A-class minehunter
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Amasra (M266)
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Class overview | |
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Builders | list error: <br /> list (help) Lürssen Abeking & Rasmussen Istanbul Naval Yard |
Operators | Turkish Navy |
In commission | 2005–present |
Planned | 6 |
Building | 0 |
Completed | 6 |
Active | 6 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Minehunter |
Displacement | 650 t |
Length | 54.4 m (178 ft) |
Beam | 9.2 m (30 ft) |
Draft | 2.6 m (8 ft 6 in) |
Propulsion | list error: <br /> list (help) 2 × MTU 16V 538 TB91 diesel-engines, 2040 kW each 2 × electric motors for slow and silent maneuvering |
Speed | 18 kn (33 km/h) |
Complement | 41 |
Sensors and processing systems | list error: <br /> list (help) 1 × Marconi 2093 VDS mine hunting sonar DRBN 32 navigation radar |
Electronic warfare & decoys | 2 × Barricade chaff and flare launcher |
Armament | list error: <br /> list (help) 1 × 30 mm gun 2 × 12.7 mm machine gun |
Notes | list error: <br /> list (help) mine diver equipment, decompression chamber crane |
The A class is a class of minehunter vessels in the Turkish Navy. In 1999, the German shipyards Lürssen and Abeking & Rasmussen were contracted to build six Template:Sclass- ships for the Turkish Navy, a purchase worth US$630 million. While the first vessel was built in Germany, later ships were constructed by the Istanbul Naval Shipyard.[1]
The Turkish Navy has become the second naval force in the world, after the German Navy, to utilize a non-magnetic steel hull in its minehunter vessels.
Pennant Number |
Name | shipyard | commissioned |
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M265 | Alanya | Abeking & Rasmussen, Lürssen | 26 July 2005 |
M266 | Amasra | Istanbul Naval Shipyard | 26 July 2005 |
M267 | Ayvalık | Istanbul Naval Shipyard | 22 June 2007 |
M268 | Akçakoca | Istanbul Naval Shipyard | 17 September 2007 |
M269 | Anamur | Istanbul Naval Shipyard | |
M270 | Akçay | Istanbul Naval Shipyard |
See also
References
- ^ "Mine Warfare Ships". Unofficial Homepage of Turkish Navy. Retrieved 4 August 2008.