Istanbul Class (MILGEM Block 2)
Owned By
| Operator: | Turkey | Saudi Arabia |
| Status: | On Order | Under Negotiation |
| Number: | 4 | 2 |
| Ships: | F515 Istanbul (Laid down January 2017, expected launch 2021) | Unknown |
| F516 Izmir (Planned) | ||
| F517 Izmit (Planned) | ||
| F518 Icel (Planned) | ||
| Cost: | ~$300 million per ship | $300-500 million per ship |
| General Specs: | ||
| Country of origin: | Turkey | |
| Class: | Multirole Frigate | |
| Manufacturer: | Lead developer and construction: Istanbul Naval Shipyard Command; U.S. and European defense firms provide bulk of sensors and weapon systems | |
| Introduced: | 2021 | |
| Displacement: | 3,000 tons | |
| Length: | 370.7 ft (113 m) | |
| Beam: | 47.2 ft (14.4 m) | |
| Draft: | 14.4 ft (4.4 m) | |
| Hull Material: | Steel | |
| Propulsion: | Gas and diesel (CODAG) engeines | |
| Speed: | 44+ mph (72.2 km/h / 39+ knots) | |
| Range: | 4,028 miles (6,482 km / 3,500 nm) @15 kt | |
| Endurance: | N/A | |
| Fuel Capacity: | Unknown | |
| Crew: | Unknown | |
| Armament: | ||
| Guns: | 1 x 76mm/62cal OTO Melara Super Rapid main gun | |
| 2 x 12.7mm Aselsan Stabilized Machine Gun Platforms (STAMP) or 2 x 25mm Aselsan STOP remote weapon system | ||
| 1 x Mk 15 Phalanx close-in weapon system (CIWS) | ||
| Anti-air: | ~16 x Evolved Sea Sparrow Missiles (ESSM) in Mk41 vertical launch systems (VLS) | |
| Anti-ship: | 16 x RGM-84L Harpoon II missiles | |
| Other: | 2 x Mk32 324mm torpedo launchers for Mk46 or Mk54 anti-submarine torpedoes | |
| Radar/Sensors: | Thales SMART-S Mk2 3D multibeam S-band radar (manufactured locally by Aselsan) | |
| Thales STING-EO Mk2 I/K-band fire control system (radar and electro-optic) | ||
| Sperry Marine VisionMaster FT S-band navigation radar | ||
| Aselsan ALPER X-band radar | ||
| Aselsan ASELFLIR-300T advanced targeting system | ||
| Defense/ Countermeasures: | Aselsan Laser Warning Receiver (LIAS) | |
| Aselsan ARES-2N electronic surveillance measures (ESM) | ||
| BAE Mk36 Super Rapid Bloom Offboard Countermeasures (SRBOC) chaff and decoy system | ||
| Aselsan HIZIR torpedo countermeasure system | ||
| Other: | Havelsan GENESIS combat management system (CMS) | |
| Yaltes UNIMACS 3000 integrated platform control monitoring system | ||
| OSI Geospatial digital chart integrated navigation system | ||
| Aselsan X-band SATCOM terminals | ||
| Link 11/16 | ||
| 1 x S-70B Seahawk helicopter which can carry AGM-119 Penguin Mk2 anti-ship missiles, AGM-114 Hellfire missiles, UMTAS missiles, and Mk46 and Mk54 anti-submarine torpedoes | ||
| 2 x Rigid-Hull Inflatable Boats (RHIBs) | ||
| Notes: | Evolution of Turkey’s indigenous MILGEM (National Ship) project, known as the Block II, TF-100, or I Class. Successor to the smaller Ada Class anti-submarine corvettes | |
Sources:
- D-Mitch, “Ada class corvettes of the Turkish Navy,” Naval Analyses, June 26, 2015.
- Cem Devrim Yaylali, “Istif Class (G-Milgem),” Bosphorus Naval News, 2016.
- Burak Ege Bekdil, “Sources: Turkey to ink ‘largest ever export deal for local industry,” Defense News, May 10, 2017.
- “Turkey begins construction of first national frigate ‘Istanbul’,” Daily Sabah, January 19, 2017.
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