List of patrol vessels of the Turkish Navy

This is a list of Turkish Navy patrol 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.

Torpedo boats

Hamidiye-class Name Builder Launched Commissioned Fate Yunus Ansaldo, Sestri Ponente, Genoa 1901 1902 Decommissioned 1929Broken up 1935

Akhisar-class Name Builder Launched Commissioned Fate Ansaldo, Sestri Ponente, Genoa 25 April 1904 June 1904 Stricken 1930; Scrapped 1935

Antalya-class Name Builder Launched Commissioned Fate Ansaldo, Sestri Ponente, Genoa 1904 8 January 1907 Decommissioned September 10, 1920; used as a work barge in 1926; Scrapped 1936 Musul Ansaldo, Sestri Ponente, Genoa 1904 1905 Decommissioned 1929Broken up 1936

Demirhisar-class Name Builder Launched Commissioned Fate Sivrihisar Ansaldo, Sestri Ponente, Genoa 1907 1907 Decommissioned 1928Broken up 1935 Ansaldo, Sestri Ponente, Genoa 1907 1907 Decommissioned 1928Broken up 1935

Motor Torpedo Boats MTB-1 - MTB-10

Patrol vessels Harbour Defence Motor Launches: ML-1 - ML-7 - active as late as the early 1970s

Fairmile B motor launches: AB-1 - AB-8

Ex-US Auk class Ex- Royal Navy Auk class:Robert Gardiner, Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995, 2nd Revised edition, Conway Maritime Press, London, 1995, , p. 474.

Name Builder Launched Commissioned Fate TCG Çandarlı Associated, Seattle, WA Ex- March 1947 converted to survey ship in the 1960s; stricken 1986 TCG Çardak (M-507) Gulf Shipbuilding Corporation, Chickasaw, AL 4 October 1942 as Ex- March 1947 decommissioned 1974 TCG Çarşamba Gulf Shipbuilding Corporation, Chickasaw, AL 27 January 1943 as Ex- March 1947 converted to survey ship , stricken 1985 Associated, Seattle, WA Ex- 1947 stricken 1974 Savannah Machine & Foundry, Savannah, GA Ex- March 1947 stricken 1974 Associated, Seattle, WA Ex- March 1947 stricken 1973 TCG Erdemli Associated, Seattle, WA Ex- March 1947 stricken 1963 TCG Ereğli Associated, Seattle, WA Ex- March 1947

Ex-British Bathurst class Ex- Royal Australian Navy Bathurst class corvette:

Name Builder Launched Acquired Fate TCG Alanya (M-501) Evans Deakin, Brisbane 6 October 6 1941 as Ex- 1946 Decommissioned 1975 TCG Amasra (M-502) BHP, Whyalla 3 December 1941 as Ex- 21 May 1946 Decommissioned 26 March 1984 TCG Ayvalık BHP, Whyalla 4 October 1941 as Ex- 1946 Decommissioned 1963 TCG Antalya (M-500) Poole & Steel, Sydney 16 August 1941 as Ex- 14 June 1946 Renamed as TCG Ayvalık in 1963 after her sister ship (formerly HMAS Gawler); Decommissioned 1975 TCG Ayancık (M-503) Evans Deakin, Brisbane 30 June 1941 as Ex- 21 May 1946 renamed as Hamit Naci in 1965 & transferred to the Turkish Seamanship College

Ex-British Bangor class Ex- Royal Canadian Navy :Robert Gardiner, Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995, 2nd Revised edition, Conway Maritime Press, London, 1995, , p. 478.

Name Builder Launched Acquired Fate Dufferin, Toronto, Ontario 1 October 1940 as Ex- 29 November 1957 Discarded & scrapped 1972 Port Arthur, Port Arthur, Ontario 20 December 1941 as Ex- 29 November 1957 Discarded & scrapped 1972 TCG Bartın (P-130) Port Arthur, Port Arthur, Ontario 17 April 1942 as Ex- 29 November 1957 Decommissioned & scrapped 1972 Port Arthur, Port Arthur, Ontario 14 May 1942 as Ex- 29 March 1958 Discarded & scrapped 1971 TCG Beylerbeyi (P-123) North Van Ship Repair, North Vancouver, BC 14 November 1940 as Ex- 29 March 1958 Discarded & scrapped 1972 Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Quebec 25 June 1941 as Ex- 29 November 1957 Discarded & scrapped 1963 Port Arthur, Port Arthur, Ontario 30 December 1941 as Ex- 29 November 1957 Discarded & scrapped 1971 Davie Shipbuilding, Lévis, Quebec 14 March 1942 as Ex- 29 March 1958 Discarded & scrapped 1972 Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Quebec 29 May 1941 as Ex- 29 March 1958 Discarded & scrapped 1971 TCG Büyükdere (P-128) Dufferin, Toronto, Ontario 21 January 1942 as Ex- 29 March 1958 Decommissioned & scrapped 1972

