Turkey to unveil its own made warships

[silko]

This file photo shows TCG Heybeliada, Turkey’s first major domestically made warship, will be put to sea from the Pendik shipyard and delivered to Turkish Navy on Tuesday​

Turkey’s first major domestically made warship, the TCG Heybeliada, will be formally delivered to the Turkish Navy on Tuesday. A second ship of the same “corvette” class – small, maneuverable and lightly armed – will be put to sea at an Istanbul ceremony expected to be attended by President Abdullah Gül.

The Turkish Navy’s moves come amid rising tensions with Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Defense Minister İsmet Yılmaz, Chief of General Staff Gen. Necdet Özel and other dignitaries will also attend the ceremony at the Turkish Navy’s Pendik shipyard in Istanbul.

The TCG Heybeliada and the TCG Büyükada, which will be put to sea from the Pendik shipyard, are the first two ships in Turkey’s MİLGEM program, from the Turkish words “Milli Gemi” (National Ship). The program calls for the design, development, outfitting, integration and construction of 12 patrol and anti-submarine warships, four of them optional, produced with the eventual objective of exporting the vessels to allied and friendly countries.

The corvettes are capable of performing a variety of tasks: reconnaissance and surveillance, target detection, recognition and identification, early warning, base and coastal defense, anti-submarine warfare, surface warfare, anti-air warfare, amphibious operations and patrolling.

The MİLGEM program aims to reduce Turkey’s dependence on foreign ship-makers for ship design, construction and systems integration, and for the construction and integration of naval and private shipyards.

MİLGEM’s first prototype ship, the TCG Heybeliada, has been built by the Istanbul Naval Shipyard of the Turkish Naval Forces Command, while the procurement of supplementary design and construction services, systems and materials has been provided by the Undersecretariat for the Defense Industry, or SSM. The MİLGEM program kicked off in 2004.

The TCG Heybeliada’s construction began in September 2008. This first national warship is scheduled for delivery to the Turkish Navy on Tuesday, while the second ship of this class, the TCG Büyükada, is also scheduled to be put to sea.

More than 50 domestic companies have contributed to the TCG Heybeliada, more than 65 percent of which was locally produced. A mono-hull vessel, the Heybeliada has a length of 99 meters and a displacement of 2,300 tons. One MİLGEM corvette can carry a 10-ton helicopter. Its anti-submarine and surface-warfare capabilities are enhanced with the integration of a 76-mm main gun and a harpoon-guided missile system.

MİLGEM corvettes will be sold to any interested allied and friendly countries. After the completion of the MİLGEM program, the next project will be the design, development and construction of a national frigate, a larger ship. This program will be open to cooperation with interested foreign companies.

Turkey to unveil its own made warships - Hurriyet Daily News

http://www.trdefence.com/2011/09/26/turkey-to-unveil-its-own-made-warships/

 

[silko]

tum Turk halkina hayirli ugurlu olsun!

what exactly is the milgem ships, frigates?

and does someone have some more info on the 'national frigate' ?

 

[Quasar]

tum Turk halkina hayirli ugurlu olsun!

what exactly is the milgem ships, frigates?

and does someone have some more info on the 'national frigate' ?

as we all know whenever US approves to give us SM-2 ( the other option is aster ) we can start building our frigates very same day! building something like Aegis Combat System is not an easy task but we can handle it

 

[SyrianChristianPatriot]

Maybe turks should give us some and we will do what they couldn't do for 40 years and finally defeating the PKK

 

[silko]

Maybe turks should give us some and we will do what they couldn't do for 40 years and finally defeating the PKK

haha!

give it to you? no thanks, we rather give it to Israel for free.

how the hell are you going to take out pkk with naval ships exactly? kandil mountains isnt even close to the coast. Syrian army is in no way or shape able to defeat pkk.

 

[SyrianChristianPatriot]

haha!

give it to you? no thanks, we rather give it to Israel for free.

how the hell are you going to take out pkk with naval ships exactly? kandil mountains isnt even close to the coast. Syrian army is in no way or shape able to defeat pkk.

Wow Give them to Israel speaks clearly, Syrian Army has alot of Practice and we can do what Turkey has failed to do. in other news pkk kill 5 turkish policeman while turkey continues to threaten syria rather then saving your own people

 

[ARSENAL6]

haha!

give it to you? no thanks, we rather give it to Israel for free.

You really do hate your country ,silko
WHy not join the PKK, Israel is wants to arm the PKK against Turkey and you can happily be a part it. YOu'll be much closer to Israel. You'll do more damage to your country aswell.

