P-349 Karayel

Country:  Turkey

Class, [Type]: Yildiz, [PTG].

Builder: Taşkizak, Istanbul, Turkey.

Launch date: 20 June 1995.

Commission date: 19 September 1996.

Displacement ( tons ): 440 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 57,8 x 7,6 x 2,7

Main machinery: 4 x MTU 16V956 TB91 diesels ( 15.120 hp ), 4 x shafts.

Speed ( knots ): 38.

Range ( miles ): 700 at 35 knots, 1.600 at 32.5 knots, 3.300 at 16 knots.

Complement: 45 ( 6 officers ).

Guns: 1 x OTO Breda Compact 76mm/62, 1 x Oerlikon 35mm/90, 2 x 7,62mm.

Missiles:  SSM: 8 x RGM-84A Harpoon.

Radar: Surface/Air search: 1 x BAE Systems AWS-6 (Dolphin); Navigation: 1 x Kelvin-Hughes Type 1007; Fire Control: 1 x 1 Siemens Albis TMX-CW, 1 x Thales LIOD optronic director for 35mm gun.

Countermeasures: Decoys: 2 x Mk36 SRBOC; EW: Racal Cutlass B-1 ( intercept ).

Callsign: TBNT ()

Comment: An improved version of the Dogan class ( P-340 ), only two units built..