A-class minehunter
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![]() Amasra (M266)
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Class overview | |
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Operators | ![]() |
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 |
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Speed | 18 kn (33 km/h) |
Complement | 41 |
Sensors and processing systems |
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Electronic warfare & decoys | 2 × Barricade chaff and flare launcher |
Armament |
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Notes |
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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 Frankenthal-class 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 use 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.