Amasra (M266)
Class overview
Builders
Operators Turkish Navy
In commission2005–present
Planned6
Building0
Completed6
Active6
General characteristics
TypeMinehunter
Displacement650 t
Length54.4 m (178 ft)
Beam9.2 m (30 ft)
Draft2.6 m (8 ft 6 in)
Propulsion
Speed18 kn (33 km/h)
Complement41
Sensors and
processing systems
  • 1 × Marconi 2093 VDS mine hunting sonar
  • DRBN 32 navigation radar
Electronic warfare
& decoys
2 × Barricade chaff and flare launcher
Armament
  • 1 × 30 mm gun
  • 2 × 12.7 mm machine gun
  • 2 × PAP-105 Mk5 mine hunting system
  • Mine laying capabilities
Notes
  • mine diver equipment, decompression chamber
  • crane

The A class is a class of minehunter vessels in the Turkish Navy. In 1999, the German shipyards Lürssen and Abeking & Rasmussen were contracted to build six Frankenthal-class ships for the Turkish Navy, a purchase worth US$630 million. While the first vessel was built in Germany, later ships were constructed by the Istanbul Naval Shipyard.[1]

The Turkish Navy has become the second naval force in the world, after the German Navy, to use a non-magnetic steel hull in its minehunter vessels.

Pennant
Number
Name shipyard commissioned
M265AlanyaAbeking & Rasmussen, Lürssen26 July 2005
M266AmasraIstanbul Naval Shipyard26 July 2005
M267AyvalıkIstanbul Naval Shipyard22 June 2007
M268AkçakocaIstanbul Naval Shipyard17 September 2007
M269AnamurIstanbul Naval Shipyard
M270AkçayIstanbul Naval Shipyard

See also

References

  1. "Mine Warfare Ships". Unofficial Homepage of Turkish Navy. Retrieved 4 August 2008.
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