| Doğan-class fast attack craft | |
|---|---|
 P-342 Tayfun | |
| Class overview | |
| Name: | Doğan class |
| Operators: |
 Turkish Navy |
| In commission: | 1977– |
| Completed: | 4 |
| Active: | 4 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Fast Attack Craft / Missile boat |
| Displacement: | 436 long tons (443 t) |
| Length: | 58.1 m (190 ft 7 in) |
| Beam: | 7.62 m (25 ft 0 in) |
| Draught: | 2.74 m (9 ft 0 in) |
| Propulsion: |
4 × MTU diesel engines 12,000 hp (8,948 kW) 4 shafts |
| Speed: | 38 knots (70 km/h; 44 mph) |
| Range: | 1,050 nmi (1,940 km; 1,210 mi) at 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
| Complement: | 40 |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
WM 28/41 fire control radar LIOD Mk.2 fire control radar Decca 1226 navigation radar |
| Electronic warfare & decoys: |
2 decoy RL SUSIE-1 intercept |
| Armament: |
• 8 × Harpoon SSM • 1 × Oto Melara 76 mm (3 in) gun • 1 × dual 35 mm (1.4 in) AA gun • 2 × 7.62 mm caliber machine guns |
The Doğan Class is one of the Fast Attack Craft / Missile Boat classes of the Turkish Navy. Designed by Lürssen Werft in Germany, these ships are almost identical with the Yıldız and Rüzgar classes, having the same hull, machinery and weapons. They were fitted with LIOD Mk.2 electro-optical fire control and TACTICOS command control systems during their mid-life modernization program.
TCG Doğan was built in Germany, other ships of the class were built in Turkey.
List of boats[]
| Pennant number |
Name | Launched | Commissioned |
|---|---|---|---|
| P-340 | Doğan | 16 June 1976 | 23 December 1977 |
| P-341 | Marti | 28 July 1977 | 1 August 1978 |
| P-342 | Tayfun | 19 July 1979 | 10 July 1980 |
| P-343 | Volkan | 11 August 1980 | 12 May 1981 |
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