List of mine warfare vessels of the Turkish Navy

This is a list of Turkish Navy mine warfare vessels that have served past and present, from 10 July 1920^[1] to present.

Minelayers

Atak

Name	Builder	Launched	Acquired	Fate
Atak				1938-early 1960s

Sivrihisar class

Sivrihisar class

Name	Builder	Launched	Acquired	Fate
Sivrihisar				1940–1960
Turgut Reis				1940–1960

Danish Falster class

Nusret class ( Falster class):

Name	Builder	Launched	Acquired	Fate
TCG Nusret (N-110)^[2]

Ex-US LSM 1 class coastal minelayer

Mordoğan class: (Ex- LSM-1 class Landing Ship Medium):

Name	Builder	Launched	Acquired	Fate
TCG Mordoğan (N-101)^[2]		Ex-USS LSM-484
TCG Meriç (N-102)^[2]		Ex-USS LSM-490
TCG Marmaris (N-103)^[2]		Ex-USS LSM-481
TCG Mersin (N-104)^[2]		Ex-USS LSM-493
TCG Mürefte (N-105)^[2]		Ex-USS LSM-492

Minehunters

Engin class

Engin class minehunter (Edincik class minehunter, Circe class minehunter):

TCG Edincik (M-260)

Name	Launched	Fate
TCG Edincik (M-260)	Ex-FS Calliope (M-713)	Extant in 2010
TCG Edremit (M-261)	Ex-FS Circe (M-715)	Extant in 2010
TCG Enez (M-262)	Ex-FS Ceres (M-716)	Extant in 2010
TCG Erdek (M-263)	Ex-FS Cybele (M-712)	Extant in 2010
TCG Erdemli (M-264)	Ex-FS Clio (M-714)	Extant in 2010

Aydın class

Aydın-class minehunter (subclass of Fr. Lürssen Werft GmbH & Co. KG Frankenthal-class minehunter):

TCG Anamur (M-269)

Name	Acquired	Fate
TCG Alanya (M-265)	2005 -	Extant in 2010
TCG Amasra (M-266)	2005 -	Extant in 2010
TCG Ayvalık (M-267)	2007 -	Extant in 2010
TCG Akçakoca (M-268)	2007 -	Extant in 2010
TCG Anamur (M-269)		Extant in 2010
TCG Akçay (M-270)		Extant in 2010

Minesweeper

Kavak class

Kavak class coastal minesweeper

Name	Builder	Launched	Acquired	Fate
Kavak				1937–1950s
Çanak				1937–1950

Ex-US YMS type

K class minesweeper (Ex-US YMS type inshore minesweeper):^[2]

Name	Builder	Launched	Acquired	Fate
Kas		Ex-USS YMS-79
Kilimli		Ex-USS YMS-289
Kozlu		Ex-USS YMS-348
Kuşadası		Ex-USS YMS-468
Kemer		Ex-USS YMS-228
Kerempe		Ex-USS YMS-239
Kirte		Ex-USS YMS-307
Karamürsel		Ex-Küllük, Ex-USS YMS-375

Ex-US Cape class

F class minesweeper (Foça class minesweeper, Cape class inshore minesweeper):^[2]

TCG Foça (M-500)

Name	Launched	Fate
TCG Foça (M-500)	Ex-USS MSI-15	Extant in 2010
TCG Fethiye (M-501)	Ex-USS MSI-16	Extant in 2010
TCG Fatsa (M-502)	Ex-USS MSI-17	Extant in 2010
TCG Finike (M-503)	Ex-USS MSI-18	Extant in 2010

Redwing class early type

S class minesweeper ( Redwing class early type coastal minesweeper):^[2]

Name	Builder	Launched	Acquired	Fate
TCG Samsun (M-510)		Ex-USS MSC-268
TCG Sinop (M-511)		Ex-USS MSC-270
TCG Sürmene (M-512)		Ex-USS MSC-271
TCG Seddülbahir (M-513)		Ex-USS MSC-272

Redwing class later type

S class minesweeper ( Redwing class later type coastal minesweeper):^[2]

TCG Silifke (M-514)

