TIRANA, August 2 – The Durres Port Authority has announced that two warships of the Turkish Navy, “TCG Bayraktar” and “TCG Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Pasa” are docked at the Port of Durres.
According to the announcement of the Durrës Port Authority published on social networks on Wednesday, “The ship “TCG Bayraktar” is part of two of the amphibious landing ships of the “Bayraktar” class of the Turkish Navy, built in 2017 by the Anatolian shipyard to fulfill the operational requirements of the Turkish Naval Forces Command.
“Bayraktar-class warships are primarily intended for amphibious missions and the transport of troops and equipment, while their secondary missions include humanitarian aid, disaster relief, and medical aid and transport. This ship is 139 meters long and 20 meters wide. Meanwhile, “TCG Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Pasa” is one of the four ships of the Rhein class: Elbe, Donau, Isar and Ruhr which were transferred to the Turkish Navy in the 1980s,” informed the Durrës Port Authority.
“TCG Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Paşa” has a length of 98 meters and a width of about 12 meters. Currently, these warships are mainly used for training purposes of the Turkish Naval Academy, but also in the service of the Turkish Navy. “TCG Bayraktar” and “TCG Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Pasa” visit Albania for a six-day stay in the framework of a joint exercise in the open sea as part of the training programs of the Turkish Maritime Academy,” said the announcement of the Durrës Port Authority. /argumentum.al