Ex-US PC type Hisar class patrol boat (Ex- US Navy PC-1638-class submarine chaser):

Name Builder Launched Acquired Fate Gunderson, Portland, OR 1963 as Ex-USS PC-1638 9 May 1964 Decommissioned 3 June 2002 TCG Demirhisar (P-112) Gunderson, Portland, OR 1964 as Ex-USS PC-1639 Unknown TCG Yarhisar (P-113) Gunderson, Portland, OR 14 May 1964 as Ex-USS PC-1640 18 July 1965 Decommissioned 2005; Museum ship at Yarhisar Naval Museum 2006 TCG Akhisar (P-114) Gunderson, Portland, OR 14 May 1964 as Ex-USS PC-1641 Unknown TCG Sivrihisar (P-115) Gunderson, Portland, OR 1964 as Ex-USS PC-1642 Unknown TCG Koçhisar (P-116) Gunderson, Portland, OR December 1964 as Ex-USS PC-1643 (assembled at Gölcük?) Unknown

Spanish Lazaga-class Light version of Spanish Lazaga-class fast attack craft:

Name Builder Launched Commissioned Fate Taşkızak Naval Shipyard, Istanbul

Ex-US PGM-71 class AB-21-class gunboat (Ex- US Navy PGM-71-class motor gunboat):

Name Builder Launched Acquired Fate TCG AB-21 (P-1221) Ex- TCG AB-22 (P-1222) Ex- TCG AB-23 (P-1223) Ex- TCG AB-24 (P-1224) Ex-

Ex-USCG 83-footer cutter type Ex- USCG "83-footer" cutter type

Name Builder Launched Acquired Fate LS-9 P-339/P-1209/P-109 LS-10 P-308/P-1210/P-110 LS-11 P-309/P-1211/P-111 LS-12 P-310/P-1212/P-112 LS-13 LS-14 LS-15 LS-16 LS-17 LS-18 LS-19

AB-25 class

AB-25 classRobert Gardiner, Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995, 2nd Revised edition, Conway Maritime Press, London, 1995, , p. 479. (Turkish type hunting boat):Refakat ve Karakol Filosu Komutanlığı

Name Builder Launched Commissioned Fate TCG AB-25 (P-125) Camialtı Shipyard, Istanbul late 1960s 1969 out of service 2000 TCG AB-26 (P-126) Camialtı Shipyard, Istanbul late 1960s-early 1970s transferred to Kazakhstan 1999 TCG AB-27 (P-127) Camialtı Shipyard, Istanbul late 1960s-early 1970s active TCG AB-28 (P-128) Camialtı Shipyard, Istanbul late 1960s-early 1970s active TCG AB-29 (P-129) Camialtı Shipyard, Istanbul late 1960s-early 1970s active TCG AB-30 (P-130) Camialtı Shipyard, Istanbul late 1960s-early 1970s transferred to Georgia 1998 TCG AB-31 (P-131) Camialtı Shipyard, Istanbul late 1960s-early 1970s active TCG AB-32 (P-132) Camialtı Shipyard, Istanbul late 1960s-early 1970s transferred to Kazakhstan 2001 TCG AB-33 (P-133) Camialtı Shipyard, Istanbul late 1960s-early 1970s out of service 2002 TCG AB-34 (P-134) Camialtı Shipyard, Istanbul late 1960s-early 1970s transferred to Azerbaijan 2000 TCG AB-35 (P-135) Camialtı Shipyard, Istanbul late 1960s-early 1970s active TCG AB-36 (P-136) Camialtı Shipyard, Istanbul late 1960s-early 1970s active

New Type Patrol Boat Tuzla-class patrol boat: Name Builder Launched Commissioned Fate P-1200 Dearsan Shipyard, TuzlaNew Type Patrol Boat , DEARSAN Shipyard 9 April 2010 active

Offshore patrol boats Hisar-class Name Builder Launched Acquired Fate Koçhisar Istanbul Naval Shipyard 2026

Fast attack crafts

Doğan-class Doğan class MAS: Name Builder Launched Acquired Fate Doğan S.V.A.N. 1926 1931 1940s Martı S.V.A.N. 1926 1931 1940s Denizkuşu S.V.A.N. 1926 1931 1940s

Bora, Kasırga, Şimşek, Tayfun, Yıldırım

Ex-West German Nasty class Ex-West German Nasty-class (Klasse 152)/Turkish Nasty-type patrol boat:

