F-505 Bafra

Country: Turkey

Class, [Type]: D´Estienne d´Orves, [FFL].

Builder: Lorient Naval Shipyard, France.

Launch date: 13th August 1977.

Commission date: 22nd July 2002.

Displacement ( tons ): 1.175 standard, 1.330 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 80,5 x 10,3 x 5,5

Main machinery: 2 x SEMT-Pielstick 12 PC2 V 400 diesels ( 12.000 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 23.

Range ( miles ): 4.500 at 15 knots, 3.000 at 18 knots.

Complement: 90 ( 7 officers ) plus 9 commandos.

Guns: 1 x DCN 100mm/55, 2 x Oerlikon 20mm/70 Mk10 Mod23, 4 x 12,7mm.

Torpedoes: 4 fixed tubes for ECAN L5.

A/S Mortars: 1 x 375mm 6 barrel.

Radar: Air/Surface: 1 x Thomson-CSF DRBV 51A, G band; Navigation: 1 x Decca 1226; Fire Control: Thomson-CSF DRBC 32E, I band.

Sonar: Thomson Sintra DUBA 25, hull mounted, with search and attack modes, operating in medium frequency.

Countermeasures: Decoys: 2 x CSEE Dagaie 10 tube launchers for chaff and flares; Towed torpedo decoy Nixie; ESM: ARBR16 ( radar warning ).

Callsign: TBZF ()

Comment: ex - Second Maitre le Bihan F788. Clasified as Avisos. These ships are used for coastal antisubmarine operations and long range patrol. Transferred to Turkey in 2002.

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