A-class minehunter


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 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.
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
Nameshipyardcommissioned
M265 AlanyaAbeking & Rasmussen, Lürssen26 July 2005
M266 AmasraIstanbul Naval Shipyard26 July 2005
M267 AyvalıkIstanbul Naval Shipyard22 June 2007
M268 AkçakocaIstanbul Naval Shipyard17 September 2007
M269 AnamurIstanbul Naval Shipyard
M270 AkçayIstanbul Naval Shipyard