List of major surface ships of the Turkish Navy
This is a list of Turkish Navy major surface ships that have served past and present, from 10 July 1920 to present.
Battleship
''Brandenburg'' class">Brandenburg-class battleship">''Brandenburg'' class
Name | Builder | Launched | Acquired | Fate |
AG Vulcan, Stettin | 14 December 1891 | 12 Septemter 1910 Turgut Reis | Coastal defence ship broken up 1956–57 |
Battlecruiser
Name | Builder | Launched | Acquired | Fate |
Blohm & Voss AG., Hamburg | 16 August 1914 Yavuz Sultan Selim | 1930 Yavuz Selim, 1936 Yavuz broken up July 1973 - February 1976 |
Protected cruisers
''Mecidiye''
Name | Builder | Launched | Commissioned | Fate |
William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia | 25 July 1903 | 19 December 1903 Mecidiye | 1940 - cadet training ship 1952-1956 broken up |
''Hamidiye''
Name | Builder | Launched | Commissioned | Fate |
Hamidiye | Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth & Co Ltd., Newcastle | 25 September 1903 | April 1904 Hamidiye | 1940 - cadet training ship 1966 broken up |
Torpedo cruisers
Name | Builder | Launched | Commissioned | Fate |
Schiffs & Maschinenbau Germania AG, Kiel | 15 November 1906 | November 1907 Peyk-i Şevket | Discarded late 1940s | |
Schiffs & Maschinenbau Germania AG, Kiel | 1 December 1906 | November 1907 Berk-i Satvet | Discarded late 1940s |
Destroyers
:Name | Builder | Launched | Commissioned | Fate |
SA Chantier et Ateliers de la Gironde, Bordeaux | 1907 | 1907 | 1949 broken up | |
SA Chantier et Ateliers de la Gironde, Bordeaux | 1906 | 1907 | 1949 broken up | |
SA Chantier et Ateliers de la Gironde, Bordeaux | 1906 | 1907 | 1949 broken up |
Name | Builder | Launched | Commissioned | Fate |
Fr Schichau AG, Elbing | 20 March 1909 Ex-S-165 | 17 August 1910 | Stricken 1924 | |
Fr Schichau AG, Elbing | 3 July 1909 Ex-S-167 | 17 August 1910 | Stricken 1924 |
Name | Builder | Launched | Commissioned | Fate |
Ansaldo, Sestri Ponente | 7 February 1931 | 18 October 1931 | February 1954 decommissioned | |
Ansaldo, Sestri Ponente | 19 March 1931 | 18 October 1931 | February 1954 decommissioned |
Ship | Builder | Launched | Commissioned | Fate |
C.T. Riva Trigoso, Riva Trigoso | 27 July 1931 | 6 June 1932 | February 1954 decommissioned | |
C.T. Riva Trigoso, Riva Trigoso | 20 September 1931 | 6 June 1932 | February 1954 decommissioned |
''Gayret''
:Name | Builder | Launched | Acquired | Fate |
Fairfield, Govan | 14 January 1941 Ex- Royal Navy | 18 June 1946 | Discarded 1965 |
Name | Builder | Launched | Acquired | Fate |
Denny, Dumbarton | 1941 | Delivered 1942 | Discarded 1960 | |
Denny, Dumbarton | 17 December 1940 | Delivered 1942 | Discarded 1960 | |
Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow | 24 February 1941 | Taken over by Royal Navy on completion as : Returned 1945 | Discarded 1960 | |
Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow | 15 December 1940 | Taken over by Royal Navy on completion as : Constructive total loss 1943 | Broken up 1946-47 |
Ex- (US Navy)
Name | Builder | Launched | Acquired | Fate |
Federal, Kearny | Ex- | 1950 | Discarded 1973 | |
Federal, Kearny | Ex- | 29 April 1949 | Discarded 1973 | |
Federal, Kearny | Ex- | 29 April 1949 | Discarded 1976 | |
Federal, Kearny | Ex- | 1950 | Stricken 1981 |
Ex-M-class destroyer|M-class]] (Royal Navy)
:Name | Builder | Launched | Acquired | Fate |
