Yavuz-class frigate

TCG Turgutreis during NATO joint exercise in Adriatic Sea, 2015
Class overview
NameYavuz class (MEKO 200 TN)
Builders
Operators Turkish Navy
Preceded byG class
Succeeded byBarbaros class
In commission1987–present
Completed4
Active4
General characteristics
TypeFrigate
Displacement3,030 tons full load
Length110.50 m (362 ft 6 in)
Beam13.25 m (43 ft 6 in)
Draught3.94 m (12 ft 11 in)
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; 23 mph)
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 carried1 × AB 212 ASW helicopter
Aviation facilitiesHangar and helipad

The Yavuz class is a group of four frigates that were built for the Turkish Navy.[1] They 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 frigates.

The Yavuz-class ships are expected to be replaced by the Istanbul-class frigates.

Ships

Ship Namesake Builder Launched Commissioned Status
Yavuz (F 240) Sultan Selim I Yavuz Blohm + Voss, Hamburg 7 November 1985 17 July 1987 In service
Turgutreis (F 241) Turgut Reis Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft, Kiel 30 May 1986 4 February 1988 In service
Fatih (F 242) Sultan Mehmed II Fatih Gölcük Naval Shipyard, Kocaeli 24 April 1987 22 July 1988 In service
Yıldırım (F 243) Sultan Bayezid I Yıldırım Gölcük Naval Shipyard, Kocaeli 22 July 1988 21 July 1989 In service

See also

Citations

  1. ^ "Türk Deniz Kuvvetleri Komutanlığı". www.dzkk.tsk.tr. Archived from the original on 2020-05-01. Retrieved 2020-08-20.

References

  • Gardiner, Robert; Chumbley, Stephen & Budzbon, Przemysław (1995). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-132-7.

Media related to Yavuz class frigates at Wikimedia Commons


Stub icon

This article about a specific naval ship or boat is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.