List of submarines of the Turkish Navy

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This is a list of Turkish Navy submarines that have served from 10 July 1920 [1] to present.

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Birinci İnönü class

Flag of the German Empire.svg German Type UB III submarine:

NameBuilderLaunchedCommissionedFate
Birinci İnönü [2] Flag of the Netherlands.svg IvS, Fijenoord 29 January 19279 June 1928Decommissioned 1948
İkinci İnönü [2] Flag of the Netherlands.svg IvS, Fijenoord12 March 19279 June 1928Decommissioned 1948

Dumlupınar

version of Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg Italian Vettor Pisani-class submarine

NameBuilderLaunchedCommissionedFate
Dumlupınar [2] Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg CRDA, Monfalcone 4 March 19316 November 1931Decommissioned 1949

Sakarya

version of Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg Italian Argonauta-class submarine

NameBuilderLaunchedCommissionedFate
Sakarya [2] Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg CRDA, Monfalcone5 February 19316 November 1931Decommissioned 1949

Gür

Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg German Type IA submarine

NameBuilderLaunchedCommissionedFate
Gür [3] Flag of Spain (1931-1939).svg Echevarrieta y Larrinaga, Cádiz 22 October 193029 December 1936Decommissioned 1947

Ay class

Ay-class (version of Flag of Germany (1933-1935).svg German Type IX submarine):

NameBuilderLaunchedCommissionedFate
Saldıray [3] Flag of Germany (1933-1935).svg Germaniawerft, Kiel 23 July 19385 June 1939Decommissioned 1958
Atılay [3] Flag of Germany (1933-1935).svg Germaniawerft, Kiel193819 May 1939Mined & sunk on 14 July 1942
Batıray [3] Flag of Germany (1933-1935).svg Germaniawerft, Kiel28 September 1938Seized by Germany:
20 September 1939, commissioned as War ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg  Kriegsmarine UA 		Scuttled by crew 3 May 1945 [4]
Yıldıray [3] Flag of Turkey.svg Gölcük Naval Shipyard 26 August 193915 January 1946Decommissioned 1958

Oruç Reis class

Oruç Reis-class submarine (version of Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy S-class submarine):

NameBuilderLaunchedAcquiredFate
Oruç Reis [3] Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Vickers-Armstrongs Barrow-in-Furness 19 July 1940
Taken over by Royal Navy as HMS P611 		Delivered 9 May 1942Scrapped 1957
Murat Reis [3] Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Vickers-Armstrongs20 July 1940
Taken over by Royal Navy as HMS P612 		Delivered 16 May 1942Scrapped 1957
Burak Reis [3] Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Vickers-Armstrongs19 October 1940
Taken over by Royal Navy as HMS P614 		Delivered 17 January 1946Scrapped 1957
Uluç Ali Reis [3] Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Vickers-Armstrongs1 November 1940
Taken over by Royal Navy as HMS P615 		Lost in Royal Navy serviceSunk 18 April 1943

Ex-US Balao class (unmodified type)

Ex- Flag of the United States.svg US Navy Balao-class submarine:

NameBuilderLaunchedAcquiredFate
TCG Birinci İnönü (S-330) [5] Flag of the United States.svg Electric Boat, Groton, CT 25 June 1944
Ex-USS Brill (SS-330) 		23 May 1948Decommissioned 29 November 1972 & sold for scrapping, November 1980
TCG İkinci İnönü (S-331) [5] Flag of the United States.svg Electric Boat, Groton, CT7 May 1944
Ex-USS Blueback (SS-326) 		23 May 1948Decommissioned 30 November 1973, non-commissioned charging platform for submarine batteries 1973–75, returned to US in 1975 & sold for scrapping
TCG Sakarya (S-332) [5] Flag of the United States.svg Electric Boat, Groton, CT21 May 1944
Ex-USS Boarfish (SS-327) 		23 August 1948Returned to US custody for scrapping, 1 January 1974
TCG Çanakkale (S-333) [5] Flag of the United States.svg Electric Boat, Groton, CT6 August 1944
Ex-USS Bumper (SS-333) 		16 November 1950Decommissioned 11 August 1976
TCG Gür (S-334) [5] Flag of the United States.svg Electric Boat, Groton, CT18 June 1944
Ex-USS Chub (SS-329) 		25 May 1948Decommissioned 12 December 1975 & returned to US custody for scrapping
TCG Dumlupınar (S-335) [5] Flag of the United States.svg Electric Boat, Groton, CT23 April 1944
Ex-USS Blower (SS-325) 		16 November 1950Sunk in collision on 4 April 1953
TCG Preveze (S-340) [5] Flag of the United States.svg Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, Manitowoc, WI 29 August 1943
Ex-USS Guitarro (SS-363) 		7 August 1954Decommissioned 4 May 1972, served as a battery charging hulk until scrapped in September 1983
TCG Cerbe (S-341) [5] Flag of the United States.svg Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, Manitowoc, WI24 October 1943
Ex-USS Hammerhead (SS-364) 		23 October 1954Decommissioned 4 May 1972 & scrapped

