Barbaros-class frigate
TCG Barbaros (F-244) on October 1, 2020.
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Class overview | |
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Name | Barbaros, MEKO 200 TN-II |
Builders |
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Operators | Turkish Navy |
Preceded by | Yavuz class |
Succeeded by | Istanbul class |
Subclasses | Salih Reis class |
In commission | 1997–present |
Completed | 4 |
Active | 4 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Frigate |
Displacement |
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Length |
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Beam | 14.8 metres (49 ft) |
Draught | 4.25 metres (13.9 ft) |
Propulsion |
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Speed |
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Range | 4,100 nautical miles (7,600 km; 4,700 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
Complement | 24 officers, 156 enlisted men |
Sensors and processing systems |
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Electronic warfare & decoys | Racal Cutlass, Racal Scorpion, Mk 36 decoy |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 1 × AB 212 ASW helicopters |
Aviation facilities | Hangar and platform |
The Barbaros-class frigates
The first two vessels (F 244 and F 245) are defined as the Barbaros class (MEKO 200 TN Track II-A) while the last two vessels (F 246 and F 247) are defined as the Salih Reis class (MEKO 200 TN Track II-B) by the Turkish Navy.
Salih Reis subclass ships are built with 8-cell Mk. 41 VLS and longer than Barbaros class vessels to accommodate 16-cell Mk. 41 VLS upgrade in the future while Barbaros-class vessels built with Mk.29 Sea Sparrow launchers that planned to be replaced by 8-cell Mk. 41 VLS.
Modernization projects
Barbaros-class vessels (F 244, F 245) have received an 8-cell Mk41 vertical launcher system (VLS) module, which replaced the obsolete Mk.29 Sea Sparrow launcher, while Salihreis-class vessels (F 246, F 247) have received a second 8-cell Mk 41 VLS module which brings the total number of cells to 16. Additionally the old DA-08 air search radars in all 4 vessels has been replaced by modern
On 3 April 2018 a contract was signed between
The mid-life modernization program projects to replace the radars and sonars, enhance EW capabilities, double the number of anti-ship missiles that the vessel is equipped with while also replacing it by locally designed and produced Atmaca anti-ship missiles, substitution of the Oerlikon Sea Zenith CIWS systems with 1 Phalanx and 1 Aselsan Gokdeniz CIWS, change the existing TACTICOS combat management system with Havelsan "B-SYS Combat Management System" and adopt a 127mm main gun to the frigates. Finally against asymmetric threats that the vessels may face 2x2 L/UMTAS launchers are planned to be integrated to the frigates.[7][8]
Ships of the class
Ship[9] | Namesake | Builder | Launched | Commissioned |
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Barbaros class | ||||
TCG Barbaros (F 244) | Hayreddin Barbarossa | Blohm & Voss , Hamburg
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29 September 1993 | 23 May 1997 |
TCG Oruçreis (F 245) | Oruç Reis
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Gölcük Naval Shipyard, Kocaeli | 28 July 1994 | 23 May 1997 |
Salihreis subclass | ||||
TCG Salihreis (F 246) | Salih Reis
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Blohm & Voss , Hamburg
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26 September 1997 | 22 July 1998 |
TCG Kemalreis (F 247) | Kemal Reis | Gölcük Naval Shipyard, Kocaeli | 22 July 1998 | 8 June 2000 |
References
- ^ Barbaros Class frigates, Turkish Navy official website
- ^ Video of the visit of F246 Salihreis to the port of Odesa (Ukraine), on 30 March 2018. The new SMART-S Mk2 Radar is installed.
- ^ "Modernization of the Barbaros Class Frigates, MSI Turkish Defense Review (in Turkish)". Archived from the original on 2019-12-29. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
- ^ Mid-Life Modernisation For Barbaros Class Frigates, article in the website turkishnavy.net
- ^ ŞAHİN, ANIL (2020-01-11). "Barbaros Sınıfı Fırkateyn Yarı Ömür Modernizasyonu Projesi". SavunmaSanayiST (in Turkish). Retrieved 2020-08-20.
- ^ "Barbaros Sınıfı Fırkateyn Yarı Ömür Modernizasyonu Projesi BARBAROS SINIFI FIRKATEYN YARI ÖMÜR MODERNİZASYONU PROJESİ - SSB". www.ssb.gov.tr. Archived from the original on 2020-08-13. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
- ^ "Mid-Life Modernization for Turkish Navy's MEKO 200 Frigate". www.navyrecognition.com. Archived from the original on 2020-08-12. Retrieved 2021-04-12.
- ^ Ozberk, Tayfun (2021-01-11). "MLU of Turkish Navy's Barbaros-class frigates Passes Critical Design Phase". Naval News. Retrieved 2021-04-12.
- ^ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995
External links
Media related to Barbaros class frigates at Wikimedia Commons