 TCG Turgutreis during NATO joint exercise in Adriatic Sea, 2015 | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Yavuz class (MEKO 200 TN) |
| Builders: | |
| Operators: |
 Turkish Navy |
| Preceded by: | G class |
| Succeeded by: | Barbaros class |
| In commission: | 1987–present |
| Completed: | 4 |
| Active: | 4 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Frigate |
| Displacement: | 3,030 tons full load |
| Length: | 110.50 m (362 ft 6 in) |
| Beam: | 13.25 m (43 ft 6 in) |
| Draught: | 3.94 m (12 ft 11 in) |
| 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; 23 mph) |
| Complement: | 180 (29 officers, 151 enlisted) |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys: | ARES-2NC ESM, Mk 36 decoy |
| Armament: |
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| Aircraft carried: | 1 × AB 212 ASW helicopter |
| Aviation facilities: |
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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 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.[citation needed]
The Yavuz-class ships are expected to be replaced by the Istanbul-class frigates.
Ships[]
| Ship | Namesake | Builder | Launched | Commissioned | Status |
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| Yavuz (F 240) | Sultan Selim I Yavuz | Blohm + Voss, Hamburg | 30 May 1985[2] | 11 October 1987[2] | out of service |
| Turgutreis (F 241) | Turgut Reis | Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft, Kiel | 17 July 1987[2] | 4 February 1988[2] | In service |
| Fatih (F 242) | Sultan Mehmed II Fatih | Gölcük Naval Shipyard, Kocaeli | 24 April 1987[2] | 12 October 1988[2] | In service |
| Yıldırım (F 243) | Sultan Bayezid I Yıldırım | Gölcük Naval Shipyard, Kocaeli | 22 July 1988[2] | 17 November 1989[2] | In service |
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Citations[]
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.
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