(The exclusive photo was posted by defencenet after the ship's initial departure from the dockyard in the Dardanelles).
A Turkish war ship (and/or missile carrier) violated Greek territorial waters on Sunday and litterally terrorized sunbathers and vacationers that were enjoying a lazy Sunday on eight Greek islands. In fact one report on defencent said that a yacht that was docked near Sounion spotted the Turkish warship while its clients were enjoying a fun filled morning of water skiing!
The warship was a ATAK (P337) which sailed from the port of Smyrna and entered Greek territorial waters at 07:00 am.
The Turkish warship then sailed close to a Greek fishing boat and a pleasure craft that belonged to a posh hotel in Mykonos (between Mykonos and Naxos) terrorizing all concerned, and then began to sail westerly between the southern areas of Sifnos and Serifos islands. Here it was once again spotted by port authorities on Serifos. It then changed its course and began sailing towards Sounion.
After terrorizing sunbathers at Sounion and the surrounding area, it then began to sail towards the islands of Kythnos and Kea. The warship then sailed close the island of Andros and left our territorial waters around 14:25.
According to the Hellenic National Defense General Staff, “a ship of the Hellenic Navy, as well as aircraft of the Hellenic Air Force were watching the said warship closely during the whole duration of its course.”
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