TCG Yavuz (F 240)

Not to be confused with SMS Goeben, German flagship launched in 1911 and in 1914 transferred to Turkey and renamed to TCG Yavuz.

TCG Yavuz on 4 April 2012
History
Turkey
Name	Yavuz
Namesake	Selim I
Builder	Blohm+Voss, Hamburg, Germany
Launched	30 May 1985[1]
Commissioned	11 October 1987[1]
Reclassified	March 2024
Homeport	Gölcük, Kocaeli, Türkiye
Identification	Pennant number: F 240
Motto	Gururlu, Güçlü, Öncü (Proud, Strong, Pioneering)
Status	Active
General characteristics
Class and type	Yavuz-class frigate
Displacement	3,030 tons full load
Length	110.50 m (362.53 ft)
Beam	13.25 m (43.47 ft)
Draught	3.94 m (12.93 ft)
Installed power	4 MTU 20V 1163 diesel-engines, 30,000 hp (22,000 kW) CODAD
Propulsion	2 shaft, controllable pitch propellers
Speed	27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Range	4,000 nautical miles (7,000 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h)
Complement	180 (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	2 Mk 141 quad-pack Launcher for 8 × RGM-84 Harpoon 1 MK 29 Guided Missile Launching System for 8 × RIM-7 Sea Sparrow 1 × 5 inch /54 gun 3 × Oerlikon Contraves Sea Zenith 25 mm CIWS gun systems 2 × 3 12.75 in Mk.32 torpedo tubes in triple mountings
Aircraft carried	AB-212 Helicopter
Aviation facilities	Hangar and platform for 1 × AB 212 ASW helicopter

TCG Yavuz (F 240) is the lead ship of Yavuz-class frigate of the Turkish Navy.

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 ECM, ECCM systems, active decoys, LWRs, IRST, and the necessary user interface systems.

Construction and career

Yavuz was launched on 30 May 1985 by Blohm+Voss in Hamburg and commissioned on 11 October 1987.[1]

On 11 September 2020, she escorted TCG İskenderun in the Mediterranean while on her way to the Port of Marmaris.[2]

References

1. "YAVUZ CLASS (MEKO 200 Track I)". 2013-01-12. Retrieved 2021-03-14.
2. AA, DAILY SABAH WITH (2020-09-11). "Turkish navy conducts exercise off Libyan coast". Daily Sabah. Retrieved 2021-03-13.

External links

Media related to TCG Yavuz (F-240) at Wikimedia Commons

• The First Upgraded MEKO 200 Frigate Of Turkish Navy
• BARBAROS CLASS ( MEKO 200 Track II) (Turkey)