TCG Yavuz (F 240)

Not to be confused with SMS Goeben, German flagship launched in 1911 and in 1914 transferred to Turkey and renamed to TCG Yavuz.
TCG Yavuz on 4 April 2012
History
Turkey
NameYavuz
NamesakeSelim I
BuilderBlohm+Voss, Hamburg, Germany
Launched30 May 1985[1]
Commissioned11 October 1987[1]
ReclassifiedMarch 2024
HomeportGölcük, Kocaeli, Türkiye
IdentificationPennant number: F 240
MottoGururlu, Güçlü, Öncü (Proud, Strong, Pioneering)
StatusActive
General characteristics
Class and typeYavuz-class frigate
Displacement3,030 tons full load
Length110.50 m (362.53 ft)
Beam13.25 m (43.47 ft)
Draught3.94 m (12.93 ft)
Installed power4 MTU 20V 1163 diesel-engines, 30,000 hp (22,000 kW) CODAD
Propulsion2 shaft, controllable pitch propellers
Speed27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Range4,000 nautical miles (7,000 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h)
Complement180 (29 officers, 151 enlisted)
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Radar
  • TM 1126
  • AWS-6
  • HSA D08
  • HSA STIR 124
  • Sonar
  • SQS-56,
Electronic warfare
& decoys		ARES-2NC ESM, Mk 36 decoy
Armament
Aircraft carriedAB-212 Helicopter
Aviation facilities

TCG Yavuz (F 240) is the lead ship of Yavuz-class frigate of the Turkish Navy.

Development and design

Main article: Yavuz-class frigate

Yavuz-class frigates were designed in Germany and are part of the MEKO family of modular warships; in this case the MEKO 200 design. An order for ships was signed by the Turkish government in April 1983 for four MEKO frigates. Two ships were built in Germany and two in Turkey with German assistance. They are similar in design to the larger Barbaros-class frigates of the Turkish Navy, which are improved versions of the Yavuz-class frigate.

The Turkish Navy has an ongoing limited modernization project for an electronic warfare suite. The intent is to upgrade the ships with locally produced ECM, ECCM systems, active decoys, LWRs, IRST, and the necessary user interface systems.

Construction and career

Yavuz was launched on 30 May 1985 by Blohm+Voss in Hamburg and commissioned on 11 October 1987.[1]

On 11 September 2020, she escorted TCG İskenderun in the Mediterranean while on her way to the Port of Marmaris.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c "YAVUZ CLASS (MEKO 200 Track I)". 2013-01-12. Retrieved 2021-03-14.
  2. ^ AA, DAILY SABAH WITH (2020-09-11). "Turkish navy conducts exercise off Libyan coast". Daily Sabah. Retrieved 2021-03-13.

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