Native name | Ares Tersanecilik Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim Şirketi |
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Type | Incorporated company |
Industry | Shipbuilding |
Founded | 2006 |
Founder | Kalafatoğlu Family |
Headquarters | Free economic zone, , Turkey |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Kerim Kalafatoğlu, Chairman |
Ares Shipyard (Turkish : Ares Tersanesi) is a Turkish shipyard established in Antalya, southern Turkey in 2006. It builds fast patrol boats for the defence and law enforcement missions. This Shipyard Made World Class 'Ares-150 Hercules' OPV. Whice was awarded World's best Offshore patrol Ship By An International Maritime Organisation In 2018 [1]
Ares Shipyard was founded for building of sightseeing boats and yachts by Kalafatoğlu Family of Sürmene in Trabzon, an ancestor seafarer. The shipyard is situated in the Free economic zone of Antalya, and has five covered buildings of 40,000 m2 (430,000 sq ft) total area. The company went into defence industry and has been building fast patrol boats and offshore patrol crafts for the coast guard commands of Bahrain, [2] [3] Oman, [4] and Qatar, [5] since 2014, [1] Turkish Coast Guard and Police, [6] and Northern Cyprus Coast Guard. [7]
For the design of the patrol boats, Ares cooperates with the British Maritime Technology (BMT). [8] The shipyard developed an armed unmanned surface vessel equipped with guided missiles for the Turkish Navy in early 2021. [9]
As of April 2022 [update]
Ship class !, | Type | Operators ! | Ordered | Built | Ref |
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FPB-class Fast patrol boat | Ares 35 FPB | ![]() | 105 | ||
![]() | 17 | ||||
Ares 42 FPB | |||||
Ares 58 FPB | |||||
Harpoon-class Fast interceptor craft | Ares 24 Harpoon | ![]() | 14 | ||
Ares 35 Harpoon | |||||
Ares 40 Harpoon | |||||
Ares 55 Harpoon | |||||
Ares 65 Harpoon | |||||
Hector-class Multi-role patrol craft | Ares 42 Hector | ![]() | 10 | 10 | |
![]() | 3 | 3 | |||
Ares 55 Hector | |||||
Ares 85 Hector | |||||
Ares 108 Hector | |||||
Ares 140 Hector | |||||
Hercules-class Fast patrol boat | Ares 75 Hercules | ![]() | 5 | ||
Ares 85 Hercules | ![]() | 14 | 3 | ||
Ares 110 Hercules | ![]() | 10 | |||
Ares 150 Hercules | ![]() | 9 | |||
![]() | 9 (Ordered With TOT) | ||||
![]() | 5 | ||||
SAT-class Special operations support and fast attack craft | Ares 55 SAT | ||||
Ares 80 SAT | ![]() | 6 | |||
Ares 100 SAT | |||||
Ares 115 SAT | |||||
Ares 150 SAT | |||||
ULAQ-clas Armed unmanned surface vessel | ULAQ | ![]() | 1 |
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