| Career (Turkey) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | TCG Sultanhisar |
| Namesake: | Sultanhisar |
| Owner: | Turkish Navy |
| Builder: | William Denny and Brothers at Dumbarton, Scotland |
| Laid down: | 21 March 1939 |
| Launched: | 17 December 1940 |
| Completed: | 28 June 1941 |
| Acquired: | 1942 |
| Decommissioned: | 1960 |
| General characteristics as per Whitley[1] | |
| Displacement: | 1,370 tons (1,391 tonnes) standard 1,888 tons (1,918 tonnes) full load |
| Length: | 323 ft (98 m) o/a |
| Beam: | 33 ft (10 m) |
| Draught: | 12.5 ft (3.8 m) deep |
| Propulsion: | 3 x Admiralty 3-drum water tube boilers, Parsons geared steam turbines, 34,000 shp on 2 shafts |
| Speed: | 35.6 kt |
| Range: | 5,530 nmi at 15 kt |
| Complement: | 145 |
| Armament: |
4 x QF 4.7 inch (120-mm) Mk. IX L/45 guns, single mounts CP Mk.XVIII 8 x 0.5 in Mk.I (12.7 mm) Vickers machine guns, quad mounts Mk.I 8 (4x2) tubes for 21 in (533 mm) torpedoes 60 Mines (where applicable) |
TCG Sultanhisar was a Demirhisar-class destroyer of the Turkish Navy. The design of her class was based on the British I-class destroyers. Sultanhisar was laid down at William Denny and Brothers in Dumbarton, Scotland, on 21 March 1939. She was launched on 17 December 1940, and completed on 28 June 1941. The destroyer was transferred to Turkey in 1942, where she served until her decommissioning in 1960.
TCG Sultanhisar was the second ship of the Turkish Navy with the same name, following the Ottoman, and later Turkish, torpedo boat Sultanhisar.[2]
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