Name	Launched	Fate
TCG Silifke (M-514)	Ex-USS MSC-304	Extant in 2010
TCG Saros (M-515)	Ex-USS MSC-305	Extant in 2010
TCG Sığacık (M-516)	Ex-USS MSC-311	Extant in 2010 scrapped in Aliaga in 2018
TCG Sapanca (M-517)	Ex-USS MSC-312	Extant in 2010
TCG Sarıyer (M-518)	Ex USS-MSC-315	Extant in 2010 scrapped in Aliaga in 2018^[3]

Adjutant class

S class minesweeper ( Adjutant class minesweeper):^[2]

Name	Builder	Launched	Acquired	Fate
TCG Seymen (M-507)		Ex-Belgian Navy De Panne
TCG Selçuk (M-508)		Ex-French Navy Pavot
TCG Seyhan (M-509)		Ex-French Navy Renoncule

Ex-French Mercure class

Karamürsel class minesweeper (Ex- Vegesack class minesweeper)^[2] -> K class patrol boat:

Name	Launched	Fate
TCG Karamürsel (M-520)	Ex-M-1253 Worms	TCG Karamürsel (P-307) Extant in 2010
TCG Kerempe (M-521)	Ex-M-1252 Detmold	TCG Kerempe (P-308) Extant in 2010
TCG Kilimli (M-522)	Ex-M-1254 Siegen	TCG Kilimli (P-309) Extant in 2010
TCG Kozlu (M-523)	Ex-M-1251 Hameln	TCG Kozlu (P-301) Extant in 2010
TCG Kuşadası (M-524)	Ex-M-1250 Vegesack	TCG Kuşadası (P-302) Extant in 2010
TCG Kemer (M-525)	Ex-M-1255 Passau

Ex-Canadian Bay class

Trabzon-class minesweeper: Bay-class minesweeper^[2]^[4] -> T class patrol boat:

Name	Builder	Launched	Acquired	Fate
TCG Trabzon (M-530)	Davie Shipbuilding, Lauzon, Quebec	Ex-HMCS Gaspé (MCB 143)	31 March 1958
TCG Terme (M-531)	George T. Davie & Sons Ltd,, Lauzon, Quebec	Ex-HMCS Trinity (MCB 157)	31 March 1958	TCG Terme (P-531) Extant in 2010
TCG Tirebolu (M-532)	Victoria Machinery Depot, Victoria, British Columbia	Ex-HMCS Comox (MCB 146)	31 March 1958
TCG Tekirdağ (M-533)	Davie Shipbuilding, Lauzon, Quebec	Ex-HMCS Ungava (MCB 148)	31 March 1958

Sources

^ Cevat Ülkekul, "Kurtuluş Savaşı'nda Türk Denizcileri ve Cumhuriyet Bahriyesinin Kuruluşu" Archived 2007-10-25 at the Wayback Machine, Piri Reis Symposium, Office of Navigation of Hydrography and Oceanography. (in Turkish)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m Robert Gardiner, Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995, 2nd Revised edition, Conway Maritime Press, London, 1995, ISBN 978-0-85177-605-7, p. 479.
^ "Selim_San on Instagram: "SAPANCA and SIGACIK #ghostships #aliaga #shiprecycling #minesweepers #turkishnavy #lastwedpic #warships"".
^ Macpherson, Ken; Barrie, Ron (2002). The Ships of Canada's Naval Forces 1910—2002 (Third ed.). St. Catharines, Ontario: Vanwell Publishing. pp. 272–277. ISBN 1-55125-072-1.

External links

[Cevat-1] Cevat Ülkekul, "Kurtuluş Savaşı'nda Türk Denizcileri ve Cumhuriyet Bahriyesinin Kuruluşu" Archived 2007-10-25 at the Wayback Machine, Piri Reis Symposium, Office of Navigation of Hydrography and Oceanography. (in Turkish)

[Conway1947-1995-479-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m Robert Gardiner, Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995, 2nd Revised edition, Conway Maritime Press, London, 1995, ISBN 978-0-85177-605-7, p. 479.

[3] "Selim_San on Instagram: "SAPANCA and SIGACIK #ghostships #aliaga #shiprecycling #minesweepers #turkishnavy #lastwedpic #warships"".

[4] Macpherson, Ken; Barrie, Ron (2002). The Ships of Canada's Naval Forces 1910—2002 (Third ed.). St. Catharines, Ontario: Vanwell Publishing. pp. 272–277. ISBN 1-55125-072-1.

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