TCG Bozcaada (F-500)
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| History |
 Fransa
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| Name: |
F787 Commandant de Pimodan |
| Laid down: |
1977 |
| Launched: |
1978 |
| Fate: |
Transfer to the Turkish Navy in 2001 |
 Türkiye
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| Name: |
TCG Bozcaada (F-500) |
| Namesake: |
Bozcaada |
| In service: |
2001 |
| General characteristics |
| Class & type: |
Burak-class |
| Displacement: |
1,100 tonnes |
| Length: |
80 m (260 ft) |
| Height: |
10.3 m (34 ft) |
| Depth: |
5.3 m (17 ft) |
| Propulsion: |
- Engines : 2 diesel SEMT Pielstick 12PC2V400
- Power: 12,000 shp (8.9 MW)
- Propellers: 2 4-bladed orientable propellers
- Electrical power: 840 kW (2 DA x 320 + 1 DA x 200)
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| Speed: |
24 knots |
| Range: |
- 4,500 nautical miles (8,330 km) @ 15 knots
- 3,000 nautical miles (5,560 km) @ 158 knots
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| Complement: |
104 including 10 officers, 46 petty officers, 9 specials, 39 enlisted |
Electronic warfare
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- 1 × Thale DRBV-51A air/surface search radar
- 1 × Thale DRBC-32E fire contro radar
- 1 × Decca 1226 navigation radar
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| Armament: |
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TCG Bozcaada (F-500) is the lead ship of the six Burak class ASW corvettes of the Turkish Navy. She was named after Bozcaada Island, which is in the northern part of the Aegean Sea. Bozcaada is an ex-D'Estienne d'Orves class A69 type Aviso warship.
Service history
The ship was built in 1978 in France and served as F787 Commandant de Pimodan in the French Navy. She was transferred to the Turkish Navy in 2001.[1]
On August 2, 2012, she was tasked to escort the Turkish cargo vessel MV Dadalı on the first leg of her voyage to Somalia from Port of Mersin to Suez Port in eastern Mediterranean Sea. The cargo ship carried aid materials dispatched by the Turkish Red Crescent to Somalia, which was drought stricken as a result of the 2011 East Africa drought. S was escorted following her passage after Suez Canal by TCG Gemlik (F-492).[2]
References
External links
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- D'Estienne d'Orves
- Amyot d'Inville
- Drogou
- Détroyat
- Jean Moulin
- Quartier-Maître Anquetil
- Commandant de Pimodan
- Second-Maître Le Bihan
- Lieutenant de Vaisseau Le Hénaff
- Lieutenant de Vaisseau Lavallée
- Commandant L'Herminier
- Premier-Maître L'Her
- Commandant Blaison
- Enseigne de Vaisseau Jacoubet
- Commandant Ducuing
- Commandant Birot
- Commandant Bouan
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- Bozcaada (ex-Commandant de Pimodan)
- Bodrum (ex-Drogou)
- Bandırma (ex-Quartier-Maître Anquetil)
- Beykoz (ex-D'Estienne d'Orves)
- Bartın (ex-Amyot d'Inville)
- Bafra (ex-Second-Maître Le Bihan)
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- List of frigates of the Argentine Navy
- List of frigates of the South African Navy
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