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]
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 Amasra (M266) |
| Class overview |
|---|
| Builders | |
| 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 | |
| Speed | 18 kn (33 km/h) |
| Complement | 41 |
Sensors and
processing systems |
- 1 × Marconi 2093 VDS mine hunting sonar
- DRBN 32 navigation radar
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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
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| Notes |
- mine diver equipment, decompression chamber
- crane
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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.
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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 | |
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