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YILDIRIM fast attack craft (gun) (1969/1973)

Yıldırım 1980

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Yıldırım (ex-Defiance) P338   Peterson, Sturgeon Bay, USA 10.1967 1968 9.1969 // 11.10.1973 sunk 11.4.1985
Bora (ex-Surprise) P339   Peterson, Sturgeon Bay, USA 5.1968 7.12.1968 10.1969 // 28.2.1973 stricken 11.2000
  

Displacement standard, t

225

Displacement full, t

245

Length, m

46.9 pp 50.1 oa

Breadth, m

7.28

Draught, m

2.90

No of shafts

2

Machinery

CODOG: 2 Cummins 875V12 diesels / 1 General Electric LM-1500 Mk 7 gas turbine

Power, h. p.

1450 / 12500

Max speed, kts

16 / 40

Fuel, t

diesel / gas turbine oil 50

Endurance, nm(kts)

1700(16)

Armament

1 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 34, 1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 2 x 2 - 12.7/90

Electronic equipment

SPS-53, SPG-50 radars

Complement

25

Project history: Former USN Ashville class craft.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Yıldırım 1979

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