AB-25-class patrol craft

Class overview
TCG AB-29 (P-129)
Builders:	Istanbul Camialtı Shipyard
Operators:	Turkey Azerbaijan Georgia Kazakhstan
In commission:	1969-present
Completed:	12^[1]
Active:	10
General characteristics
Type:	Attack boat
Displacement:	170 tons (full load)
Length:	132 ft (40 m)
Draft:	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Speed:	22 knots (41 km/h)
Complement:	3 officers, 28 enlisted
Armament:	1 or 2 Bofors 40 mm/70, 1 Oerlikon 20 mm, 2 12.7 mm MGs

The AB-25 class (Türk type) is a class of large patrol craft that was built for the Turkish Navy in the late 1960s and early 1970s. One craft was transferred to Georgia in 1998, two were transferred to Kazakhstan in 1999 and 2001, one was transferred to Azerbaijan in 2000 and the remainder are in service.

Units

AB-25 (P-125) - out of service in 2000
AB-26 (P-126) - transferred to Kazakhstan in 1999
AB-27 (P-127)
AB-28 (P-128)
AB-29 (P-129)
AB-30 (P-130) - transferred to Georgia in 1998
AB-31 (P-131)
AB-32 (P-132) - transferred to Kazakhstan in 2001
AB-33 (P-133) - out of service in 2002
AB-34 (P-134) - transferred to Azerbaijan in 2000
AB-35 (P-135)
AB-36 (P-136)

Sources

↑ Refakat ve Karakol Filosu Komutanlığı (in Turkish)

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