Ares Shipyard

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Ares Shipyard
Native name
Ares Tersanecilik Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim Şirketi
TypeIncorporated company
Industry Shipbuilding
Founded2006;17 years ago (2006)
FounderKalafatoğlu 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]

Coast Guard and Navy vessels

As of April 2022

Ship class  !,TypeOperators !OrderedBuiltRef
FPB-class
Fast patrol boat
Ares 35 FPB Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Coast Guard 105
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Police 17
Ares 42 FPB
Ares 58 FPB
Harpoon-class
Fast interceptor craft
Ares 24 Harpoon Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar Coast Guard 14
Ares 35 Harpoon
Ares 40 Harpoon
Ares 55 Harpoon
Ares 65 Harpoon
Hector-class
Multi-role patrol craft
Ares 42 Hector Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Coast Guard 1010
Flag of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.svg  Northern Cyprus Coast Guard 33
Ares 55 Hector
Ares 85 Hector
Ares 108 Hector
Ares 140 Hector
Hercules-class
Fast patrol boat
Ares 75 Hercules Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar Coast Guard 5
Ares 85 Hercules Flag of Oman.svg  Oman Coast Guard 143
Ares 110 Hercules Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar Coast Guard 10
Ares 150 Hercules Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain Coast Guard 9
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh Coast Guard 9 (Ordered With TOT)
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar Coast Guard 5
SAT-class
Special operations support and fast attack craft
Ares 55 SAT
Ares 80 SAT Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar Coast Guard 6
Ares 100 SAT
Ares 115 SAT
Ares 150 SAT
ULAQ-clas
Armed unmanned surface vessel
ULAQ Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Navy 1

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References

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  2. "18m Patrol Boat". BMT. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  3. "BMT Partners with Ares Shipyard to Deliver Patrol Boats for Bahrain Coast Guard". Navy Recognition. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  4. "Umman'ın ARES 85 HERCULES'leri, Antalya'da Suya İndirildi". Savunma Haber (in Turkish). 16 May 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  5. "Ares 150 Hercules". Ares. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  6. Özdemir Tosun, Hatice (1 January 2021). "'Mavi vatan'ın koruyucuları için yerli bot üretimine başlandı". Anadolu Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  7. "ARES-42 Hector Botu". Mavi Vatan (in Turkish). 9 November 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  8. "Omani ARES 85 Hercules Patrol Interceptor Vessel Launched". Joint-Forces. 4 December 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  9. "Turkish Shipbuilder Develops New Armed, Unmanned Surface Vessel". The Maritime Executive. 29 October 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2021.

Coordinates: 36°50′25″N30°36′26″E / 36.84016°N 30.60719°E / 36.84016; 30.60719