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TURKISH NAVY (TURKEY)

MINE WARFARE SHIP AND CRAFTS

KAVAK minesweepers (1937/1939)

Names

Kavak (ex-MMS1)

Çanak (ex-MMS2)

Builders

Thornycroft, Singapore: Kavak, Çanak

Completed

1937 // 1939: Kavak, Çanak

Losses

None

Transfers

None

Discarding

late 1950s: Kavak

1950: Çanak

 

Displacement standard, t

32

Displacement full, t

52

Length, m

22.9

Breadth, m

4.37

Draught, m

1.52 deep load

No of shafts

3

Machinery

3 Thornycroft petrol engines

Power, h. p.

1500

Max speed, kts

15

Fuel, t

petrol

Endurance, nm(kts) 270(15)

Armament

mechanical minesweeping gear

Complement

11

Project history:  Former British motor minesweepers. Experimental boats with wooden hulls.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Çanak 1950

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