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TURKISH NAVY (TURKEY)

MINE WARFARE SHIPS AND CRAFT

TRABZON minesweepers (1953-1954/1957)

Trabzon 1970

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Trabzon (ex-Gaspé) M522, 1971- M530, 1991- P530   Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada 3.1951 12.11.1951 12.1953 // 8.1957 patrol 1991, retired 2007
Terme (ex-Trinity) M523, 1971- M531, 1991- P531   Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada 1.1952 31.7.1953 6.1954 // 8.1957 patrol 1991, stricken 2014
Tirebolu (ex-Comox) M524, 1971- M532, 1991- P532   Victoria Machinery Depot, Canada 6.1951 24.4.1952 4.1954 // 9.1957 patrol 1991, stricken 12.1995
Tekirdağ (ex-Ungava) M525, 1971- M533   Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada 12.1951 20.5.1953 6.1954 // 8.1957 intelligence collecting ship 1991

 

Displacement standard, t

390

Displacement full, t

412

Length, m

42.7 pp 46.3 oa

Breadth, m

8.50

Draught, m

2.60 max

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 General Motors 12-278A diesels

Power, h. p.

2400

Max speed, kts

15

Fuel, t

diesel oil 52

Endurance, nm(kts) 3290(12)

Armament

1 x 1 - 40/60 Boffin, mechanical, acoustic, magnetic sweeping gear

Electronic equipment Decca TM1226 radar

Complement

40

Project history: Former Canadian Cape class coastal minesweepers. Wood-planked skin on steel frame.

Modernizations: 1991, all: - minesweeping gear

Naval service: No significant events.

Tirebolu 1978

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