Burak-class corvette

File:Bartın (F-504) in İzmir 3.jpg Burak-class corvette TCG Bartın at İzmir, 2007
Class overview
Name:	Burak or B class
Builders:	Arsenal de Lorient, Lorient, France
Operators:	Turkey Navy
Succeeded by:	Ada class
Subclasses:	D'Estienne d'Orves class
Built:	1972–1979
In commission:	2002–present
Active:	5
Retired:	1
General characteristics
Type:	Corvette
Displacement:	1,325 tonnes
Length:	80.52 m (264 ft 2 in)
Beam:	10.2 m (33 ft 6 in)
Draft:	3.42 m (11 ft 3 in)
Propulsion:	2 × SEMT-Pielstick 12PC2V400 diesels, 12,000 hp (8.95 MW)
Speed:	23 knots (43 km/h)
Range:	4,500 nmi (8,300 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h)
Complement:	7 Officers, 83 P/O and enlisted
Armament:	4 × Exocet SSM; 1 × 100 mm/55 or 76mm Oto Melara gun; 2 × 20 mm guns; 4 × L5 torpedoes; 1 × 375 mm 6 barrel ASW A/S mortars

Burak-class corvette (Turkish: Burak sınıfı korvet), also known as the B-class corvette, is a warship class of the Turkish Navy, all ex-D'Estienne d'Orves-class A69 type aviso corvettes, mainly designed for coastal anti-submarine defense & ocean escort missions. Their robust design & economical propulsion system allows them to be used for distant overseas operations.

A total of six ships under the Burak-class are being operated by the Turkish Naval Forces and will be phased out with introduction of Ada-class corvettes.

Ships

• TCG Bozcaada (F-500), formerly Commandant de Pimodan (F787)
• TCG Bodrum (F-501), formerly Drogou (F783); Retired 2022.
• TCG Bandırma (F-502), formerly Quartier-Maître Anquetil (F786)
• TCG Beykoz (F-503), formerly D'Estienne d'Orves (F781)
• TCG Bartın (F-504), formerly Amyot d'Inville (F782)
• TCG Bafra (F-505), formerly Second-Maître Le Bihan (F788)

Sources

• B (A-69) class corvette

External links

• Official Turkish Navy Website (in Turkish)
• Turkish Navy