymos.Samaras used the occasion to exhibit how the government continues to have the will and power to safely lead the country into the post-crisis era.

The Pipinos submarine, a Type 214 diesel-electric vessel, is the first of three submarines commissioned by the Greek Navy to be built in the Abu Dhabi-controlled Hellenic Shipyards.

The Greek submarine was named after Andreas Pipinos (1780-1836), a famous seamen from the island of Hydra. During the Greek War of Independence, Pipinos fought by the side of Constantine Kanaris. He took part in the destruction of the Turkish fleet of Kara Ali in 1822 and in the 1824 battle of Gerontas, in which he was seriously injured while burning the Turkish flagship.

The Pipinos is 65.30 meters long and 7.90 meters wide. Its maximum submerged speed reaches 21 knots. Maximum surface speed is 10 knots.


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