Scotts, Greenock | Ex- Royal Navy | 19 June 1959 | Discarded early 1970s | |
Vickers-Armstrongs, Tyne | Ex- Royal Navy | 19 June 1959 | Discarded early 1970s | |
Stephen, Linthouse | Ex- Royal Navy | 19 June 1959 | Discarded early 1970s | |
Stephen, Linthouse | Ex- Royal Navy | 19 June 1959 | Discarded early 1970s |
Ex- (US Navy)
Name | Builder | Launched | Acquired | Fate |
Federal, Kearny | Ex- | 14 January 1967 | Stricken 1987 | |
Gulf, Chickasaw | Ex- | 28 February 1967 | Stricken 1987 | |
Bath Iron Works, Bath | Ex- | 1 October 1969 | Stricken 1980 | |
Bethlehem, San Pedro | Ex- | 1 October 1969 | Stricken 1981 | |
Bethlehem, San Pedro | Ex- | 15 November 1969 | Stricken 1981 |
Ex- (US Navy)
Ex- US Navy :Name | Builder | Launched | Acquired | Fate |
Bethlehem, San Pedro | Ex- | 22 October 1971 | Stricken 1993, Broken up 1994 | |
Federal, Kearny | Ex- -> | 15 February 1972 | Damaged 2 October 1992, Stricken 1993 |
Ex- (US Navy)
in Izmit, Turkey.Name | Builder | Launched | Acquired | Fate |
Consolidated, Orange | Ex- | 1 October 1982 | Stricken 2000; Museum Ship, Lake Charles, Louisiana | |
Consolidated, Orange | Ex- | 7 December 1979 | Broken up 1995 | |
Consolidated, Orange | Ex- | 5 June 1980 | Broken up 2000 | |
Bath Iron Works, Bath | Ex- | 5 June 1980 | Broken up 1999 | |
Bethlehem, Quincy | Ex- | 29 September 1973 | Broken up 1995 | |
Todd Pacific, Seattle | Ex- | 11 July 1973 | Museum Ship in İzmit, Turkey | |
Bethlehem, Staten Island | Ex- | 27 March 1971 | Stricken 1993, Broken up 1994 | |
Bethlehem, San Pedro | Ex- | 17 December 1971 | Sunk 24 July 1974. | |
Bethlehem, San Pedro | Ex- | 7 July 1974 | Stricken 1993 | |
Bethlehem, San Francisco | Ex- | 30 June 1972 | Laid up 1984 |
Ex-''Carpenter'' class (US Navy)
Ex- US Navy Carpenter-class anti submarine destroyer:, Spain.
Name | Builder | Launched | Acquired | Fate |
Bath Iron Works, Bath | Ex- | 16 February 1982 | Broken up 1999 | |
Consolidated, Orange | Ex- | 20 February 1981 | Broken up 1999 |
Frigates
:Name | Builder | Launched | Commissioned | Fate |
Gölcük Naval Shipyard | 25 June 1971 | 12 July 1972 | ||
Gölcük Naval Shipyard | 7 June 1972 | 24 July 1975 |
Name | Builder | Launched | Acquired | Fate |
HC Stülcken, Hamburg | 24 October 1959 Ex- | 28 March 1982 | ||
HC Stülcken, Hamburg | 21 March 1959 Ex- | 23 September 1983 | 1994 broken up |
of the Turkish Navy, in Rota, Cádiz, Spain, on April 7, 2004.
Name | Builder | Launched | Acquired | Fate |
Avondale, Westwego | 21 October 1972 Ex- | 30 July 1993 leased 22 February 2002 sold | Decommissioned | |
Todd, San Pedro | 24 January 1970 Ex- | 31 July 1993 leased 22 February 2002 sold | 2001 decommissioned | |
Lockheed, Seattle | 1 August 1970 Ex- | 30 August 1993 leased 22 February 2002 sold | Decommissioned | |
Avondale, Westwego | 12 August 1972 Ex- | 30 August 1993 leased 22 February 2002 sold | Extant in 2010 | |
Avondale, Westwego | 15 April 1972 Ex- | 20 May 1994 leased 22 February 2002 sold | Decommissioned İnciraltı Sea Museum | |
Avondale, Westwego | 22 May 1971 Ex- | 27 May 1994 leased 22 February 2002 sold | Decommissioned | |
Avondale, Westwego | 20 March 1971 Ex- | 5 June 1994 leased 22 February 2002 sold | Decommissioned | |
Avondale, Westwego | 2 May 1970 Ex- | 3 June 1994 leased 22 February 2002 sold | Decommissioned |
''Gabya'' class">G-class frigate">''Gabya'' class
:, on May 31, 2010.
