This is a list of Turkish Navy submarines that have served from 10 July 1920Cevat Ülkekul, "Kurtuluş Savaşı'nda Türk Denizcileri ve Cumhuriyet Bahriyesinin Kuruluşu" , Piri Reis Symposium, Office of Navigation of Hydrography and Oceanography. to present.

Birinci İnönü class

German Type UB III submarine:

Name Builder Launched Commissioned Fate Birinci İnönüRobert Gardiner, Roger Chesneau, Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946, Conway Maritime Press, London, 1980, , p. 407. IvS, Fijenoord 29 January 1927 9 June 1928 Decommissioned 1948 İkinci İnönü IvS, Fijenoord 12 March 1927 9 June 1928 Decommissioned 1948

Dumlupınar version of Italian Vettor Pisani-class submarine

Name Builder Launched Commissioned Fate Dumlupınar CRDA, Monfalcone 4 March 1931 6 November 1931 Decommissioned 1949

Sakarya version of Italian Argonauta-class submarine

Name Builder Launched Commissioned Fate Sakarya CRDA, Monfalcone 5 February 1931 6 November 1931 Decommissioned 1949

Gür German Type IA submarine

Name Builder Launched Commissioned Fate GürRobert Gardiner, Roger Chesneau, Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946, Conway Maritime Press, London, 1980, , p. 408. Echevarrieta y Larrinaga, Cádiz 22 October 1930 29 December 1936 Decommissioned 1947

Ay class Ay-class (version of German Type IX submarine):

Name Builder Launched Commissioned Fate Saldıray Germaniawerft, Kiel 23 July 1938 5 June 1939 Decommissioned 1958 Atılay Germaniawerft, Kiel 1938 19 May 1939 Mined & sunk on 14 July 1942 Batıray Germaniawerft, Kiel 28 September 1938 Seized by Germany:20 September 1939, commissioned as UA Scuttled by crew 3 May 1945Ramazan Sezai Aksu, "Atatürk tarafından isimlendirilen İlk Ay Sınıfı Denizaltılarımız" , Pusula Dergisi, Turkish Naval Academy. Yıldıray Gölcük Naval Shipyard 26 August 1939 15 January 1946 Decommissioned 1958

Oruç Reis class (version of Royal Navy S-class submarine):

Name Builder Launched Acquired Fate Oruç Reis Vickers-Armstrongs Barrow-in-Furness 19 July 1940Taken over by Royal Navy as Delivered 9 May 1942 Scrapped 1957 Murat Reis Vickers-Armstrongs 20 July 1940Taken over by Royal Navy as Delivered 16 May 1942 Scrapped 1957 Burak Reis Vickers-Armstrongs 19 October 1940Taken over by Royal Navy as Delivered 17 January 1946 Scrapped 1957 Uluç Ali Reis Vickers-Armstrongs 1 November 1940Taken over by Royal Navy as Lost in Royal Navy service Sunk 18 April 1943

Ex-US Balao class (unmodified type) Ex- US Navy Balao-class submarine:

Name Builder Launched Acquired Fate Robert Gardiner, Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995, 2nd Revised edition, Conway Maritime Press, London, 1995, , p. 472. Electric Boat, Groton, CT 25 June 1944Ex- 23 May 1948 Decommissioned 29 November 1972 & sold for scrapping, November 1980 Electric Boat, Groton, CT 7 May 1944Ex- 23 May 1948 Decommissioned 30 November 1973, non-commissioned charging platform for submarine batteries 1973–75, returned to US in 1975 & sold for scrapping Electric Boat, Groton, CT 21 May 1944Ex- 23 August 1948 Returned to US custody for scrapping, 1 January 1974 Electric Boat, Groton, CT 6 August 1944Ex- 16 November 1950 Decommissioned 11 August 1976 Electric Boat, Groton, CT 18 June 1944Ex- 25 May 1948 Decommissioned 12 December 1975 & returned to US custody for scrapping TCG Dumlupınar (S-335) Electric Boat, Groton, CT 23 April 1944Ex- 16 November 1950 Sunk in collision on 4 April 1953 Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, Manitowoc, WI 29 August 1943Ex- 7 August 1954 Decommissioned 4 May 1972, served as a battery charging hulk until scrapped in September 1983 Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, Manitowoc, WI 24 October 1943Ex- 23 October 1954 Decommissioned 4 May 1972 & scrapped

Ex-US Balao class (Fleet Snorkel type)

Ex- US Navy Balao-class submarine Fleet Snorkel type:

Name Builder Launched Acquired Fate Robert Gardiner, Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995, 2nd Revised edition, Conway Maritime Press, London, 1995, , p. 473. Electric Boat, Groton, CT 16 February 1944Ex- 17 October 1958 Decommissioned 5 April 1983, served as a receiving ship, yard craft & battery-charging hulk for other submarines until 1996, then sold for scrap in April 2000 TCG Pirireis (S-343) Manitowoc Shipbuilding, Manitowoc, WI 9 November 1944 Ex- 18 March 1960 Decommissioned 1973 & sold for scrap in 1980 Manitowoc Shipbuilding, Manitowoc, WI 17 January 1945Ex- 20 April 1960 Discarded in 1977 & used for spare parts

