F-242 Fatih

Country:  Turkey

Class, [Type]: Yavuz ( Meko 200 TN ), [FF].

Builder: Gölçuk NSY, Kocaeli, Turkey.

Launch date: 24 April 1987.

Commission date: 22 July 1988.

Displacement ( tons ): 2.994 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 110,5 x 14,20 x 4,1

Main machinery: 4 x MTU 20V1163 TB93 diesels ( 35.940 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 27 ( 20 cruise ).

Range ( miles ): 4.100 at 18 knots.

Complement: 180 ( 26 officers ).

Guns: 1 x 127mm/54 Mk45 Mod. 1, 3 x 25mm Oerlikon-Contraves Sea Zenith GM 25 CIWS, 2 x 12,7mm.

Missiles:  SSM: 8 x Harpoon; SAM: 1 x Mk 29 SAM launcher ( 16 x RIM-7M Sea Sparrow missiles ).

Torpedoes: 6 x 324mm tubes ( 2 triple x Mk 32 Mod. 5 launchers ) for Mk 46 Mod. 5 torpedoes.

Military lift: fuel: 380 tons.

Radar: Air search: 1 x Thales DA-08, F band; Surface/air seach: 1 x BAE Systems AWS-6 (Dolphin), G band; Navigation: 1 x Racal Decca TM 1226, I band; Fire control: 1 x Thales WM-25 ( missile/gun ); 1 x STIR-24 SAM illumination, 2 x Siemens Albis TMKu radar/optronic ( for Sea Zenith CIWS ).

Sonar: Raytheon SQS-56 (DE 1160), hull-mounted, active search and attack, medium frequency.

Countermeasures: Decoys: 2 x Loral Hycor Mk 36 Mod 1 SRBOC, Nixie SLQ-25, towed torpedo decoy; ESM/ECM: Thales Rapids/Ramses, intercept and jammer.

Helicopter: 1 x AB 212 with Sea Skua SSM.

Callsign: TBWU ()

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