Yıldız-class fast attack craft

P-349 Karayel
Class overview
Name: Yıldız class
Operators:  Turkish Navy
In commission: 1997
Completed: 2
Active: 2
General characteristics
Type: Fast Attack Craft / Missile boat
Displacement: 433 long tons (440 t)
Length: 57.8 m (189 ft 8 in)
Beam: 7.6 m (24 ft 11 in)
Draught: 2.7 m (8 ft 10 in)
Propulsion:
Speed: 38 knots (70 km/h; 44 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:
  • AWS 6 Dolphin air & surface search radar
  • TMX-CW fire control radar
  • LIOD Mk.2 fire control radar
  • KH1007 navigation radar
Armament:

The Yıldız 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 with the Rüzgar and Doğan classes, having the same hull, machinery and weapons; but are fitted with better combat control systems (STACOS) and sensors. Both ships of the class were built in Turkey.

List of boats

Pennant
number
Name Launched Commissioned
P-348 Yıldız 1994 23 May 1997
P-349 Karayel 1995 23 May 1997

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