| A-class minehunter | |
|---|---|
 Amasra (M266) | |
| Class overview | |
| Builders: |
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| Operators: |
 Turkish Navy |
| In commission: | 2005–present |
| Building: | 0 |
| Planned: | 6 |
| Completed: | 6 |
| Active: | 6 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Minehunter |
| Displacement: | 650 t |
| Length: | 54.4 m (178 ft) |
| Beam: | 9.2 m (30 ft) |
| Draft: | 2.6 m (8 ft 6 in) |
| Propulsion: |
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| Speed: | 18 kn (33 km/h) |
| Complement: | 41 |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys: | 2 × Barricade chaff and flare launcher |
| Armament: |
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| Notes: |
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The A class is a class of minehunter vessels in the Turkish Navy. In 1999, the German shipyards Lürssen and Abeking & Rasmussen were contracted to build six Frankenthal-class ships for the Turkish Navy, a purchase worth US$630 million. While the first vessel was built in Germany, later ships were constructed by the Istanbul Naval Shipyard.[1]
The Turkish Navy has become the second naval force in the world, after the German Navy, to use a non-magnetic steel hull in its minehunter vessels.
| Pennant Number |
Name | shipyard | commissioned |
|---|---|---|---|
| M265 | Alanya | Abeking & Rasmussen, Lürssen | 26 July 2005 |
| M266 | Amasra | Istanbul Naval Shipyard | 26 July 2005 |
| M267 | Ayvalık | Istanbul Naval Shipyard | 22 June 2007 |
| M268 | Akçakoca | Istanbul Naval Shipyard | 17 September 2007 |
| M269 | Anamur | Istanbul Naval Shipyard | |
| M270 | Akçay | Istanbul Naval Shipyard |
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ "Mine Warfare Ships". Unofficial Homepage of Turkish Navy. http://www.turkishnavy.net/ae.htm. Retrieved 4 August 2008.
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