PATROL CRAFT

KARTAL CLASS

NUMBER NAME COMMISIONED
P-321 DENİZKUŞU 15 Jun 1977
P-322 ATMACA 28 Jul 1978
P-323 ŞAHİN 19 Jul 1979
P-324 KARTAL 25 Jul 1981
P-326 PELİKAN 17 Dec 1984
P-327 ALBATROS 7 Feb 1986
P-328 ŞİMŞEK 22 Jul 1988
P-329 KASIRGA 23 Oct 1988

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Characteristics:

Displacement: 190 tons full load
Dimensions: 42.5 x 7 x 2.4 metres
Speed, Range: 42 knots, 500 miles at 40 kts.
Crew: 39 (4 officers)

Weapons:

Guns: 2 x 40mm/90 Bofors
Missiles: 2(4) x Penguin Mk2 SSM
Torpedoes: 2 x 533mm single launcher for G-7A

Sensors:

Radars: 1226, navigation

Comments:

All build in Germany. Can carry up to 4 mines.
P-325 MELTEM was lost due to a collision with the Russian training ship Khasan 25 September 1985. She was later salvaged and scrapped.
Wooden planking; steel and light-metal keel and frames; aluminum superstructure


TÜRK CLASS

NUMBER NAME
P-127 AB 27
P-128 AB 28
P-129 AB 29
P-131 AB 31
P-133 AB 33
P-135 AB 35
P-136 AB 36

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Characteristics:

Displacement: 170 tons full load
Dimensions: 40.2 x 6.4 x 1.7 meters
Speed, Range: 22 knots
Crew: 31 (3 officers)

Weapons:

Guns: 1 (2) x 40mm/70 Bofors; (1) x 20mm Oerlikon; 2 x 12.7mm MG's
A/S  Mortars: 1 Mk 20 Mousetrap
Depth charges: 4

Sensors:

Radars: Decca, surface search
Sonars: PMS 26, active search & attack

Comments:

Not all craft have 2 Bofors. Those with one have Oerlikon instead. 12 very similar craft are operated by the Turkish Coast Guard. All built locally.
AB 30 was transferred to Georgia in 1998. AB26 and AB32 were transferred to Azerbaijan in 1999 and 2000

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