This is a list of Turkish Navy mine warfare vessels that have served past and present, from 10 July 1920[ 1]
Minelayers
Atak
Name
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Service years
Atak
1938-early 1960s
Sivrihisar class
Name
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Service years
Sivrihisar
1940–1960
Turgut Reis
1940–1960
Danish Falster class
Nusret class (
Name
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Fate
TCG Nusret (N-110)[ 2] Schiffs & Maschinenbau AG Germania, Kiel , German Empire
4 December 1911
1913
Decommissioned & laid up for conversion to a museum ship in October 1918, sold in 1962 to commercial interests, rebuilt 1962-66 as general cargo motorship, capsized in April 1989, salvaged in 1999 and made into a memorial/museum ship in 2003
Ex-US LSM 1 class coastal minelayer
Mordoğan class : (Ex-LSM-1 class Landing Ship Medium ):
Minehunters
Engin classEngin class minehunter (Edincik class minehunterCirce class minehunter
TCG Edincik (M-260)
Aydın classAydın -class minehunterFr. Lürssen Werft GmbH & Co. KG Frankenthal -class minehunter
TCG Anamur (M-269)
Minesweeper
Kavak class coastal minesweeper
Name
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Service years
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
35 yacht builders
Ex-USS YMS-79
in service no later than 13 December 1957
Kilimli
35 yacht builders
Ex-USS YMS-289
in service no later than 13 December 1957
Kozlu
35 yacht builders
Ex-USS YMS-348
in service no later than 13 December 1957
Kuşadası
35 yacht builders
Ex-USS YMS-468
in service no later than 13 December 1957
Kemer
35 yacht builders
Ex-USS YMS-228
in service no later than 13 December 1957
Kerempe
35 yacht builders
Ex-USS YMS-239
in service no later than 13 December 1957
Kirte
35 yacht builders
Ex-USS YMS-307
in service no later than 13 December 1957
Karamürsel
35 yacht builders
Ex-Küllük , Ex-USS YMS-375
in service no later than 13 December 1957
Ex-US Cape class
F class minesweeper (Foça class minesweeperCape class inshore minesweeper[ 2]
TCG Foça (M-500)
Redwing class early typeS class minesweeper (Redwing class early type coastal minesweeper[ 2]
Redwing class later typeS class minesweeper (Redwing class later type coastal minesweeper[ 2]
TCG Silifke (M-514)
Adjutant classS class minesweeper (Adjutant class minesweeper[ 2]
Ex-French Mercure class
Karamürsel class minesweeperVegesack class minesweeper[ 2]
Ex-Canadian Bay class
Trabzon -class minesweeperBay-class minesweeper [ 2] [ 4]
Name
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Fate
TCG Trabzon (M-530)
Davie Shipbuilding , Lauzon, Quebec
12 November 1951 as Ex-HMCS Gaspé (MCB 143)
31 March 1958
in service until 1991
TCG Terme (M-531)
Davie Shipbuilding, Lauzon, Quebec
31 July 1953 as Ex-HMCS Trinity (MCB 157)
31 March 1958
in service until 1991
TCG Tirebolu (M-532)
Victoria Machinery Depot , Victoria, British Columbia
24 April 1952 as Ex-HMCS Comox (MCB 146)
31 March 1958
sold in 1996
TCG Tekirdağ (M-533)
Davie Shipbuilding, Lauzon, Quebec
20 May 1953 as Ex-HMCS Ungava (MCB 148)
31 March 1958
in service until 1991, then broken up for scrap at Aliağa, Turkey in 2002
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.
^ "Instagram post" . instagram.com .^ 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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