Tinaztepe-class destroyer

Turkish destroyer TCG Zafer
Class overview
Name	Tınaztepe class
Builders	C.T. Riva Trigoso, Sestri Levante, Italy
Operators	Turkish Navy
Preceded by	Adatepe class
Built	1930-32
In commission	1931-54
Completed	2
Retired	2
Scrapped	2
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	1225 tonnes standard, 1635 tonnes full load
Length	96 m (315 ft)
Beam	9.3 m (31 ft)
Draught	3.28 m (10.8 ft)
Propulsion	2 shaft Parsons geared steam turbines, 3 Thornycroft type boilers, 35,000 hp (26,100 kW)
Speed	36 kn (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range	3,500 nmi (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	149
Armament	4 x 120 mm (4.7 in) guns (2x2) 3 x 40 mm AA guns 2 x 20 mm Oerlikon guns 6 x 533mm torpedo tubes (2x3)

The Tinaztepe class were two destroyers built in Italy for the Turkish Navy in the 1930s.

These ships were versions of the contemporary Italian Folgore-class destroyer ^{[ citation needed ]} or Freccia-class destroyer ^[1] and were purchased while being built for the Italian Navy. In contrast with other Italian destroyers built for export, they had their main armament mounted in two twin turrets.

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  TCG Tınaztepe
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  TCG Zafer

Ships

Name	Builder	Launched	Commissioned	Decommissioned
Tınaztepe	C.T. Riva Trigoso, Riva Trigoso	27 July 1931	6 June 1932	February 1954
Zafer		30 September 1931	6 June 1932	February 1954

Notes

1. Robert Gardiner, Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922-1946, Naval Institute Press, 1980, p. 407.

References

• Whitley, M.J. (1988). Destroyers of World War 2. Cassell Publishing. ISBN   1-85409-521-8.