SUBMARINES

 
 

PREVEZE CLASS (209 Type 1400)

NUMBER NAME LAUNCHED COMMISSIONED
S-353 PREVEZE 22 Oct 1993 28 July 1994
S-354 SAKARYA 28 Jul 1994 23 Sep 1995
S-355 18 MART 25 Aug 1997 24 June 1998
S-356 ANAFARTALAR 1 Sep 1998 22 July 1999

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Characteristics:

Displacement: 1586 tons dived
Dimensions: 62 x 6.2 x 5.5 metres
Speed, Range: 15 knots, 8200 miles at 8 kts.
Crew: 30 (8 officers)

Weapons:

Missiles: Harpoon SSM
Torpedoes: Tigerfish Mk 24 Mod 2; STN Atlas DM2A4 14 Harpoons & Torpedoes;
8 - 533mm bow tubes

Sensors:

Radars: surface search
Sonars: CSU-83 passive & active search and attack; TAS-3 towed array

Comments:

Improved and larger successors of ATILAY class submarines. They are being built locally with some German assistance.
Diving depth is 250 m. The endurance of these boats is very good. Between 24 October 1997 and 3 February 1998 PREVEZE sailed alone from Turkey to Malaysia and back in order to show flag and to promote Turkey's ship building capabilities at the LIMA 97 Defense Exhibition.

Each submarine has one Mark 76 Attack and one Mark 76 Search periscope manufactured by Kollmorgen.

In April 1999 BAe (STN Atlas) DM2A4 heavy torpedo (40+ training torpedoes) was selected for cost of $40 million

A contract for a second batch of PREVEZE class was signed between the Turkish Navy and HDW at 22 July 1998. The construction of S-357 GÜR was started two days later. These last four boats are called GÜR class by Turkish Navy.

© C. Devrim Yaylalı 1997-2007