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, MEKO 200 TN
Builders	Blohm + Voss,; Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft,; Gölcük Naval Shipyard;
Operators	Turkish Navy
Succeeded by	Barbaros-class frigate
In commission	1987 - present
Completed	4
Active	4
General characteristics
Type	Frigate
Displacement	3030 tons full load
Length	110.50 m
Beam	13.25 m
Draught	3.94 m
Installed power	2 MTU 20V 1163 diesel-engines, 40,000 hp
Propulsion	2 shaft, controllable pitch propellers
Speed	27 knots
Range	4,000 nautical miles (7,000 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h)
Complement	180 (29 officers, 151 enlisted men)
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 x RGM-84 Harpoon; 1 MK 21 Guided Missile Launching System for 16 x RIM-7 Sea Sparrow; 1 × 5 inch /54 gun; 3 × Oerlikon Contraves Sea Zenith 25mm CIWS gun systems; 2 × 3 12.75" 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 Barbaros-class frigates 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, LWR’s, IRST and the necessary user interface systems.^[1]

An order for ships was signed by the Turkish government in April 1983 for two MEKO class frigates to be built in Germany and two to be built in Turkey.^[2]

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

References

^ "Yavuz Class (MEKO 200 Track I)". Bosphorous Naval News. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
^ "Yavuz/Barbaros class frigates". globalsecurity.org. 11 July 2011. Retrieved 1 October 2014.

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.

This article about a specific naval ship or boat is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[t1-1] "Yavuz Class (MEKO 200 Track I)". Bosphorous Naval News. Retrieved 1 October 2011.

[gs-2] "Yavuz/Barbaros class frigates". globalsecurity.org. 11 July 2011. Retrieved 1 October 2014.

[1]

[2]

v t e Ship classes of the Turkish Navy
Amphibious assault ships	TCG Anadolu class
Destroyers	TF2000 class
Frigates	Barbaros class Yavuz class G class Istanbul class
Corvettes	Ada class Burak class
Submarines	Gür class Preveze class Atılay class Reis class
Fast attack crafts	Kılıç class Yıldız class Rüzgar class Doğan class Kartal class
Mine warfare ships	A-class minehunter E-class minehunter F-class minesweeper S-class minesweeper K-class minesweeper
Main landing ships	Osman Gazi class SarucaBey class Ertuğrul-class LST LPD class
Landing craft	Ç-117-class LCT Ç-302-class LCM
Replenishment oiler	Akar class
Patrol boat	Tuzla class
Surface ships Submarines Patrol vessels Amphibious vessels Mine warfare vessels Miscellaneous ships

Ships

See also

References