TCG Turgutreis (F-241)

TCG Turgutreis (F-241)
TCG Turgutreis (F-241)
	File:TCG Turgutreis (F-241).jpg TCG Turgutreis on 17 February 2015
Name:	Turgutreis
Namesake:	Dragut
Builder:	HDW, Kiel
Launched:	30 May 1986
Commissioned:	4 February 1988
Identification:	Pennant number: F-241;
Status:	Active
General characteristics
Class & type:	Yavuz-class frigate
Displacement:	3,030 tons full load
Length:	110.50 m (362.53 ft)
Beam:	13.25 m (43.47 ft)
Draught:	3.94 m (12.93 ft)
Installed power:	4 MTU 20V 1163 diesel-engines, 30,000 hp (22,000 kW) CODAD
Propulsion:	2 shaft, controllable pitch propellers
Speed:	27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Range:	4,000 nautical miles (7,000 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h)
Complement:	180 (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:	2 Mk 141 quad-pack Launcher for 8 × RGM-84 Harpoon; 1 MK 21 Guided Missile Launching System for 16 × RIM-7 Sea Sparrow; 1 × 5 inch /54 gun; 3 × Oerlikon Contraves Sea Zenith 25 mm CIWS gun systems; 2 × 3 12.75 in Mk.32 torpedo tubes in triple mountings;
Aviation facilities:	Hangar and platform for; 1 × AB 212 ASW helicopter;

TCG Turgutreis (F-241) is a 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 the ECM, ECCM systems, active decoys, LWRs, IRST and the necessary user interface systems.

Construction and career[]

Turgutreis was launched on 30 May 1986 by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft in Kiel and commissioned on 4 February 1988.^[1]

On 10 March 2021, TCG Turgutreis and TCG Oruçreis operated alongside USS Donald Cook and VP-46 in the Black Sea.^[2]

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[1] "YAVUZ CLASS (MEKO 200 Track I)" (in en). 2013-01-12. https://turkishnavy.net/yavuz-class-meko-200-track-i/.

[2] "Patrol Squadron VP-46 participates in joint air and maritime operations". https://www.naval-technology.com/news/patrol-squadron-vp-46-participates-in-joint-air-and-maritime-operations/.

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