| Yıldız-class fast attack craft | |
|---|---|
 P-349 Karayel | |
| Class overview | |
| Name: | Yıldız class |
| Operators: |
 Turkish Navy |
| In commission: | 1997– |
| Completed: | 2 |
| Active: | 2 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Fast Attack Craft / Missile boat |
| Displacement: | 433 long tons (440 t) |
| Length: | 57.8 m (189 ft 8 in) |
| Beam: | 7.6 m (24 ft 11 in) |
| Draught: | 2.7 m (8 ft 10 in) |
| Propulsion: |
4 × MTU 16V956TB91 diesel engines 15,120 hp (11,275 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: | 45 |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
AWS 6 Dolphin air & surface search radar TMX-CW fire control radar LIOD Mk.2 fire control radar KH1007 navigation radar |
| 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 Yıldız 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 Rüzgar and Doğan classes, having the same hull, machinery and weapons; but are fitted with better combat control systems (STACOS) and sensors. Both ships of the class were built in Turkey.
List of boats[]
| Pennant number |
Name | Launched | Commissioned |
|---|---|---|---|
| P-348 | Yıldız | 1994 | 23 May 1997 |
| P-349 | Karayel | 1995 | 23 May 1997 |
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