S-355 18 Mart

Country:  Turkey

Class, [Type]: Type 209/1400, [SSK].

Builder: Gölçuk NSY, Kocaeli, Turkey.

Launch date: 25 August 1997.

Commission date: 27 August 1997.

Displacement ( tons ): 1.454 surfaced, 1.586 submerged.

Dimensions ( metres ): 62 x 6,2 x 5,5

Main machinery: diesel-electric: 4 x MTU 12V 396 SB83 diesels (3.800 hp), 4 alternators, 1 x Siemens (4.000 hp).

Speed ( knots ): 15 surfaced/snorkel; 21,5 submerged.

Range ( miles ): 8.200 at 8 knots surfaced, 400 at 4 knots submerged.

Complement: 30.

Missiles:  SSM: McDonnell Douglas Sub Harpoon.

Torpedoes: 8 x 533mm. tubes. GEC/Marconi Tigerfish Mk 24 Mod 2. Total load of torpedoes and/or missiles is 14.

Radar: Surface: ?, I band.

Sonar: Atlas Elektronik CSU83.

Countermeasures: ESM: Racal Porpoise ( radar warning ).

Callsign: TBCU ()

Comment: Maximum serviceable depth is 280m.

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