Ex-US Balao class (Fleet Snorkel type)

TCG Pirireis (S-343) TCG Pirireis;0837611.jpg
TCG Pirireis (S-343)

Ex- Flag of the United States.svg US Navy Balao-class submarine Fleet Snorkel type: [6]

NameBuilderLaunchedAcquiredFate
TCG Turgutreis (S-342) [7] Flag of the United States.svg Electric Boat, Groton, CT16 February 1944
Ex-USS Bergall (SS-320) 		17 October 1958Decommissioned 5 April 1983, served as a receiving ship, yard craft & battery-charging hulk for other submarines until 1996, then sold for scrap in April 2000
TCG Pirireis (S-343) [7] Flag of the United States.svg Manitowoc Shipbuilding, Manitowoc, WI9 November 1944
Ex-USS Mapiro (SS-376) 		18 March 1960Decommissioned 1973 & sold for scrap in 1980
TCG Hızırreis (S-344) [7] Flag of the United States.svg Manitowoc Shipbuilding, Manitowoc, WI17 January 1945
Ex-USS Mero (SS-378) 		20 April 1960Discarded in 1977 & used for spare parts

Ex-US Balao class (GUPPY IA type)

Ex- Flag of the United States.svg US Navy Balao-class submarine GUPPY IA type: [6]

NameBuilderLaunchedAcquiredFate
TCG Dumlupınar (S-339) [7] Flag of the United States.svg Electric Boat, Groton, CT30 March 1944
Ex-USS Caiman (SS-323) 		30 June 1972Reclassified as a charging boat, 6 February 1983; retired, 15 September 1986

Ex-US Balao class (GUPPY IIA type)

Ex- Flag of the United States.svg US Navy Balao-class submarine GUPPY IIA type: [6]

NameBuilderLaunchedAcquiredFate
TCG Burakreis (S-335) [7] Flag of the United States.svg Portsmouth N Yd, Kittery, ME28 March 1944
Ex-USS Sea Fox (SS-402) 		14 December 1970Struck 1996
TCG Muratreis (S-336) [7] Flag of the United States.svg Portsmouth N Yd, Kittery, ME27 January 1944
Ex-USS Razorback (SS-394) 		30 November 1970Decommissioned 8 August 2001; purchased by the city of North Little Rock, Arkansas on 25 March 2004; berthed on 29 August 2004 & opened to the public at the Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum on 15 May 2005
TCG Oruçreis (S-337) [7] Flag of the United States.svg Portsmouth N Yd, Kittery, ME27 October 1943
Ex-USS Pomfret (SS-391) 		1 July 1971Decommissioned 1987
TCG Preveze (S-345) [7] Flag of the United States.svg Electric Boat, Groton, CT17 December 1944
Ex-USS Entemedor (SS-340) 		1972Decommissioned & stricken in 1987
TCG Birinci İnönü (S-346) [7] Flag of the United States.svg Portsmouth N Yd, Kittery, ME26 June 1944
Ex-USS Threadfin (SS-410) 		18 August 1972Decommissioned 11 August 1998

Ex-US Balao class (GUPPY III type)

Ex- Flag of the United States.svg US Navy Balao-class submarine GUPPY III type: [6]

NameBuilderLaunchedAcquiredFate
TCG İkinci İnönü (S-333) [7] Flag of the United States.svg Electric Boat, Groton, CT10 June 1945
Ex-USS Corporal (SS-346) 		21 November 1973Stricken 2 September 1996 & scrapped
TCG Çanakkale (S-341) [7] Flag of the United States.svg Electric Boat, Groton, CT1 April 1945
Ex-USS Cobbler (SS-344) 		15 January 1974Decommissioned 22 January 1998

Ex-US Tench class

TCG Ulucalireis, (Rahmi M. Koc Museum, Golden Horn) TCG Ulucalireis (S 338).jpg
TCG Uluçalireis, (Rahmi M. Koç Museum, Golden Horn)

Ex- Flag of the United States.svg US Navy Tench-class submarine GUPPY IIA Program: [6]

NameBuilderLaunchedAcquiredFate
TCG Uluçalireis (S-338) [7] Flag of the United States.svg Portsmouth N Yd, Kittery, ME7 July 1944
Ex-USS Thornback (SS-418) 		1 July 1971Decommissioned in 2000 & made into a museum ship
TCG Cerbe (S-340) [7] Flag of the United States.svg Portsmouth N Yd, Kittery, ME18 August 1944
Ex-USS Trutta (SS-421) 		1 July 1972Decommissioned 23 July 1999

Ex-US Tang class

Ex- Flag of the United States.svg US Navy Tang-class submarine:

NameBuilderLaunchedAcquiredFate
TCG Pirireis S-343 [7] Flag of the United States.svg Portsmouth N Yd, Kittery, ME19 June 1951
Ex-USS Tang (SS-563) 		8 February 1980Decommissioned August 2004 & turned into a museum ship at İnciraltı Sea Museum
TCG Hızırreis (S-342) [7] Flag of the United States.svg Portsmouth N Yd, Kittery, ME11 June 1952
Ex-USS Gudgeon (SS-567) 		1983Decommissioned 4 February 2004 & turned into a museum ship at Kocaeli Museum Ships Command

