Yavuz-class frigate

F-241 TCG Turgut Reis, a Yavuz-class (MEKO 200TN Track I) frigate of the Turkish Navy, in Cartagena, Spain.
Class overview
Name	Yavuz class (MEKO 200 TN )
Builders	Blohm + Voss, Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft, Gölcük Naval Shipyard
Operators	Turkish Navy
Succeeded by	Template:Sclass-
In commission	1987 - present
Completed	4
Active	4
General characteristics
Type	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	Rapid/Rameses suite, 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

The Yavuz class are a group of four frigates that were built for the Turkish Navy. They were designed in Germany and are part of the MEKO family of modular warships; in this case the MEKO 200 design. Two ships were built in Germany and two in Turkey with German assistance. They are similar in design to the larger Template:Sclass-s of the Turkish Navy, which are improved versions of the Yavuz-class frigate.

The Turkish Navy has an ongoing procurement project for an Electronic Warfare Suite. The intent is to locally produced the ECM, ECCM systems, active decoys, LWRs, IRST and the necessary user interface systems.

An order for ships was signed by the Turkish government in April 1983 for two MEKO frigates to be built in Germany and two to be built in Turkey.

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 2015
Turgutreis (F-241)	Turgut Reis	Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft, Kiel	30 May 1986	4 February 1988	In Service 2015
Fatih (F-242)	Sultan Mehmed II "Fatih"	Gölcük Naval Shipyard, Kocaeli	24 April 1987	22 July 1988	In Service 2015
Yıldırım (F-243)	Sultan Bayezid I "Yıldırım"	Gölcük Naval Shipyard, Kocaeli	22 July 1988	21 July 1989	In Service 2015

Sailors from USS Taylor preparing to board TCG Yavuz (F-240), a Yavuz-class (MEKO 200 TN Track I) frigate of the Turkish Navy, during the NATO exercise Sea Breeze 2010.

See also

• List of Turkish current frigates
• List of Turkish Navy ships

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.