Name Builder Launched Acquired Fate Båtservice Verft, Mandal Ex-P6191 Hugin 1964 Discarded 1973 Båtservice Verft, Mandal Ex-P6192 Munin 1964 Discarded 1973

Ex-West German Jaguar class Ex-West German Jaguar-class fast attack craft, Klasse 140:

Name Builder Launched Acquired Fate Lürssen, Bremen-Vegesack Ex-Pelikan (S-30) 1974? retired Lürssen, Bremen-Vegesack Ex-Storch (S-17) 1974? retired Lürssen, Bremen-Vegesack Ex-Löwe (S-12) 1975 retired Lürssen, Bremen-Vegesack Ex-Häher (S-18) 1975? retired Lürssen, Bremen-Vegesack Ex-Tiger (S-23) 1974? retired Lürssen, Bremen-Vegesack Ex-Wolf (S-3) 1975 retired Lürssen, Bremen-Vegesack Ex-Pinguin (S-22) 1972? converted to private yacht Sea Star, 2007?

Kartal class Kartal-class fast attack craft (ex West German Zobel-class fast attack, Klasse 142):

Name Builder Launched Acquired Fate Lürssen, Bremen-Vegesack 15 June 1968 Active? Lürssen, Bremen-Vegesack 28 July 1967 Active? Lürssen, Bremen-Vegesack 19 July 1966 Active? Lürssen, Bremen-Vegesack 25 July 1966 Active? Lürssen, Bremen-Vegesack 25 October 1968 Sunk in collision on 24 September 1985, then salvaged but not repaired Lürssen, Bremen-Vegesack 17 December 1969 Active? Lürssen, Bremen-Vegesack 7 February 1968 Active? Lürssen, Bremen-Vegesack 22 July 1970 Active? Lürssen, Bremen-Vegesack 23 October 1970 Active?

Ex-US Asheville class Yıldırım-class fast attack craft (Ex- US Navy Asheville-class gunboat):

Name Builder Launched Acquired Fate TCG Yıldırım (P-338) Peterson Builders, Sturgeon Bay, WI 24 August 1968 as Ex- 11 June 1973 sank off by an explosion & fire on 11 April 1985 off the coast Lesbos; stricken 6 July 1987 TCG Bora (P-339) Peterson Builders, Sturgeon Bay, WI 7 December 1968 as Ex- 28 February 1973 Sold to Turkey, June 1987 & stricken, 2000

Doğan class Doğan-class fast attack craft (version of Lürssen Werft FPB-57):

Name Builder Launched Commissioned Fate Lürssen 16 June 1976 23 December 1977 Active 28 July 1977 1 August 1978 Decommissioned 2022 19 July 1979 10 July 1980? Active 11 August 1980 12 May 1981 Active

Rüzgar class Rüzgar-class fast attack craft (version of Lürssen Werft FPB-57):

Name Builder Launched Commissioned Fate 1984 14 February 1986 Active 17 December 1984 27 June 1987 Active 24 July 1987 25 October 1987 Active 30 April 1988 22 June 1988 Active

Yıldız class Yıldız-class fast attack craft (version of Lürssen Werft FPB-57):

Name Builder Launched Commissioned Fate Taşkisak Yard, Istanbul 3 June 1996 Active Taşkisak Yard, Istanbul 20 June 1995 19 September 1996 Active

Kılıç class Kılıç-class fast attack craft ( Lürssen Werft):

Name Builder Launched Commissioned Fate Lürssen 1998? Active Gölcük Naval Shipyard, Gölcük, Kocaeli 1999 Active Gölcük Naval Shipyard, Gölcük, Kocaeli 2000 Active

Kılıç II class Kılıç II-class fast attack craft ( Lürssen Werft):

Name Builder Launched Commissioned Fate Gölcük Naval Shipyard, Gölcük, Kocaeli 2005 Active Gölcük Naval Shipyard, Gölcük, Kocaeli 2005 Active Gölcük Naval Shipyard, Gölcük, Kocaeli 2007 Active Gölcük Naval Shipyard, Gölcük, Kocaeli 2007 Active Gölcük Naval Shipyard, Gölcük, Kocaeli 2009 Active Gölcük Naval Shipyard, Gölcük, Kocaeli 2010 Active

Sources

External links

Serhat Guvenc, "Building a Republican Navy in Turkey: 1924-1939", International Journal of Naval History Hücumbot Filosu Komutanlığı Tarihçesi Refakat ve Karakol Filosu Komodoruğu Unofficial Homepage of Turkish Navy