Tuzla-class patrol boat

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Tuzla Sinifi Karakol Gemisi.jpg
TCG Karabiga (P-1205), one of the Tuzla-class patrol boats
Class overview
NameTuzla class
BuildersDEARSAN Gemi İnşaat Sanayi A.Ş (Dearsan Ship Construction Industry ltd.)
Operators
Planned26 (16 for Turkish Navy, 10 for Turkmen Naval Forces). [1] [2]
Completed26 [3] [4]
Active26 [5]
General characteristics
Type Patrol boat
Displacement400 long tons (406 t) full load [6]
Length55.75 m (182 ft 11 in) [7]
Beam8.85 m (29 ft 0 in) [8]
Draught2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) [9]
Propulsion2 × MTU 250kw each diesel generators and engines, Otto Piening shaft and Propeller [10]
Speed25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)
Range1,000  nmi (1,900 km) at 14 kn (26 km/h)
Endurance1500 nmi
Complement35 (15 officers, 20 privates) [11]
Sensors and
processing systems
  • 25 kW X-Band Navigation Radar with ARPA/W(ECDIS) capability;
  • Electro optical low-weight, multi-purpose, thermal imaging sensor; Optical Gyro compass with INS capability,
  • Simrad SP92 Mk II hull-mounted low frequency Sonar
Armament

The Tuzla-class New Type Patrol Boat (Turkish: Yeni Tip Karakol Botu [12] ) is one of the patrol boat classes of the Turkish Navy. The Tuzla class, named after a district in Istanbul with the same name, was designed by Dearsan Shipyards to meet the operational requirements of the Turkish Navy in littoral waters. [13] These patrol boats conduct patrol, security and anti-submarine warfare (ASW) duties in or around harbors & coastal areas. [14]

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Development

The contract signed between SSM and Dearsan on 23 August 2007 called for 16 New Type Patrol Boats to be constructed until 2015. Along with Dearsan, 204 domestic supplier firms are involved with the NTPB project as well as several foreign ones such as MTU or Oto Melara. The project is a first for the Turkish Navy and the Turkish military shipbuilding industry as there is a 67.5% domestic production percentage compared with 65% for the MILGEM. [10] [15] [16]

As of February 2015, all 16 boats have been delivered to the Turkish Navy. [17]

Operators

Active ships [18]

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