A-class minehunter

The A class is a class of minehunter vessels in the Turkish Navy. In 1999, the German shipyards Lürssen and Abeking & Rasmussen were contracted to build six Frankenthal-class ships for the Turkish Navy, a purchase worth US$630 million. While the first vessel was built in Germany, later ships were constructed by the Istanbul Naval Shipyard.^[1]

Amasra (M266)
Class overview
Builders	Lürssen Abeking & Rasmussen Istanbul Naval Yard
Operators	Turkish Navy
In commission	2005–present
Planned	6
Building	0
Completed	6
Active	6
General characteristics
Type	Minehunter
Displacement	650 t
Length	54.4 m (178 ft)
Beam	9.2 m (30 ft)
Draft	2.6 m (8 ft 6 in)
Propulsion	2 × MTU 16V 538 TB91 diesel engines, 2040 kW each 2 × electric motors for slow and silent maneuvering 2 × Renk PLS 25 E gearboxes 2 × controllable pitch propellers
Speed	18 kn (33 km/h)
Complement	41
Sensors and processing systems	1 × Marconi 2093 VDS mine hunting sonar DRBN 32 navigation radar
Electronic warfare & decoys	2 × Barricade chaff and flare launcher
Armament	1 × 30 mm gun 2 × 12.7 mm machine gun 2 × PAP-105 Mk5 mine hunting system Mine laying capabilities
Notes	mine diver equipment, decompression chamber crane

The Turkish Navy has become the second naval force in the world, after the German Navy, to use a non-magnetic steel hull in its minehunter vessels.

Pennant Number	Name	shipyard	commissioned
M265	Alanya	Abeking & Rasmussen, Lürssen	26 July 2005
M266	Amasra	Istanbul Naval Shipyard	26 July 2005
M267	Ayvalık	Istanbul Naval Shipyard	22 June 2007
M268	Akçakoca	Istanbul Naval Shipyard	17 September 2007
M269	Anamur	Istanbul Naval Shipyard
M270	Akçay	Istanbul Naval Shipyard

See also

• Lists of ships of the Turkish Navy