PİRİ REİS submarines (1951-1952/1980-1983)
Piri Reis 1990
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Hızır Reis (ex-Gudgeon) | S342 | Portsmouth N Yd, Kittery, USA | 20.5.1950 | 11.6.1952 | 21.11.1952 // 30.9.1983 | stricken 1.2004 | |
Piri Reis (ex-Tang) | S343 | Portsmouth N Yd, Kittery, USA | 18.4.1949 | 19.6.1951 | 25.10.1951 // 21.4.1980 | stricken 8.2004 |
Displacement standard, t |
|
Displacement normal, t |
2050 / 2700 |
Length, m |
87.5 |
Breadth, m |
8.33 |
Draught, m |
5.80 |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
3 Fairbank Morse 38D81/8x10 diesel-generators, 2 Westinghuse electric motors |
Power, h. p. |
4500 / 5600 |
Max speed, kts |
15.5 / 18 |
Fuel, t |
diesel oil |
Endurance, nm(kts) | 11500(10) / 130 (3) |
Armament |
8 - 533 TT (6 bow Mk 43, 2 stern Mk 44, 26 Mk 48, Mk 23, Mk 37 Mod.2 torpedoes or 40 mines) |
Electronic equipment |
BPS-12 radar, BQS-4, BQR-2B, BQG-4 PUFFS sonars, WLR-1 ECM suite |
Complement |
86 |
Diving depth operational, m |
210 |
Project history: Former USN Tang class submarines. Purchased outright 6.8.1987.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
Piri Reis 1988
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