Atılay class

Atılay-class submarine Flag of Germany.svg Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Type 209/1200:

Atilay-class submarine TCG Batiray underway. TCG Batiray(S349).jpeg
Atılay-class submarine TCG Batıray underway.
NameBuilderLaunchedCommissionedFate
TCG Atılay (S-347) [7] Flag of Germany.svg Howaldtswerke, Kiel23 October 197423 July 1975Decommissioned 30 November 2016
TCG Saldıray (S-348) [7] Flag of Germany.svg Howaldtswerke, Kiel14 February 197521 October 1975Decommissioned 14 November 2014
TCG Batıray (S-349) [7] Flag of Germany.svg Howaldtswerke, Kiel24 October 197720 July 1978Active
TCG Yıldıray (S-350) [7] Flag of Turkey.svg Gölcük Naval Shipyard 20 July 197920 July 1981Active
TCG Doğanay (S-351) [7] Flag of Turkey.svg Gölcük Naval Shipyard16 November 198316 November 1985Active
TCG Dolunay (S-352) [7] Flag of Turkey.svg Gölcük Naval Shipyard22 July 198821 July 1989Active

Preveze class

S-353 TCG Preveze, a Type 209/1400 submarine of the Turkish Navy, during a NATO exercise near the Gulf of Taranto. US Navy 050624-N-1464F-025 The Turkish submarine Preveze surfaces following the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) submarine escape and rescue exercise Sorbet Royal 2005.jpg
S-353 TCG Preveze, a Type 209/1400 submarine of the Turkish Navy, during a NATO exercise near the Gulf of Taranto.

Preveze-class submarine Flag of Germany.svg Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Type 209T1/1400:

NameBuilderLaunchedCommissionedFate
TCG Preveze (S-353) [7] Flag of Turkey.svg Gölcük Naval Shipyard22 November 199328 July 1994Active
TCG Sakarya (S-354) [7] Flag of Turkey.svg Gölcük Naval Shipyard28 July 199421 December 1995Active
TCG 18 Mart (S-355) [7] Flag of Turkey.svg Gölcük Naval Shipyard25 August 199728 July 1998Active
TCG Anafartalar (S-356) [7] Flag of Turkey.svg Gölcük Naval Shipyard1 September 199822 July 1999Active

Gür class

Gür-class submarine Flag of Germany.svg Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Type 209T2/1400:

NameBuilderLaunchedCommissionedFate
TCG Gür (S-357) Flag of Turkey.svg Gölcük Naval ShipyardMay 200224 July 2003Active
TCG Çanakkale (S-358) Flag of Turkey.svg Gölcük Naval ShipyardSeptember 200213 December 2004Active
TCG Burakreis (S-359) Flag of Turkey.svg Gölcük Naval Shipyard2 September 20051 November 2006Active
TCG Birinci İnönü (S-360) Flag of Turkey.svg Gölcük Naval Shipyard24 May 200727 June 2008Active

Reis-class

Reis-class submarine - Type 214 submarines, featuring an air-independent propulsion (AIP) system developed by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft GmbH (HDW). [8]

NameBuilderLaunchedCommissionedFate
TCG Piri Reis (S-330) Flag of Turkey.svg Gölcük Naval Shipyard 22 December 201925 August 2024Active
TCG Hızır Reis (S-331) Flag of Turkey.svg Gölcük Naval Shipyard23 May 20222025?Under sea trials
TCG Murat Reis (S-332) Flag of Turkey.svg Gölcük Naval Shipyard8 June 20242026?Floating dock activities started
TCG Aydın Reis (S-333) Flag of Turkey.svg Gölcük Naval Shipyard2027?
TCG Seydi Ali Reis (S-334) Flag of Turkey.svg Gölcük Naval Shipyard2028?
TCG Selman Reis (S-335) Flag of Turkey.svg Gölcük Naval Shipyard2029?

Sources

  1. ↑ Cevat Ülkekul, "Kurtuluş Savaşı'nda Türk Denizcileri ve Cumhuriyet Bahriyesinin Kuruluşu" Archived 25 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine , Piri Reis Symposium, Office of Navigation of Hydrography and Oceanography. (in Turkish)
  2. 1 2 3 4 Robert Gardiner, Roger Chesneau, Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946, Conway Maritime Press, London, 1980, ISBN   978-0-85177-146-5, p. 407.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Robert Gardiner, Roger Chesneau, Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946, Conway Maritime Press, London, 1980, ISBN   978-0-85177-146-5, p. 408.
  4. ↑ Ramazan Sezai Aksu, "Atatürk tarafından isimlendirilen İlk Ay Sınıfı Denizaltılarımız" Archived 21 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine , Pusula Dergisi, Turkish Naval Academy.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 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. 472.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 "Web.com Brands". web.com. Archived from the original on 9 July 2012.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 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. 473.
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