A-class minehunter

The A class is a class of minehunter vessels in the Turkish Navy. In 1999, the German shipyards Lürssen and Abeking & Rasmussen were contracted to build six Frankenthal-class ships for the Turkish Navy, a purchase worth US$630 million. While the first vessel was built in Germany, later ships were constructed by the Istanbul Naval Shipyard.[1]

Amasra (M266)
Class overview
Builders:
Operators:  Turkish Naval Forces
In commission: 2005–present
Planned: 6
Building: 0
Completed: 6
Active: 6
General characteristics
Type: Minehunter
Displacement: 650 t
Length: 54.4 m (178 ft)
Beam: 9.2 m (30 ft)
Draft: 2.6 m (8 ft 6 in)
Propulsion:
Speed: 18 kn (33 km/h)
Complement: 41
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • 1 × Marconi 2093 VDS mine hunting sonar
  • DRBN 32 navigation radar
Electronic warfare
& decoys:		 2 × Barricade chaff and flare launcher
Armament:
  • 1 × 30 mm gun
  • 2 × 12.7 mm machine gun
  • 2 × PAP-105 Mk5 mine hunting system
  • Mine laying capabilities
Notes:
  • mine diver equipment, decompression chamber
  • crane

The Turkish Navy has become the second naval force in the world, after the German Navy, to use a non-magnetic steel hull in its minehunter vessels.

Pennant
Number		 Name shipyard commissioned
M265AlanyaAbeking & Rasmussen, Lürssen26 July 2005
M266AmasraIstanbul Naval Shipyard26 July 2005
M267AyvalıkIstanbul Naval Shipyard22 June 2007
M268AkçakocaIstanbul Naval Shipyard17 September 2007
M269AnamurIstanbul Naval Shipyard
M270AkçayIstanbul Naval Shipyard

See also
  • List of Turkish Navy ships

References
  1. "Mine Warfare Ships". Unofficial Homepage of Turkish Navy. Retrieved 4 August 2008.
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