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RV Barbaros Hayreddin Paşa
RV ''Barbaros Hayreddin Paşa'' is a Turkish seismographic research/survey vessel owned and operated by the Turkish Petroleum Corp. (TPAO). Built in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) and launched in 2011, she was purchased in 2013 and renamed in honor of the renowned Ottoman Navy admiral Barbarossa Hayreddin Pasha (1478–1546). History The ship was built at Drydocks World Dubai for Polarcus, a Dubai-based marine geophysical company in the UAE. She was launched on 16 February 2011 joining the company's same class fleet as the fourth vessel, and was christened ''Polarcus Samur'' for Arabic female given name meaning "swift, fleet". She was delivered on 2 March 2011, commissioned under the flag of the Bahamas and sailed to its first mission to serve for Namibia in charter. The ship was acquired in December 2012 by the Turkish state-owned oil and gas company TPAO to an amount of US$130 million for use in marine seismographic surveys, Minister of Energy and Natural Reso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taşucu
Taşucu is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Silifke, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 15,184 (2022). Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (''belde''). It had obtained the status of ''belde'' after the local elections in Turkey, 1955. In 2000 a military pier, Agalar, was built south-west of the town. During the Syrian Civil War the pier was used to ship weapons to Syrian rebel groups as part of the U.S. Timber Sycamore program. Transportation Taşucu is the main ferry terminal to Kyrenia (Girne), the main port of Northern Cyprus. Culture The collections of amphora An amphora (; ; English ) is a type of container with a pointed bottom and characteristic shape and size which fit tightly (and therefore safely) against each other in storage rooms and packages, tied together with rope and delivered by land ...s donated by Arslan Eyce were gathered in Arslan Eyce Private Amphora Museum of Taşucu ( Turkish: ''Taşucu Amfora Müzesi'') b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