Name | Builder | Launched | Acquired | Fate |
Bath Iron Works, Bath | 16 February 1980 Ex- | 27 August 1997 | Extant in 2010 | |
Todd Pacific, Seattle | 27 March 1979 Ex- | 27 August 1997 | Extant in 2010 | |
Bath Iron Works, Bath | 15 May 1980 Ex- | 27 August 1998 | Extant in 2010 | |
Todd Pacific, Seattle | 27 June 1981 Ex- | 5 January 1999 | Extant in 2010 | |
Todd Pacific, Seattle | 7 February 1981 Ex- | 5 April 1999 | Extant in 2010 | |
Todd Pacific, Seattle | 20 October 1979 Ex- | 1 September 2000 | Extant in 2010 | |
Bath Iron Works, Bath | 14 July 1979 Ex- | 11 April 2002 | Extant in 2010 | |
Bath Iron Works, Bath | 3 November 1979 Ex- | 3 April 2003 | Extant in 2010 |
from preparing to board TCG Yavuz, a Yavuz class frigate of the Turkish Navy, during the NATO exercise Sea Breeze 2010 in the Black Sea.
Name | Builder | Launched | Commissioned | Fate |
Blohm + Voss, Hamburg | 30 May 1985 | 11 Oct 1987 | Extant in 2010 | |
Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft, Kiel | 17 July 1987 | 4 February 1988 | Extant in 2010 | |
Gölcük Naval Shipyard | 24 April 1987 | 12 October 1988 | Extant in 2010 | |
Gölcük Naval Shipyard | 22 July 1988 | 17 November 1989 | Extant in 2010 |
, departing from Portsmouth Naval Base in the United Kingdom, on September 21, 2009. Off the bows in the distance is Fort Gilkicker, and beyond the Isle of Wight.
Name | Builder | Launched | Commissioned | Fate |
Blohm + Voss, Hamburg | 29 September 1993 | 23 May 1997 | Extant in 2010 | |
Gölcük Naval Shipyard | 28 July 1994 | 23 May 1997 | Extant in 2010 |
''Salihreis'' class">Barbaros-class frigate">''Salihreis'' class
:Name | Builder | Launched | Commissioned | Fate |
Blohm + Voss, Hamburg | 26 September 1997 | 22 July 1998 | Extant in 2010 | |
Gölcük Naval Shipyard | 24 July 1998 | 8 June 2000 | Extant in 2010 |
Corvettes
''Burak'' class">B-class corvette">''Burak'' class
:Name | Builder | Launched | Acquired | Fate |
DCN, Lorient | 7 August 1976 Ex-F787 Commandant de Pimodan | 25 July 2001 | Extant in 2010 | |
DCN, Lorient | 30 November 1974 Ex-F783 Drogou | 18 October 2001 | Extant in 2010 | |
DCN, Lorient | 7 August 1976 Ex-F786 Quartier-Maître Anquetil | 15 November 2001 | Extant in 2010 | |
DCN, Lorient | 1 June 1973 Ex-F781 D'Estienne d'Orves | 18 March 2002 | Extant in 2010 | |
DCN, Lorient | 30 November 1974 Ex-F782 Amyot d'Inville | 3 June 2002 | Extant in 2010 | |
DCN, Lorient | 13 August 1977 Ex-F788 Second-Maître Le Bihan | 26 June 2002 | Extant in 2010 |
''Ada'' class">Milgem-class corvette">''Ada'' class
:Name | Builder | Launched | Commissioned | Fate |
Istanbul Naval Shipyard | 27 September 2008 | 27 September 2011 | - | |
Istanbul Naval Shipyard | 27 September 2011 | 27 September 2013 | - |