List of submarines of the Turkish Navy


This is a list of Turkish Navy submarines that have served from 10 July 1920 to present.

''Birinci İnönü'' class

German Type UB III submarine:
NameBuilderLaunchedCommissionedFate
Birinci İnönü IvS, Feijenoord29 January 19279 June 1928Decommissioned 1948
İkinci İnönü IvS, Feijenoord12 March 19279 June 1928Decommissioned 1948

''Dumlupınar''

version of Italian Vettor Pisani class submarine
NameBuilderLaunchedCommissionedFate
Dumlupınar CRDA, Monfalcone4 March 19316 November 1931Decommissioned 1949

''Sakarya''

version of Italian Argonauta class submarine
NameBuilderLaunchedCommissionedFate
Sakarya CRDA, Monfalcone5 February 19316 November 1931Decommissioned 1949

''Gür''

German Type IA submarine
NameBuilderLaunchedCommissionedFate
Gür Echevarrieta y Larrinaga, Cádiz22 October 193029 December 1936Decommissioned 1947

''Ay'' class

:
NameBuilderLaunchedCommissionedFate
Saldıray Germaniawerft, Kiel23 July 19385 June 1939Decommissioned 1958
Atılay Germaniawerft, Kiel19381939?Lost 14 July 1942
Batıray Germaniawerft, Kiel28 September 1938Seized by Germany:
20 September 1939, commissioned as UA
Scuttled by crew 3 May 1945
Yıldıray Gölcük Naval Shipyard26 August 193915 January 1946Decommissioned 1958

''Oruç Reis'' class

:
NameBuilderLaunchedAcquiredFate
Oruç Reis Vickers-Armstrongs19 July 1940
Taken over by Royal Navy as
Delivered 9 May 1942Discarded 1957
Murat Reis Vickers-Armstrongs20 July 1940
Taken over by Royal Navy as
Delivered 25 June 1942Discarded 1957
Burak Reis Vickers-Armstrongs19 October 1940
Taken over by Royal Navy as
Delivered 19 January 1946Discarded 1957
Uluç Ali Reis Vickers-Armstrongs1 November 1940
Taken over by Royal Navy as
Lost in Royal Navy serviceSunk 18 April 1943

Ex-US ''Balao'' class (unmodified type)

Ex- US Navy Balao class submarine:
NameBuilderLaunchedAcquiredFate
Electric Boat, Groton25 June 1944
Ex-
23 May 1948Decommissioned 12 August 1972
Electric Boat, Groton7 May 1944
Ex-
23 May 1948Decommissioned 20 November 1973
Electric Boat, Groton21 May 1944
Ex-
23 May 1948Decommissioned 12 December 1975
Electric Boat, Groton6 August 1944
Ex-
16 November 1950Decommissioned 4 May 1972
Electric Boat, Groton18 June 1944
Ex-
23 May 1948Decommissioned 12 December 1975
TCG Dumlupınar Electric Boat, Groton23 April 1944
Ex-
16 November 1950Sunk 4 April 1953
Manitowoc, Manitowoc29 August 1943
Ex-
7 August 1954Decommissioned 4 May 1972
Manitowoc, Manitowoc24 October 1943
Ex-
7 August 1954Decommissioned 4 May 1972

Ex-US ''Balao'' class (Fleet Snorkel type)

Ex- US Navy Balao class submarine Fleet Snorkel type:
NameBuilderLaunchedAcquiredFate
Electric Boat, Groton13 May 1943
Ex-
17 October 1958Decommissioned 5 April 1983
Manitowoc, Manitowoc9 November 1944
Ex-
20 April 1960Decommissioned 20 November 1973
Electric Boat, Groton17 January 1945
Ex-
20 April 1960Decommissioned 9 October 1980

Ex-US ''Balao'' class (GUPPY IA type)

Ex- US Navy Balao class submarine GUPPY IA type:
NameBuilderLaunchedAcquiredFate
Electric Boat, Groton30 March 1944
Ex-
24 August 1972Decommissioned 23 December 1983
Stricken 1987

