TCG Yıldırım (F 243)

TCG Yıldırım (F 243) is a Yavuz-class frigate of the Turkish Navy.

TCG Yıldırım on 2 June 2014
History
Turkey
NameYıldırım
NamesakeBayezid I
BuilderGölcük Naval Shipyard, Kocaeli
Launched22 July 1988
Commissioned21 July 1989
IdentificationPennant number: F 243
StatusActive
General characteristics
Class and typeYavuz-class frigate
Displacement3,030 tons full load
Length110.50 m (362.53 ft)
Beam13.25 m (43.47 ft)
Draught3.94 m (12.93 ft)
Installed power4 MTU 20V 1163 diesel-engines, 30,000 hp (22,000 kW) CODAD
Propulsion2 shaft, controllable pitch propellers
Speed27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Range4,000 nautical miles (7,000 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h)
Complement180 (29 officers, 151 enlisted)
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Radar
  • TM 1126
  • AWS-6
  • HSA D08
  • HSA STIR 124
  • Sonar
  • SQS-56,
Electronic warfare
& decoys		ARES-2NC ESM, Mk 36 decoy
Armament
Aviation facilities

Development and design
Main article: Yavuz-class frigate

Yavuz-class frigates were designed in Germany and are part of the MEKO family of modular warships; in this case the MEKO 200 design. An order for ships was signed by the Turkish government in April 1983 for four MEKO frigates. Two ships were built in Germany and two in Turkey with German assistance. They are similar in design to the larger Barbaros-class frigates of the Turkish Navy, which are improved versions of the Yavuz-class frigate.

The Turkish Navy has an ongoing limited modernization project for an Electronic Warfare Suite. The intent is to upgrade the ships with locally produced the ECM, ECCM systems, active decoys, LWRs, IRST and the necessary user interface systems.

Construction and career

Yıldırım was launched on 24 April 1987 by Gölcük Naval Shipyard in Kocaeli and commissioned on 22 July 1988.[1]

Standing NATO Maritime Group Two (SNMG2) which consists of Álvaro de Bazán, Regina Maria and TCG Yıldırım, participated in the bilateral U.S. - Ukraine exercise Sea Breeze 2020, between 20 and 24 July 2020.[2]

17 February 2021, Magdeburg, KRI Sultan Hasanuddin, and TCG Yıldırım conducted an exercise in the Mediterranean Sea.[3]

References
  1. "YAVUZ CLASS (MEKO 200 Track I)". 2013-01-12. Retrieved 2021-03-14.
  2. "NATO forces participate in Sea Breeze exercise in the Black Sea". mc.nato.int. Retrieved 2021-03-14.
  3. "Kehebatan KRI Sultan Hasanuddin TNI AL yang Latihan Bareng Kapal Perang Turki di Laut Mediterania". Surya (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2021-03-14.

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