 

[silko]

You really do hate your country ,silko
WHy not join the PKK, Israel is wants to arm the PKK against Turkey and you can happily be a part it. YOu'll be much closer to Israel. You'll do more damage to your country aswell.

not israel, that piece of sh*t liarman wanted to arm them. and why would Turkey give this ships to Syria and let them fire on their civilians from the coast?

Wow Give them to Israel speaks clearly, Syrian Army has alot of Practice and we can do what Turkey has failed to do. in other news pkk kill 5 turkish policeman while turkey continues to threaten syria rather then saving your own people

you can do what a nato country failed to do? now i have heard that to. buddy, Turkey doesn't fail... it is just their stupid politicians who dont do enough.

5 policemen died, rest in peace i say!

this isn't something new, news like this is common in Turkey. but your leader is killing for what? and then you speak to us, those who where killed didnt do anything wrong other than asking for more freedom. the freedom you enjoy in USA!!!

what is more important

when someone gets killed because they want freedom, or someone gets killed protecting freedom.

i agree we do have a lot of stupid politicians, but that doesnt mean Syria is going to do whatever it wants in front of us.

 

[nomi007]

nice progress
but what is the progress of Amphibious transport dock

 

[Jango]

nice work by Turkey.

 

[AKINCI]

F-511 Heybeliada

F-512 Büyükada


General characteristics

Class and type:

Patrol and Anti-Submarine Warfare[1]

Type:

Corvette / Frigate

Displacement:

2,300 tonnes

Length:

99.00 m

Beam:

14.40 m

Draught:

3.60 m

Propulsion:

1 gas turbine, 2 diesels, 2 shafts, 30,000 kW (CODAG)

Speed:

Economy: 15 knots
Maximum: 29+ knots

Range:

3,500 nautical miles (6,480 km) @ 15 knots
Endurance: 21 days with logistic support, 10 days autonomous



Boats and landing
craft carried: b2 Rhib

Complement:

93 including aviation officers, with accommodation for up to 106

Sensors and
processing systems:


Combat Management System: G-MSYS (GENESIS MİLGEM Savaş Yönetim Sistemi)
Search radar: SMART-S Mk2
Sonar: TBT-01
Communication: SatCom, GPS, LAN, ECDIS/WECDIS, Link 11/16
Navigation: ECPINS-W, ALPER LPI
IPMS: UniMACS 3000

Others: X-Band radar, Fire Control Radar

Electronic warfare
and decoys:

SIGINT: ARES-2N[2]
Others: Laser/RF systems, ASW jammers, DG, SSTD

Armament:

Guns:

1 x 76 mm (retractable for lower radar cross section, guidance by fire control radar and electro-optical systems), A position
2 x 12.7 mm Aselsan STAMP Stabilized Machine Gun Platform (guidance by Laser/IR/TV and electro-optical systems, automatic and manual modes), B position

Anti-surface missiles:

8 x Harpoon

Anti-aircraft missiles:

21 x RAM (PDMS)
Mk.41 VLS for ESSM (TF-100 class)

Torpedoes:

2 x 324 mm Mk.32 triple launchers for Mk.46 torpedoes

Aircraft carried:

Hangar and platform for:

S-70B Seahawk ASW helicopters
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)

Aviation facilities:

Capability of storing armaments, 20 tons of JP-5 aircraft fuel, aerial refueling (HIRF) and maintenance systems

 

[silko]

AKINCI do you have any info on the new national frigate?

 

[eagleeye]

video about the ceremony.

 

[khanz4996]

Wow Give them to Israel speaks clearly, Syrian Army has alot of Practice and we can do what Turkey has failed to do. in other news pkk kill 5 turkish policeman while turkey continues to threaten syria rather then saving your own people

You are saying that your army is a mercinary force who can fight for money by asking for ships in return you can fight PKK???What did your Assad do when israel bombed your nuclear installations in demuscus???Turkey is 2nd largest force in NATO after US Turkey can defeat them without any help what syria should do is place their house in order come out of the cold war mentality and cold war style Assad regime.if you got some good government and independant one and they conducted a powerful and independent foreign policy then syria would be much better off.

 

[500]

tum Turk halkina hayirli ugurlu olsun!

what exactly is the milgem ships, frigates?

and does someone have some more info on the 'national frigate' ?

Milgem without ESSM is rather corvete, with ESSM is frigate.