P346 Girbet |
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Rüzgar class |
| Operators: | Turkish Navy |
| In commission: | 1986– |
| Completed: | 4 |
| Active: | 4 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Fast Attack Craft / Missile boat |
| Displacement: | 410 long tons (417 t) |
| Length: | 57.84 m (189 ft 9 in) |
| Beam: | 7.62 m (25 ft 0 in) |
| Draught: | 2.68 m (8 ft 10 in) |
| Propulsion: | 4 × 4,250 hp (3,169 kW) MTU diesel engines 4 shafts |
| Speed: | 41 knots (76 km/h; 47 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: |
WM 28/41 fire control radar LIOD Mk.2 fire control radar Decca 1226 navigation radar |
| Electronic warfare and 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 Rüzgar 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 to the Yıldız and Doğan classes, having the same hull, machinery and weapons; but are lighter and faster. All four ships of the class were built in Turkey.
| Pennant number |
Name | Launched | Commissioned |
|---|---|---|---|
| P-344 | Rüzgâr | 1984 | 14 February 1986 |
| P-345 | Poyraz | 17 December 1984 | 27 June 1987 |
| P-346 | Girbet | 24 July 1987 | 25 October 1987 |
| P-347 | Fırtına | 30 April 1988 | 22 June 1988 |
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