Ares Shipyard

Ares Shipyard (Turkish: Ares Tersanesi) is a Turkish shipyard established in Antalya, southern Turkey in 2006. It builds fast patrol boats for the defence and law enforcement missions. This Shipyard Made World Class 'Ares-150 Hercules' OPV. Whice was awarded World's best Offshore patrol Ship By An International Maritime Organisation In 2018 [1]

Ares Shipyard
Native name
Ares Tersanecilik Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim Şirketi
TypeIncorporated company
IndustryShipbuilding
Founded2006 (2006)
FounderKalafatoğlu Family
HeadquartersFree economic zone,
Antalya
,
Turkey
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Kerim Kalafatoğlu, Chairman

Ares Shipyard was founded for building of sightseeing boats and yachts by Kalafatoğlu Family of Sürmene in Trabzon, an ancestor seafarer. The shipyard is situated in the Free economic zone of Antalya, and has five covered buildings of 40,000 m2 (430,000 sq ft) total area. The company went into defence industry and has been building fast patrol boats and offshore patrol crafts for the coast guard commands of Bahrain,[2][3] Oman,[4] and Qatar,[5] since 2014,[1] Turkish Coast Guard and Police,[6] and Northern Cyprus Coast Guard.[7]

For the design of the patrol boats, Ares cooperates with the British Maritime Technology (BMT).[8] The shipyard developed an armed unmanned surface vessel equipped with guided missiles for the Turkish Navy in early 2021.[9]

Coast Guard and Navy vessels

As of April 2022

Ship class !, Type Operators ! Ordered Built Ref
FPB-class
Fast patrol boat		Ares 35 FPB Turkey Coast Guard105
 Turkey Police17
Ares 42 FPB
Ares 58 FPB
Harpoon-class
Fast interceptor craft		Ares 24 Harpoon Qatar Coast Guard14
Ares 35 Harpoon
Ares 40 Harpoon
Ares 55 Harpoon
Ares 65 Harpoon
Hector-class
Multi-role patrol craft		Ares 42 Hector Turkey Coast Guard1010
 Northern Cyprus Coast Guard33
Ares 55 Hector
Ares 85 Hector
Ares 108 Hector
Ares 140 Hector
Hercules-class
Fast patrol boat		Ares 75 Hercules Qatar Coast Guard5
Ares 85 Hercules Oman Coast Guard143
Ares 110 Hercules Qatar Coast Guard10
Ares 150 Hercules Bahrain Coast Guard9
 Bangladesh Coast Guard 9 (Ordered With TOT)
 Qatar Coast Guard5
SAT-class
Special operations support and fast attack craft		Ares 55 SAT
Ares 80 SAT Qatar Coast Guard6
Ares 100 SAT
Ares 115 SAT
Ares 150 SAT
ULAQ-clas
Armed unmanned surface vessel		ULAQ Turkey Navy1

References
  1. "Ares Tersanesi" (in Turkish). ASBAŞ ANtalya Serbest Bölge Kurucu ve İşleticisi A.Ş. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  2. "18m Patrol Boat". BMT. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  3. "BMT Partners with Ares Shipyard to Deliver Patrol Boats for Bahrain Coast Guard". Navy Recognition. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  4. "Umman'ın ARES 85 HERCULES'leri, Antalya'da Suya İndirildi". Savunma Haber (in Turkish). 16 May 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  5. "Ares 150 Hercules". Ares. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  6. Özdemir Tosun, Hatice (1 January 2021). "'Mavi vatan'ın koruyucuları için yerli bot üretimine başlandı". Anadolu Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  7. "ARES-42 Hector Botu". Mavi Vatan (in Turkish). 9 November 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  8. "Omani ARES 85 Hercules Patrol Interceptor Vessel Launched". Joint-Forces. 4 December 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  9. "Turkish Shipbuilder Develops New Armed, Unmanned Surface Vessel". The Maritime Executive. 29 October 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2021.

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