TCG Barbaros (F-244)

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TCG Barbaros on 1 October 2020
History
Flag of Turkey.svgTurkey
NameBarbaros
Namesake Hayreddin Barbarossa
Builder Blohm+Voss, Hamburg
Launched29 September 1993
Commissioned23 May 1997
Identification
StatusActive
General characteristics
Class and type Barbaros-class frigate
Displacement
  • 3,100 tons standard
  • 3,350 tons full load
Length116.7 metres (383 ft)
Beam14.8 metres (49 ft)
Draught4.25 metres (13.9 ft)
Propulsion
Speed
  • 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) on gas turbine
  • 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph) on diesel only
Range4,100 nautical miles (7,600 km; 4,700 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement24 officers, 156 enlisted men
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Radar
  • Thales SMART-S Mk2
  • Decca 2040 BT
  • HSA D08
  • HSA STIR -24, HSA STIR 18
  • Sonar
  • SQS-56
Electronic warfare
& decoys		Racal Cutlass, Racal Scorpion, Mk 36 decoy
Armament
Aircraft carried1 × S-70B Seahawk or AB 212 ASW helicopters
Aviation facilitiesHangar and platform

TCG Barbaros(F-244) is the lead ship of Barbaros-class frigate of the Turkish Navy.

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Development and design

Barbaros-class frigates were designed in Germany and are part of the MEKO group of modular warships, in this case the MEKO 200 design. Two ships were built in Germany and two in Turkey with German assistance. They are larger than the previous Yavuz-classfrigates and are also faster due to using CODOG machinery rather than pure diesels.

The first two vessels (F-244 and F-245) are defined as the Barbaros class (MEKO 200 TN Track II-A) while the last two vessels (F-246 and F-247) are defined as the Salih Reis class (MEKO 200 TN Track II-B) by the Turkish Navy.

Salih Reis subclass ships are built with 8-cell Mk. 41 VLS and longer than Barbaros class vessels to accommodate 16-cell Mk. 41 VLS upgrade in the future while Barbaros-class vessels built with Mk.29 Sea Sparrow launchers that planned to be replaced by 8-cell Mk. 41 VLS.

Construction and career

Barbaros was launched on 29 September 1993 by Blohm+Voss in Hamburg and commissioned on 23 May 1997. [1]

On 9 March 2019, her crew saluted to the tomb of Barbaros Hayreddin while crossing Bosporus. [2]

On 26 August 2020, TCG Barbaros and TCG Burgazada sailed alongside USS Winston S. Churchill in Eastern Mediterranean Sea. [3] [4] Later that year on 3 October, she underwent alongside USS Roosevelt. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "BARBAROS CLASS (MEKO 200 Track IIA/B)". 2013-01-12. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
  2. ↑ sabah, daily (2019-03-09). "Turkish navy revives 500-year-old salute for renowned Ottoman sailor Barbarossa". Daily Sabah. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
  3. ↑ SABAH, DAILY (2020-09-18). "Turkey issues 3 new Navtexes for drills in Mediterranean, Black Sea". Daily Sabah. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
  4. ↑ "Turkey, US conduct joint naval training exercise in Med". www.aa.com.tr. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
  5. ↑ "TCG Barbaros fırkateyni ABD destroyeriyle Karadeniz'de geçiş eğitimi yaptı". www.aa.com.tr. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
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