Burak-class corvette
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 Burak-class corvette TCG Bartın at İzmir, 2007
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| Class overview | |
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| Name | Burak or B class |
| Builders | Arsenal de Lorient, Lorient, France |
| Operators |  Turkish Naval Forces |
| Succeeded by | Ada class |
| Subclasses | D'Estienne d'Orves class |
| Built | 1972–1979 |
| In commission | 2002–present |
| Active | 5 |
| Retired | 1 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Corvette |
| Displacement | 1,325 tonnes |
| Length | 80.52 m (264 ft 2 in) |
| Beam | 10.2 m (33 ft 6 in) |
| Draft | 3.42 m (11 ft 3 in) |
| Propulsion | 2 × SEMT-Pielstick 12PC2V400 diesels, 12,000 hp (8.95 MW) |
| Speed | 23 knots (43 km/h) |
| Range | 4,500 nmi (8,300 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h) |
| Complement | 7 Officers, 83 P/O and enlisted |
| Armament | 4 × Exocet SSM; 1 × 100 mm/55 or 76mm Oto Melara gun; 2 × 20 mm guns; 4 × L5 torpedoes; 1 × 375 mm 6 barrel ASW A/S mortars |
Burak-class corvette (Turkish: Burak sınıfı korvet), also known as the B-class corvette, is a warship class of the Turkish Navy, all ex-D'Estienne d'Orves-class A69 type aviso corvettes, mainly designed for coastal anti-submarine defense and ocean escort missions. Their robust design and economical propulsion system allows them to be used for distant overseas operations.
A total of six ships under the Burak class are being operated by the Turkish Naval Forces and will be phased out with introduction of Ada-class corvettes.
Ships
[edit]- TCG Bozcaada (F-500), formerly Commandant de Pimodan (F787)
- TCG Bodrum (F-501), formerly Drogou (F783). Retired in 2022.[1]
- TCG Bandırma (F-502), formerly Quartier-Maître Anquetil (F786)
- TCG Beykoz (F-503), formerly D'Estienne d'Orves (F781)
- TCG Bartın (F-504), formerly Amyot d'Inville (F782)
- TCG Bafra (F-505), formerly Second-Maître Le Bihan (F788)
References
[edit]- ^ "Burak Sınıfı Korvetler". mavivatan.net (in Turkish). 19 June 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
Sources
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to B class corvette.
- Official Turkish Navy Website (in Turkish)
- Turkish Navy
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