List of mine warfare vessels of the Turkish Navy

Last updated July 16, 2025

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	Launched	Acquired
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):

Name	Launched	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):

Name	Builder	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	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]

Name	Launched	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]

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	Launched	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

Sources

↑ Cevat Ülkekul, "Kurtuluş Savaşı'nda Türk Denizcileri ve Cumhuriyet Bahriyesinin Kuruluşu" Archived 2007-10-25 at the Wayback Machine , Piri Reis Symposium, Office of Navigation of Hydrography and Oceanography. (in Turkish)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Robert Gardiner, Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995, 2nd Revised edition, Conway Maritime Press, London, 1995, ISBN 978-0-85177-605-7, p. 479.
↑ "Instagram post". instagram.com.
↑ Macpherson, Ken; Barrie, Ron (2002). The Ships of Canada's Naval Forces 1910—2002 (Third ed.). St. Catharines, Ontario: Vanwell Publishing. pp. 272–277. ISBN 1-55125-072-1.

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[Cevat-1] Cevat Ülkekul, "Kurtuluş Savaşı'nda Türk Denizcileri ve Cumhuriyet Bahriyesinin Kuruluşu" Archived 2007-10-25 at the Wayback Machine , Piri Reis Symposium, Office of Navigation of Hydrography and Oceanography. (in Turkish)

[Conway1947-1995-479-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Robert Gardiner, Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995, 2nd Revised edition, Conway Maritime Press, London, 1995, ISBN 978-0-85177-605-7, p. 479.

[3] "Instagram post". instagram.com.

[4] Macpherson, Ken; Barrie, Ron (2002). The Ships of Canada's Naval Forces 1910—2002 (Third ed.). St. Catharines, Ontario: Vanwell Publishing. pp. 272–277. ISBN 1-55125-072-1.

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