A-class minehunter

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Amasra (M266)
Class overview
Builders:
Operators:Flag of Turkey.svg  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
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 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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Minehunter vessel for detecting and destroying naval mines

A minehunter is a naval vessel that seeks, detects, and destroys individual naval mines. Minesweepers, on the other hand, clear mined areas as a whole, without prior detection of mines. A vessel that combines both of these roles is known as a mine countermeasures vessel (MCMV).

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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.

German Navy Maritime warfare branch of Germanys military

The German Navy is the navy of Germany and part of the unified Bundeswehr, the German Armed Forces. The German Navy was originally known as the Bundesmarine from 1956 to 1995, when Deutsche Marine became the official name with respect to the 1990 incorporation of the East German Volksmarine. It is deeply integrated into the NATO alliance. Its primary mission is protection of Germany's territorial waters and maritime infrastructure as well as sea lines of communication. Apart from this, the German Navy participates in peacekeeping operations, and renders humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. They also participate in Anti-Piracy operations.

Pennant
Number
Nameshipyardcommissioned
M265AlanyaAbeking & Rasmussen, Lürssen26 July 2005
M266AmasraIstanbul Naval Shipyard26 July 2005
M267AyvalıkIstanbul Naval Shipyard22 June 2007
M268AkçakocaIstanbul Naval Shipyard17 September 2007
M269AnamurIstanbul Naval Shipyard
M270AkçayIstanbul Naval Shipyard

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References

  1. "Mine Warfare Ships". Unofficial Homepage of Turkish Navy. Retrieved 4 August 2008.