Ex-US ''Balao'' class (GUPPY IIA type)

Ex- US Navy Balao class submarine GUPPY IIA type:
NameBuilderLaunchedAcquiredFate
Portsmouth N Yd, Kittery28 March 1944
Ex-
8 August 1971Decommissioned 1 July 1996
Portsmouth N Yd, Kittery27 January 1944
Ex-
17 December 19718 August 2001
Portsmouth N Yd, Kittery27 October 1943
Ex-
3 May 1972Decommissioned 15 September 1986
Stricken 1987
Electric Boat, Groton17 December 1944
Ex-
24 October 1972Decommissioned 20 March 1986
Stricken 1987
Portsmouth N Yd, Kittery26 June 1944
Ex-
24 August 1972Decommissioned 11 August 1998

Ex-US ''Balao'' class (GUPPY III type)

Ex- US Navy Balao class submarine GUPPY III type:
NameBuilderLaunchedAcquiredFate
Electric Boat, Groton10 June 1945
Ex-
12 February 1974Decommissioned 18 October 1996
Electric Boat, Groton1 April 1945
Ex-
12 February 1974Decommissioned 22 January 1998

Ex-US ''Tench'' class

Ex- US Navy Tench class submarine GUPPY IIA Program:
NameBuilderLaunchedAcquiredFate
Portsmouth N Yd, Kittery7 July 1944
Ex-
3 May 1972Decommissioned 7 August 2000
Portsmouth N Yd, Kittery18 August 1944
Ex-
27 May 1973Decommissioned 23 July 1999

Ex-US ''Tang'' class

Ex- US Navy :
NameBuilderLaunchedAcquiredFate
Portsmouth N Yd, Kittery18 April 1949
Ex-
30 September 1983Decommissioned 13 August 2004
Portsmouth N Yd, Kittery20 May 1950
Ex-
21 March 1980Decommissioned 31 January 2004

''Atılay'' class

/1200:
NameBuilderLaunchedCommissionedFate
Howaldtswerke, Kiel23 October 197423 July 1975Decommissioned 30 November 2016
Howaldtswerke, Kiel14 February 197521 October 1975Extant in 2010
Howaldtswerke, Kiel24 October 197720 July 1978Extant in 2010
Gölcük Naval Shipyard20 July 197920 July 1981Extant in 2010
Gölcük Naval Shipyard16 November 198316 November 1985Extant in 2010
Gölcük Naval Shipyard22 July 198821 July 1989Extant in 2010

''Preveze'' class

Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Type 209T1/1400:
NameBuilderLaunchedCommissionedFate
Gölcük Naval Shipyard22 November 199328 July 1994Extant in 2010
Gölcük Naval Shipyard28 July 199421 December 1995Extant in 2010
Gölcük Naval Shipyard25 August 199728 July 1998Extant in 2010
Gölcük Naval Shipyard1 September 199822 July 1999Extant in 2010

''Gür'' class

Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Type 209T2/1400:
NameBuilderLaunchedCommissionedFate
Gölcük Naval ShipyardMay 200224 July 2003Extant in 2010
Gölcük Naval ShipyardSeptember 200213 December 2004Extant in 2010
Gölcük Naval Shipyard2 September 20051 November 2006Extant in 2010
Gölcük Naval Shipyard24 May 200727 June 2008Extant in 2010

''Reis''-class

Six Reis-class submarines in production. Type 214 submarines featuring an air-independent propulsion system developed by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft GmbH.
NameBuilderLaunchedCommissionedFate
TCG Pirireis Gölcük Naval Shipyard22 December 2019Extant in 2020
TCG Hızırreis Gölcük Naval Shipyard
TCG Muratreis Gölcük Naval Shipyard
TCG Aydınreis Gölcük Naval Shipyard
TCG Seydialireis Gölcük Naval Shipyard
TCG Selmanreis Gölcük Naval Shipyard