TCG Büyükada (F-512)

Career (Turkey)
Name: TCG Büyükada (F 512)
Namesake: Büyükada
Laid down: 27 September 2008
Launched: 27 September 2011
Commissioned: 27 September 2013
Status: in active service, as of 2015
General characteristics
Class and type:Ada class corvette
Type:Patrol and anti-submarine warfare
Displacement:2,300 tonnes
Length:99.56 m (326.6 ft)
Beam:14.40 m (47.2 ft)
Draught:3.89 m (12.8 ft)
Installed power:30,000 kW (CODAG)
Propulsion:1 gas turbine, 2 diesels, 2 shafts
Speed:Economy 15 knots
Maximum 29 knots
Range:3,500 nautical miles (6,480 km) @ 15 knots
Endurance:21 days with logistic support
10 days autonomous
Complement:93 including aviation officers, with accommodation for up to 106
Sensors and
processing systems:		GENESIS CMS
SMART-S Mk2 search radar
Sonar, GPS, LAN, ECDIS
UniMACS 3000 IPMS
X-band radar, Fire control radar
Electronic warfare
and decoys:		Aselsan ARES-2N Others: Laser/RF systems, ASW jammers, SSTD
Armament:Guns:
  • 1 x 76 mm OtoMelara Super Rapid
  • 2 x 20 mm Aselsan STAMP

Anti-surface missiles:

  • 8 x Harpoon Block II SSM BB

Anti-aircraft missiles:

  • 21 x RAM (PDMS)

Torpedoes:

Aviation facilities:Hangar and platform for:
  • S-70B Seahawk ASW helicopters
  • Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)
Notes:Capability of storing armaments, 20 tons of JP-5 aircraft fuel, aerial refueling (HIRF) and maintenance systems

TCG Büyükada (F-512) is the second ship of the Ada class ASW corvettes of the Turkish Navy. TCG Büyükada was named after Büyükada Island. Büyükada Island is part of the Prince Islands archipelago in the Sea of Marmara, to the southeast of Istanbul. Its sister ship is TCG Heybeliada (F-511).

Designed, developed and built by the Tuzla (Istanbul) Naval Shipyard as a part of the MILGEM project, it was laid down on 22 January 2008, launched on 27 September 2011, and commissioned on 27 September 2013.[1][2][3]

References and notes

  1. ↑ "Milli Olarak Dizayn ve İmşa Edilen İlk Türk Korveti MİLGEM Projesi" (in Turkish). Deniz Kuvvetleri Komutanlığı. Retrieved 2013-09-27.
  2. ↑ "TCG Büyükada, DZKK'ya teslim edildi". Deniz Haber (in Turkish). 2013-09-27. Retrieved 2013-09-27.
  3. ↑ Küçük, Mustafa (2013-09-28). "2. hayalet gemi denizde". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2013-09-28.

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