Ithuriel 1942
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Inconstant (ex-Muavenet) | H49 | Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow | 5/1939 | 24.2.1941 | 1/1942 | to Turkey 3.1946 (Muavenet) | |
| Ithuriel (ex-Gayret) | H05 | Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow | 5/1939 | 15.2.1940 | 3/1942 | CTL 28.11.1942 |
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Displacement standard, t |
1370 |
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Displacement full, t |
1890 (later 2080) |
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Length, m |
95.1 pp 98.5 oa |
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Breadth, m |
10.2 |
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Draught, m |
3.78 (later 3.96) |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 3 Admiralty 3-drum boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
34000 |
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Max speed, kn |
35.5 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 443 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 5500(15) |
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Armament |
4 x 1 - 120/45 QF Mk IX, 2 x 4 - 12.7/62, 2 x 4 - 533 TT, 2 DCT, 1 DCR (20 DC) |
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Sensors |
presumably type 271, type 286M/P radars, type 124 sonar |
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Complement |
145 |
Project history: Four destroyers have been ordered by Turkey in 1939 to Vickers-Armstrong and Denny as "I" class ships built for the RN, but with quadruple TTs. Fire control system was similar to accepted on Brazilian "Í" class. British Government has redeemed two destroyers. Two more, built by Denny, were commissioned by Turkish Navy in 1942
Modernizations: early 1942, both: - 2 x 4 - 12.7/62, 1 x 4 - 533 TT; + 1 x 1 - 76/45 QF Mk I/II/III/IV, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV
early 1943, Inconstant: - 1 x 1 - 120/45, 1 x 1 - 76/45; + 2 DCT (70 DC)
1943 - 1944, Inconstant: presumably - type 286M/P radar; + type 291 radar
mid-1943, Inconstant: - 2 x 1 - 20/70; + 2 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV
early 1944, Inconstant: - 1 x 1 - 120/45, type 124 sonar; + 2 x 1 - 57/40 6pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog ASWRL, type 144 sonar
1/1946, Inconstant: 2 x 1 - 120/45 CP Mk XVIII, 2 x 1 - 57/40 Mk VI, 2 x 2 - 20/70 Mk V, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk III, 1 x 4 - 533 TT, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog AWSRL, 4 DCT, 1 DCR (70), type 271, type 291 radars, type 144 sonar
Naval service: Ithuriel was damaged by German He 111 bombers off Cape Bon 27-28.11.1942 and never repaired.
sister-ship Sultanhissar 1946
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