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ALP ARSLAN destroyers (1941-1942/1959)

Alp Arslan 1965

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Alp Arslan (ex-Milne) D348   Scotts, Greenock, UK 1/1940 30.12.1941 8/1942 // 27.4.1959 discarded 1970
Mareşal Fevzi Çakmak (ex-Marne) D349   Vickers-Armstrong, Tyne, UK 10/1939 30.10.1940 12/1941 // 26.3.1959 discarded 1970
Kılıç Ali Paşa (ex-Matchless) D350   A. Stephens, Linthouse, UK 9/1940 4.9.1941 2/1942 // 16.7.1959 discarded 8.1971
Piyale Paşa (ex-Meteor) D351   A. Stephens, Linthouse, UK 9/1940 3.11.1941 8/1942 // 29.6.1959 discarded 1970

 

Displacement standard, t

1935

Displacement full, t

2810 - 2840

Length, m

105.3 pp 110.5 oa

Breadth, m

11.2

Draught, m

4.52 deep load

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers

Power, h. p.

48000

Max speed, kts

36

Fuel, t

oil 537

Endurance, nm(kts) 5500(15)

Armament

3 x 2 - 120/50 Mk 20, 1 x 2 - 40/60 RP.50 Mk 5, 4 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 1 x 4 - 533 TT, 1 x 3 - 305 Squid Mk 4 ASWRL

Electronic equipment

type 273, type 285, type 291, type 292 radars, type 128 sonar

Complement

226

Project history: Former RN 'M' class destroyers, transferred to Turkey after refitting and modernization. Piyale Paşa was fitted as flotilla leader.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Kılıç Ali Paşa 1960

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