Doğan-class fast attack craft

The Doğan class is one of the fast attack craft / missile boat classes of the Turkish Navy.

P-342 Tayfun
Class overview
Name	Doğan class
Operators	Turkish Navy
In commission	1977–present
Completed	4
Active	3
Retired	1[1]
General characteristics
Type	Fast attack craft / Missile boat
Displacement	436 long tons (443 t)
Length	58.1 m (190 ft 7 in)
Beam	7.62 m (25 ft 0 in)
Draught	2.74 m (9 ft 0 in)
Propulsion	4 × MTU diesel engines 8,948 kW (12,000 hp) 4 shafts
Speed	38 knots (70 km/h; 44 mph)
Range	1,050 nmi (1,940 km; 1,210 mi) at 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement	40
Sensors & processing systems	WM 28/41 fire control radar LIOD Mk.2 fire control radar Decca 1226 navigation radar
Electronic warfare & decoys	2 decoy RL SUSIE-1 intercept
Armament	2 × Harpoon SSM 1 × Oto Melara 76 mm (3 in) gun 1 × dual 35 mm (1.4 in) AA gun 2 × 7.62 mm caliber machine guns

Designed by Lürssen Werft in Germany, these ships are almost identical to the Yıldız and Rüzgar classes, having the same hull, machinery, and weapons. They were fitted with LIOD Mk.2 electro-optical fire control and TACTICOS command control systems during their mid-life modernization program.

History

TCG Doğan was built in Germany, and the other ships of the class were built in Turkey. TCG Marti was removed from the Turkish Naval Forces Command inventory in 2022.^[1] In August 2025, it was provided to the Maldives National Defence Force, where it was commissioned as the CGS Dharumavantha.^[2]

List of boats

Pennant number	Name	Launched	Commissioned
P-340	Doğan	16 June 1976	23 December 1977
P-341	Marti	28 July 1977	1 August 1978
P-342	Tayfun	19 July 1979	10 July 1980
P-343	Volkan	11 August 1980	12 May 1981

See also

• List of Turkish Navy ships