Ex-US Balao class (GUPPY IA type) Ex- US Navy Balao-class submarine GUPPY IA type:

Name Builder Launched Acquired Fate Electric Boat, Groton, CT 30 March 1944Ex- 30 June 1972 Reclassified as a charging boat, 6 February 1983; retired, 15 September 1986

Ex-US Balao class (GUPPY IIA type) Ex- US Navy Balao-class submarine GUPPY IIA type:

Name Builder Launched Acquired Fate Portsmouth N Yd, Kittery, ME 28 March 1944Ex- 14 December 1970 Struck 1996 Portsmouth N Yd, Kittery, ME 27 January 1944Ex- 30 November 1970 Decommissioned 8 August 2001; purchased by the city of North Little Rock, Arkansas on 25 March 2004; berthed on 29 August 2004 & opened to the public at the Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum on 15 May 2005 Portsmouth N Yd, Kittery, ME 27 October 1943Ex- 1 July 1971 Decommissioned 1987 Electric Boat, Groton, CT 17 December 1944Ex- 1972 Decommissioned & stricken in 1987 Portsmouth N Yd, Kittery, ME 26 June 1944Ex- 18 August 1972 Decommissioned 11 August 1998

Ex-US Balao class (GUPPY III type) Ex- US Navy Balao-class submarine GUPPY III type:

Name Builder Launched Acquired Fate Electric Boat, Groton, CT 10 June 1945Ex- 21 November 1973 Stricken 2 September 1996 & scrapped Electric Boat, Groton, CT 1 April 1945Ex- 15 January 1974 Decommissioned 22 January 1998

Ex-US Tench class

Ex- US Navy Tench-class submarine GUPPY IIA Program:

Name Builder Launched Acquired Fate Portsmouth N Yd, Kittery, ME 7 July 1944Ex- 1 July 1971 Decommissioned in 2000 & made into a museum ship Portsmouth N Yd, Kittery, ME 18 August 1944Ex- 1 July 1972 Decommissioned 23 July 1999

Ex-US Tang class Ex- US Navy :

Name Builder Launched Acquired Fate TCG Pirireis S-343 Portsmouth N Yd, Kittery, ME 19 June 1951Ex- 8 February 1980 Decommissioned August 2004 & turned into a museum ship at İnciraltı Sea Museum Portsmouth N Yd, Kittery, ME 11 June 1952Ex- 1983 Decommissioned 4 February 2004 & turned into a museum ship at Kocaeli Museum Ships Command

Atılay class Atılay-class submarine Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Type 209/1200:

Name Builder Launched Commissioned Fate Howaldtswerke, Kiel 23 October 1974 23 July 1975 Decommissioned 30 November 2016 Howaldtswerke, Kiel 14 February 1975 21 October 1975 Decommissioned 14 November 2014 Howaldtswerke, Kiel 24 October 1977 20 July 1978 Decommissioned 11 June 2025 Gölcük Naval Shipyard 20 July 1979 20 July 1981 Decommissioned 16 March 2026 Gölcük Naval Shipyard 16 November 1983 16 November 1985 Active Gölcük Naval Shipyard 22 July 1988 21 July 1989 Active

Preveze class

Preveze-class submarine Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Type 209T1/1400:

Name Builder Launched Commissioned Fate Gölcük Naval Shipyard 22 November 1993 28 July 1994 Active Gölcük Naval Shipyard 28 July 1994 21 December 1995 Active Gölcük Naval Shipyard 25 August 1997 28 July 1998 Active Gölcük Naval Shipyard 1 September 1998 22 July 1999 Active

Gür class Gür-class submarine Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Type 209T2/1400:

Name Builder Launched Commissioned Fate Gölcük Naval Shipyard May 2002 24 July 2003 Active Gölcük Naval Shipyard September 2002 13 December 2004 Active Gölcük Naval Shipyard 2 September 2005 1 November 2006 Active Gölcük Naval Shipyard 24 May 2007 27 June 2008 Active

Reis-class Reis-class submarine - Type 214 submarines, featuring an air-independent propulsion (AIP) system developed by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft GmbH (HDW).

Name Builder Launched Commissioned Fate TCG Piri Reis (S-330) Gölcük Naval Shipyard 22 December 2019 25 August 2024 Active TCG Hızır Reis (S-331) Gölcük Naval Shipyard 23 May 2022 2025? Under sea trials TCG Murat Reis (S-332) Gölcük Naval Shipyard 8 June 2024 2026? Floating dock activities started TCG Aydın Reis (S-333) Gölcük Naval Shipyard 2027? TCG Seydi Ali Reis (S-334) Gölcük Naval Shipyard 2028? TCG Selman Reis (S-335) Gölcük Naval Shipyard 2029?

Sources

External links

Serhat Guvenc, "Building a Republican Navy in Turkey: 1924–1939", International Journal of Naval History Denizaltı Filosu Komutanlığı Unofficial Homepage of Turkish Navy