This is a list of Turkish Navy mine warfare vessels that have served past and present, 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.
Minelayers
Atak
Name Builder Launched Acquired Service years Atak 1938-early 1960s
Sivrihisar class
Name Builder Launched Acquired Service years Sivrihisar Thornycroft 1940–1960 Turgut Reis Thornycroft 1940–1960
Danish Falster class Nusret class ( Falster class):
Name Builder Launched Acquired Fate TCG Nusret (N-110)Robert Gardiner, Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995, 2nd Revised edition, Conway Maritime Press, London, 1995, , p. 479. Schiffs & Maschinenbau AG Germania, Kiel, German Empire 4 December 1911 1913 Decommissioned & laid up for conversion to a museum ship in October 1918, sold in 1962 to commercial interests, rebuilt 1962-66 as general cargo motorship, capsized in April 1989, salvaged in 1999 and made into a memorial/museum ship in 2003
Ex-US LSM 1 class coastal minelayer
Mordoğan class: (Ex- LSM-1 class Landing Ship Medium):
Name Builder Launched Acquired Fate Ex-USS LSM-484 after 1944-45 Ex-USS LSM-490 after 1944-45 Ex-USS LSM-481 after 1944-45 Ex-USS LSM-493 after 1944-45 Ex-USS LSM-492 after 1944-45
Minehunters
Engin class Engin class minehunter (Edincik class minehunter, Circe class minehunter):
Name Builder Launched Acquired Fate Ex-FS Calliope (M-713) active Ex-FS Circe (M-715) active Ex-FS Ceres (M-716) active Ex-FS Cybele (M-712) active Ex-FS Clio (M-714) active
Aydın class Aydın-class minehunter (subclass of Fr. Lürssen Werft GmbH & Co. KG Frankenthal-class minehunter):
Name Builder Launched Acquired Fate Lürssen, Abeking & Rasmussen 26 July 2005 active Istanbul Naval Yard 26 July 2005 active Istanbul Naval Yard 22 June 2007 active Istanbul Naval Yard 17 September 2007 active Istanbul Naval Yard active Istanbul Naval Yard active
Minesweeper
Kavak class coastal minesweeper
Name Builder Launched Acquired Service years Kavak 1937–1950s Çanak 1937–1950
Ex-US YMS type K class minesweeper (Ex-US YMS type inshore minesweeper):
Name Builder Launched Acquired Fate Kas 35 yacht builders Ex-USS YMS-79 in service no later than 13 December 1957 Kilimli 35 yacht builders Ex-USS YMS-289 in service no later than 13 December 1957 Kozlu 35 yacht builders Ex-USS YMS-348 in service no later than 13 December 1957 Kuşadası 35 yacht builders Ex-USS YMS-468 in service no later than 13 December 1957 Kemer 35 yacht builders Ex-USS YMS-228 in service no later than 13 December 1957 Kerempe 35 yacht builders Ex-USS YMS-239 in service no later than 13 December 1957 Kirte 35 yacht builders Ex-USS YMS-307 in service no later than 13 December 1957 Karamürsel 35 yacht builders Ex-Küllük, Ex-USS YMS-375 in service no later than 13 December 1957
Ex-US Cape class F class minesweeper (Foça class minesweeper, Cape class inshore minesweeper):
Name Builder Launched Acquired Fate Ex-USS MSI-15 Extant in 2010-13 Ex-USS MSI-16 Extant in 2010 Ex-USS MSI-17 Extant in 2010 Ex-USS MSI-18 Extant in 2010
Redwing class early type S class minesweeper ( Redwing class early type coastal minesweeper):
Name Builder Launched Acquired Fate Bellingham Shipyards Bellingham, Washington Ex-USS MSC-268 6 September 1957 struck 2005 Bellingham Shipyards Bellingham, Washington Ex-USS MSC-270 4 January 1958 struck 2004 Bellingham Shipyards Bellingham, Washington Ex-USS MSC-271 1958 struck 2005 Bellingham Shipyards Bellingham, Washington Ex-USS MSC-272 1958 struck 2005
Redwing class later type S class minesweeper ( Redwing class later type coastal minesweeper):
Name Builder Launched Acquired Fate Dorchester Shipbuilding Corp. Dorchester, New Jersey Ex-USS MSC-304 21 November 1964 Extant in 2010 Dorchester Shipbuilding Corp. Dorchester, New Jersey Ex-USS MSC-305 1 May 1965 in service as of 2015 Peterson Builders Sturgeon Bay, WI Ex-USS MSC-311 1 May 1965 in service as of 2015scrapped in Aliaga in 2018 Peterson Builders Sturgeon Bay, WI Ex-USS MSC-312 14 September 1964 in service as of 2015 Peterson Builders Sturgeon Bay, WI Ex USS-MSC-315 21 April 1966 in service as of 2015scrapped in Aliaga in 2018
Adjutant class S class minesweeper ( Adjutant class minesweeper): Name Builder Launched Acquired Fate Hiltebrant Drydock Co. Kingston, New York Ex-Belgian Navy De Panne 1969 Stephen Brothers, Inc. Stockton, California 21 November 1953 as Ex-French Navy Pavot 24 March 1970 reclassified as survey vessel, April 1998 South Coast Shipyard Newport Beach, California 22 May 1953 as Ex-French Navy Renoncule 24 March 1970 struck 1998
Ex-French Mercure class Karamürsel class minesweeper (Ex- Vegesack class minesweeper) -> K class patrol boat:
Name Builder Launched Acquired Fate Ex-M-1253 Worms Extant in 2010 Ex-M-1252 Detmold Extant in 2010 Ex-M-1254 Siegen Extant in 2010 Ex-M-1251 Hameln Extant in 2010 Ex-M-1250 Vegesack Extant in 2010 Ex-M-1255 Passau
Ex-Canadian Bay class : -> T class patrol boat:
Name Builder Launched Acquired Fate Davie Shipbuilding, Lauzon, Quebec 12 November 1951 as Ex- 31 March 1958 in service until 1991 Davie Shipbuilding, Lauzon, Quebec 31 July 1953 as Ex- 31 March 1958 in service until 1991 Victoria Machinery Depot, Victoria, British Columbia 24 April 1952 as Ex- 31 March 1958 sold in 1996 Davie Shipbuilding, Lauzon, Quebec 20 May 1953 as Ex- 31 March 1958 in service until 1991, then broken up for scrap at Aliağa, Turkey in 2002
Sources
External links Serhat Guvenc, "Building a Republican Navy in Turkey: 1924-1939", International Journal of Naval History Mayın Filosu Komutanlığı Unofficial Homepage of Turkish Navy Motor Minesweeper (AMS), Minesweeper Coastal (MSC), Minesweeper Coastal (Old) (MSC O), Inshore Minesweeper (MSI) Index, NavSource.