TCG Yıldırım (F 243)

	TCG Yıldırım on 2 June 2014
History
Turkey
Name	Yıldırım
Namesake	Bayezid I
Builder	Gölcük Naval Shipyard, Kocaeli
Launched	22 July 1988
Commissioned	21 July 1989
Identification	Pennant number: F 243
Status	Active
General characteristics
Class and 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 Yıldırım (F 243) is a Yavuz-class frigate of the Turkish Navy.

Development and design

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

Yıldırım was launched on 24 April 1987 by Gölcük Naval Shipyard in Kocaeli and commissioned on 22 July 1988.^[1]

Standing NATO Maritime Group Two (SNMG2) which consists of Álvaro de Bazán, Regina Maria and TCG Yıldırım, participated in the bilateral U.S. - Ukraine exercise Sea Breeze 2020, between 20 and 24 July 2020.^[2]

17 February 2021, Magdeburg, KRI Sultan Hasanuddin, and TCG Yıldırım conducted an exercise in the Mediterranean Sea.^[3]

References

^ "YAVUZ CLASS (MEKO 200 Track I)". 2013-01-12. Retrieved 2021-03-14.
^ "NATO forces participate in Sea Breeze exercise in the Black Sea". mc.nato.int. Retrieved 2021-03-14.
^ "Kehebatan KRI Sultan Hasanuddin TNI AL yang Latihan Bareng Kapal Perang Turki di Laut Mediterania". Surya (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2021-03-14.

External links

Media related to TCG Yıldırım (F-243) at Wikimedia Commons

[1] "YAVUZ CLASS (MEKO 200 Track I)". 2013-01-12. Retrieved 2021-03-14.

[2] "NATO forces participate in Sea Breeze exercise in the Black Sea". mc.nato.int. Retrieved 2021-03-14.

[3] "Kehebatan KRI Sultan Hasanuddin TNI AL yang Latihan Bareng Kapal Perang Turki di Laut Mediterania". Surya (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2021-03-14.

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v t e Yavuz-class frigates
Yavuz Turgutreis Fatih Yıldırım
Preceded by: G class Followed by: Barbaros class
List of frigates of the Turkish Navy