TCG Sultanhisar (1940)

For other ships of the same name, see TCG Sultanhisar.
Turkish destroyer TCG Sultanhisar
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]
Class and type:Demirhisar-class destroyer
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 kn (65.9 km/h; 41.0 mph)
Range:5,530 nmi (10,240 km; 6,360 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement:145
Armament:

TCG Sultanhisar was a Demirhisar-class destroyer of the Turkish Navy. The design of her class was based on the British I class. 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]

Notes

  1. ↑ Destroyers of World War Two, M. J. Whitley, 1988, Cassell Publishing ISBN 1-85409-521-8
  2. ↑ "Deniz kuvvetlerinde sistem değişikliği (System change in naval force)" (in Turkish). Belgeler. Retrieved 2011-03-30.

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