List of mine warfare vessels of the Turkish Navy

This article is about mine warfare vessels of the Turkish Navy. For mine warfare vessels of the Ottoman Navy, see List of mine warfare vessels of the Ottoman Steam Navy.

This is a list of Turkish Navy mine warfare vessels that have served past and present, from 10 July 1920^[1] to present.

Minelayers

Atak

Name	Builder	Launched	Acquired	Service years
Atak				1938-early 1960s

Sivrihisar class

Name	Builder	Launched	Acquired	Service years
Sivrihisar				1940–1960
Turgut Reis				1940–1960

Danish Falster class

Nusret class ( Falster class):

Name	Builder	Launched	Acquired	Fate
TCG Nusret (N-110)[2]	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
TCG Mordoğan (N-101)[2]		Ex-USS LSM-484	after 1944-45
TCG Meriç (N-102)[2]		Ex-USS LSM-490	after 1944-45
TCG Marmaris (N-103)[2]		Ex-USS LSM-481	after 1944-45
TCG Mersin (N-104)[2]		Ex-USS LSM-493	after 1944-45
TCG Mürefte (N-105)[2]		Ex-USS LSM-492	after 1944-45

Minehunters

Engin class

Engin class minehunter (Edincik class minehunter, Circe class minehunter):

TCG Edincik (M-260)

Name	Builder	Launched	Acquired	Fate
TCG Edincik (M-260)		Ex-FS Calliope (M-713)		active
TCG Edremit (M-261)		Ex-FS Circe (M-715)		active
TCG Enez (M-262)		Ex-FS Ceres (M-716)		active
TCG Erdek (M-263)		Ex-FS Cybele (M-712)		active
TCG Erdemli (M-264)		Ex-FS Clio (M-714)		active

Aydın class

Aydın-class minehunter (subclass of Fr. Lürssen Werft GmbH & Co. KG Frankenthal-class minehunter):

TCG Anamur (M-269)

Name	Builder	Launched	Acquired	Fate
TCG Alanya (M-265)	Lürssen, Abeking & Rasmussen		26 July 2005	active
TCG Amasra (M-266)	Istanbul Naval Yard		26 July 2005	active
TCG Ayvalık (M-267)	Istanbul Naval Yard		22 June 2007	active
TCG Akçakoca (M-268)	Istanbul Naval Yard		17 September 2007	active
TCG Anamur (M-269)	Istanbul Naval Yard			active
TCG Akçay (M-270)	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):^[2]

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):^[2]

TCG Foça (M-500)

Name	Builder	Launched	Acquired	Fate
TCG Foça (M-500)		Ex-USS MSI-15		Extant in 2010-13
TCG Fethiye (M-501)		Ex-USS MSI-16		Extant in 2010
TCG Fatsa (M-502)		Ex-USS MSI-17		Extant in 2010
TCG Finike (M-503)		Ex-USS MSI-18		Extant in 2010

Redwing class early type

S class minesweeper ( Redwing class early type coastal minesweeper):^[2]

Name	Builder	Launched	Acquired	Fate
TCG Samsun (M-510)	Bellingham Shipyards Bellingham, Washington	Ex-USS MSC-268	6 September 1957	struck 2005
TCG Sinop (M-511)	Bellingham Shipyards Bellingham, Washington	Ex-USS MSC-270	4 January 1958	struck 2004
TCG Sürmene (M-512)	Bellingham Shipyards Bellingham, Washington	Ex-USS MSC-271	1958	struck 2005
TCG Seddülbahir (M-513)	Bellingham Shipyards Bellingham, Washington	Ex-USS MSC-272	1958	struck 2005

Redwing class later type

S class minesweeper ( Redwing class later type coastal minesweeper):^[2]

TCG Silifke (M-514)

Name	Builder	Launched	Acquired	Fate
TCG Silifke (M-514)	Dorchester Shipbuilding Corp. Dorchester, New Jersey	Ex-USS MSC-304	21 November 1964	Extant in 2010
TCG Saros (M-515)	Dorchester Shipbuilding Corp. Dorchester, New Jersey	Ex-USS MSC-305	1 May 1965	in service as of 2015
TCG Sığacık (M-516)	Peterson Builders Sturgeon Bay, WI	Ex-USS MSC-311	1 May 1965	in service as of 2015 scrapped in Aliaga in 2018
TCG Sapanca (M-517)	Peterson Builders Sturgeon Bay, WI	Ex-USS MSC-312	14 September 1964	in service as of 2015
TCG Sarıyer (M-518)	Peterson Builders Sturgeon Bay, WI	Ex USS-MSC-315	21 April 1966	in service as of 2015 scrapped in Aliaga in 2018[3]

Adjutant class

S class minesweeper ( Adjutant class minesweeper):^[2]

Name	Builder	Launched	Acquired	Fate
TCG Seymen (M-507)	Hiltebrant Drydock Co. Kingston, New York	Ex-Belgian Navy De Panne	1969
TCG Selçuk (M-508)	Stephen Brothers, Inc. Stockton, California	21 November 1953 as Ex-French Navy Pavot	24 March 1970	reclassified as survey vessel, April 1998
TCG Seyhan (M-509)	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)^[2] -> K class patrol boat:

Name	Builder	Launched	Acquired	Fate
TCG Karamürsel (M-520)		Ex-M-1253 Worms		TCG Karamürsel (P-307) Extant in 2010
TCG Kerempe (M-521)		Ex-M-1252 Detmold		TCG Kerempe (P-308) Extant in 2010
TCG Kilimli (M-522)		Ex-M-1254 Siegen		TCG Kilimli (P-309) Extant in 2010
TCG Kozlu (M-523)		Ex-M-1251 Hameln		TCG Kozlu (P-301) Extant in 2010
TCG Kuşadası (M-524)		Ex-M-1250 Vegesack		TCG Kuşadası (P-302) Extant in 2010
TCG Kemer (M-525)		Ex-M-1255 Passau

Ex-Canadian Bay class

Trabzon-class minesweeper: Bay-class minesweeper^[2][4] -> T class patrol boat:

Name	Builder	Launched	Acquired	Fate
TCG Trabzon (M-530)	Davie Shipbuilding, Lauzon, Quebec	12 November 1951 as Ex-HMCS Gaspé (MCB 143)	31 March 1958	in service until 1991
TCG Terme (M-531)	Davie Shipbuilding, Lauzon, Quebec	31 July 1953 as Ex-HMCS Trinity (MCB 157)	31 March 1958	in service until 1991
TCG Tirebolu (M-532)	Victoria Machinery Depot, Victoria, British Columbia	24 April 1952 as Ex-HMCS Comox (MCB 146)	31 March 1958	sold in 1996
TCG Tekirdağ (M-533)	Davie Shipbuilding, Lauzon, Quebec	20 May 1953 as Ex-HMCS Ungava (MCB 148)	31 March 1958	in service until 1991, then broken up for scrap at Aliağa, Turkey in 2002