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| Class overview | |
| Name: | Kılıç class |
| Operators: |
 Turkish Navy |
| In commission: | Since 1998 |
| Completed: | 9 |
| Active: | 9 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Fast attack craft / Missile boat |
| Displacement: | 552 tonnes (543 long tons) |
| Length: | 62.4 m (204 ft 9 in) |
| Beam: | 8.6 m (28 ft 3 in) |
| Draught: | 2.82 m (9 ft 3 in) |
| Propulsion: |
4 × MTU diesel engines 15,120 bhp (11.27 MW) 4 shafts |
| Speed: | 40 knots (74 km/h; 46 mph) |
| Range: | 1,050 nmi (1,940 km; 1,210 mi) at 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
| Complement: | 45 (7 Officers , 38 P/O and enlisted) |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
MW-08 3D search radar STING-EO fire control radar SCOUT/KH1007 navigation radar |
| Electronic warfare & decoys: |
Cutlass 1C intercept ESM SRBOC |
| Armament: |
• 8 × Harpoon SSM • 1 × Oto Melara 76 mm (3 in) gun • 1 × dual 40 mm (1.6 in) AA gun • 2 × 7.62 mm caliber machine guns |
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The Kılıç Class is one of the fast attack craft / missile boat classes of the Turkish Navy. It is defined as a corvette by Lürssen Werft, the German designer of the vessel.
The ship has a specially developed superstructure and mast for low radar cross-section. It is suitable for operating in the open seas and under bad weather conditions, with the ability to cruise at speeds of up to 24 knots (44 km/h) in Sea State 5.
The first batch of three ships are designated Kılıç I and the second batch of six ships are designated Kılıç II.
P-330 Kılıç was built in Germany, the other ships of the class were built in Turkey.
List of boats[]
| Pennant number |
Name | Launched | Commissioned |
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| Kılıç I | |||
| P-330 | Kılıç | 15 July 1997 | 24 July 1998 |
| P-331 | Kalkan | 22 September 1998 | 22 July 1999 |
| P-332 | Mızrak | 5 April 1999 | 8 June 2000 |
| Kılıç II | |||
| P-333 | Tufan | 25 July 2001 | 26 July 2005 |
| P-334 | Meltem | 1 September 2004 | 26 July 2005 |
| P-335 | İmbat | 26 July 2005 | 7 July 2006 |
| P-336 | Zıpkın | 7 July 2006 | 17 September 2007 |
| P-337 | Atak | 4 January 2008 | 14 January 2009 |
| P-338 | Bora | 23 March 2009 | 7 April 2010 |
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