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TURKISH NAVY (TURKEY)

MINE WARFARE SHIPS AND CRAFT

SEYMEN minesweepers (1958-1967, 1954/1970)

Sinop 1970

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Seymen (ex-De Panne) M507   Hiltebrant DD, Kingston, USA   16.11.1953 9.1954 // 11.1970 stricken 1998
Selçuk (ex-Pavot) M508   Stephen Bros, Stockton, USA   21.11.1953 6.1954 // 3.1970 survey vessel 4.1998
Seyhan (ex-Renoncule) M509   South Coast, Newport Beach, USA   22.5.1953 8.1954 // 3.1970 stricken 1998
Samsun M510   Bellingham SY, USA   6.9.1957 10.1958 stricken 2005
Sinop M511   Bellingham SY, USA   4.1.1958 2.1959 stricken 2005
Sürmene M512   Bellingham SY, USA   1958 3.1959 stricken 2005
Seddülbahir M513   Bellingham SY, USA   1958 5.1959 stricken 2005
Silifke M514   Dorchester Bldrs, USA   21.11.1964 3.1966 stricken 2014
Saros M515   Dorchester Bldrs, USA   1.5.1965 2.1966 stricken 2017
Sığacık M516   Peterson Bldrs, Sturgeon Bay, USA   12.6.1964 6.1965 stricken 2017
Sapanca M517   Peterson Bldrs, Sturgeon Bay, USA   14.9.1964 26.7.1965 stricken 2017
Sarıyer M518   Peterson Bldrs, Sturgeon Bay, USA   21.4.1966 8.9.1967 stricken 2017

 

Displacement standard, t

M507-509: 360

M510-518: 300

Displacement full, t

M507-509: 400

M510-518: 392

Length, m

42.1 wl 44.3 oa

Breadth, m

M507-509: 8.10

M510-513: 7.95

M514-518: 8.29

Draught, m

M507-509: 2.10

M510-518: 2.55

No of shafts

2

Machinery

M507-509: 2 Packard diesels

M510-513: 4 General Motors Detroit 6-71 diesels

M514-518: 2 Waukesha L-1616 diesels

Power, h. p.

M507-509, 514-518: 1200

M510-513: 880

Max speed, kts

M507-513: 13

M514-518: 14

Fuel, t

diesel oil 40

Endurance, nm(kts)

2500(10)

Armament

1 x 2 - 20/70 Mk 24, mechanical, acoustic, magnetic minesweeping gear

Electronic equipment

M507-509: SPS-53 radar, UQS-1 sonar

M510-518: Decca 1226 radar, UQS-1D sonar

Complement

M507-509: 39

M510-518: 38

Project history: Nine US-built Redwing class MSCs were transferred to Turkey in 1958-1967. Three more Adjutant class ships were received by Turkish Navy in 1970: ex-French Renoncule and Pavot and ex-Belgian De Panne.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Sürmene 1975

Sapanca 2003

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