TCG Yavuz (F-240)

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TCG Yavuz on 4 April 2012
History
Flag of Turkey.svgTurkey
NameYavuz
Namesake Selim I
Builder Blohm+Voss, Hamburg
Launched7 November 1985
Commissioned17 July 1987
Identification Pennant number: F-240
StatusActive
General characteristics
Class and type Yavuz-class frigate
Displacement3,030 tons full load
Length110.50 m (362.53 ft)
Beam13.25 m (43.47 ft)
Draught3.94 m (12.93 ft)
Installed power4 MTU 20V 1163 diesel-engines, 30,000  hp (22,000 kW) CODAD
Propulsion2 shaft, controllable pitch propellers
Speed27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Range4,000 nautical miles (7,000 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h)
Complement180 (29 officers, 151 enlisted)
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Radar
  • TM 1126
  • AWS-6
  • HSA D08
  • HSA STIR 124
  • Sonar
  • SQS-56,
Electronic warfare
& decoys		ARES-2NC ESM, Mk 36 decoy
Armament
Aviation facilities

TCG Yavuz(F-240) is the lead ship of Yavuz-class frigate of the Turkish Navy.

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Development and design

Yavuz-class frigates were designed in Germany and are part of the MEKO family of modular warships; in this case the MEKO 200 design. An order for ships was signed by the Turkish government in April 1983 for four MEKO frigates. Two ships were built in Germany and two in Turkey with German assistance. They are similar in design to the larger Barbaros-class frigates of the Turkish Navy, which are improved versions of the Yavuz-class frigate.

The Turkish Navy has an ongoing limited modernization project for an Electronic Warfare Suite. The intent is to upgrade the ships with locally produced the ECM, ECCM systems, active decoys, LWRs, IRST and the necessary user interface systems.

Construction and career

Yavuz was launched on 7 November 1985 by Blohm+Voss in Hamburg and commissioned on 17 July 1987. [1]

On 11 September 2020, she escorted TCG Iskenduren in the Mediterranean while on her way to the Port of Marmaris. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "YAVUZ CLASS (MEKO 200 Track I)". 2013-01-12. Retrieved 2021-03-14.
  2. ↑ AA, DAILY SABAH WITH (2020-09-11). "Turkish navy conducts exercise off Libyan coast". Daily Sabah. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
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