List of mine warfare vessels of the Turkish Navy

This is a list of Turkish Navy mine warfare vessels that have served past and present, from 10 July 1920^[1] to present.

Minelayers[]

Atak[]

Name	Builder	Launched	Acquired	Fate
Atak				1938-early 1960s

Sivrihisar class[]

Sivrihisar class

Name	Builder	Launched	Acquired	Fate
Sivrihisar				1940–1960
Turgut Reis				1940–1960

Danish Falster class[]

Nusret class ( Falster class):

Name	Builder	Launched	Acquired	Fate
^[2]

Ex-US LSM 1 class coastal minelayer[]

: (Ex- LSM-1 class Landing Ship Medium):

Name	Builder	Launched	Acquired	Fate
^[2]		Ex-
^[2]		Ex-
^[2]		Ex-
^[2]		Ex-
^[2]		Ex-

Minehunters[]

Engin class[]

(, ):

Builder	Launched	Acquired	Fate
Ex-		Extant in 2010
	Ex-		Extant in 2010
	Ex-		Extant in 2010
	Ex-		Extant in 2010
	Ex-		Extant in 2010

Aydın class[]

Aydın-class minehunter (subclass of Fr. Lürssen Werft GmbH & Co. KG Frankenthal-class minehunter):

Name	Builder	Launched	Acquired	Fate
			2005 -	Extant in 2010
			2005 -	Extant in 2010
			2007 -	Extant in 2010
			2007 -	Extant in 2010
				Extant in 2010
				Extant in 2010

Minesweeper[]

Kavak class[]

Kavak class coastal minesweeper

Name	Builder	Launched	Acquired	Fate
Kavak				1937–1950s
Çanak				1937–1950

Ex-US YMS type[]

K class minesweeper (Ex-US YMS type inshore minesweeper):^[2]

Name	Builder	Launched	Acquired	Fate
Kas		Ex-
Kilimli		Ex-
Kozlu		Ex-
Kuşadası		Ex-
Kemer		Ex-
Kerempe		Ex-
Kirte		Ex-
Karamürsel		Ex-Küllük, Ex-

Ex-US Cape class[]

(, ):^[2]

Name	Builder	Launched	Acquired	Fate
		Ex-USS MSI-15		Extant in 2010
		Ex-USS MSI-16		Extant in 2010
		Ex-USS MSI-17		Extant in 2010
		Ex-USS MSI-18		Extant in 2010

Redwing class early type[]

( ):^[2]

Name	Builder	Launched	Acquired	Fate
		Ex-USS MSC-268
		Ex-USS MSC-270
		Ex-USS MSC-271
		Ex-USS MSC-272

Redwing class later type[]

S class minesweeper ( ):^[2]

Name	Builder	Launched	Acquired	Fate
		Ex-USS MSC-304		Extant in 2010
		Ex-USS MSC-305		Extant in 2010
		Ex-USS MSC-311		Extant in 2010 scrapped in Aliaga in 2018
		Ex-USS MSC-312		Extant in 2010
		Ex USS-MSC-315		Extant in 2010 scrapped in Aliaga in 2018^[3]

Adjutant class[]

S class minesweeper ( Adjutant class minesweeper):^[2]

Name	Builder	Launched	Acquired	Fate
		Ex-Belgian Navy De Panne
		Ex-French Navy Pavot
		Ex-French Navy Renoncule

Ex-French Mercure class[]

(Ex- )^[2] -> K class patrol boat:

Name	Builder	Launched	Acquired	Fate
		Ex-M-1253 Worms		Extant in 2010
		Ex-M-1252 Detmold		Extant in 2010
		Ex-M-1254 Siegen		Extant in 2010
		Ex-M-1251 Hameln		Extant in 2010
		Ex-M-1250 Vegesack		Extant in 2010
		Ex-M-1255 Passau

Ex-Canadian Bay class[]

Trabzon-class minesweeper: Bay-class minesweeper^[2]^[4] -> T class patrol boat:

Name	Builder	Launched	Acquired	Fate
TCG Trabzon (M-530)	Davie Shipbuilding, Lauzon, Quebec	Ex-HMCS Gaspé (MCB 143)	31 March 1958
TCG Terme (M-531)	George T. Davie & Sons Ltd,, Lauzon, Quebec	Ex-HMCS Trinity (MCB 157)	31 March 1958	TCG Terme (P-531) Extant in 2010
TCG Tirebolu (M-532)	Victoria Machinery Depot, Victoria, British Columbia	Ex-HMCS Comox (MCB 146)	31 March 1958
TCG Tekirdağ (M-533)	Davie Shipbuilding, Lauzon, Quebec	Ex-HMCS Ungava (MCB 148)	31 March 1958

Sources[]

^ Cevat Ülkekul, "Kurtuluş Savaşı'nda Türk Denizcileri ve Cumhuriyet Bahriyesinin Kuruluşu" Archived 2007-10-25 at the Wayback Machine, Piri Reis Symposium, Office of Navigation of Hydrography and Oceanography. (in Turkish)
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m Robert Gardiner, Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995, 2nd Revised edition, Conway Maritime Press, London, 1995, ISBN 978-0-85177-605-7, p. 479.
^ https://www.instagram.com/p/Bo3CMrxD4NK/
^ Macpherson, Ken; Barrie, Ron (2002). The Ships of Canada's Naval Forces 1910—2002 (Third ed.). St. Catharines, Ontario: Vanwell Publishing. pp. 272–277. ISBN 1-55125-072-1.

External links[]

[Cevat-1] Cevat Ülkekul, "Kurtuluş Savaşı'nda Türk Denizcileri ve Cumhuriyet Bahriyesinin Kuruluşu" Archived 2007-10-25 at the Wayback Machine, Piri Reis Symposium, Office of Navigation of Hydrography and Oceanography. (in Turkish)

[Conway1947-1995-479-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m Robert Gardiner, Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995, 2nd Revised edition, Conway Maritime Press, London, 1995, ISBN 978-0-85177-605-7, p. 479.

[3] ttps://www.instagram.com/p/Bo3CMrxD4NK/

[4] Macpherson, Ken; Barrie, Ron (2002). The Ships of Canada's Naval Forces 1910—2002 (Third ed.). St. Catharines, Ontario: Vanwell Publishing. pp. 272–277. ISBN 1-55125-072-1.

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