Yavuz-class frigate

The Yavuz class are 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 frigate.

TCG Turgutreis (F-241) during NATO joint exercise in Adriatic Sea, 2015
Class overview
Name: Yavuz class (MEKO 200 TN )
Builders:
Operators:  Turkish Naval Forces
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 (362.53 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:
Aviation facilities:

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.

Yavuz-class ships are expected to be replaced by Istanbul-class frigates.

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
Turgutreis (F-241) Turgut Reis Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft, Kiel 30 May 1986 4 February 1988 In service
Fatih (F-242) Sultan Mehmed II "Fatih" Gölcük Naval Shipyard, Kocaeli 24 April 1987 22 July 1988 In service
Yıldırım (F-243) Sultan Bayezid I "Yıldırım" Gölcük Naval Shipyard, Kocaeli 22 July 1988 21 July 1989 In service
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
  1. "Türk Deniz Kuvvetleri Komutanlığı". www.dzkk.tsk.tr. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
  • 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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