İSTİF CLASS (G-Milgem)

NUMBER NAME LAUNCHED COMMISSIONED
F-515 İSTANBUL 2023
F-516 İZMİR
F-517 İZMİT
F-518 İÇEL

Characteristics:
Displacement: 3000 tons, full load
Dimensions: 113,20 x 14.4 x 4.35 metres
Speed, Range: 15 knots economical, 29+ knots maximum, 6570 miles at 15 knots.
Crew:

Weapons:
Guns: 1 x 76mm, 1 x Göktürk 35mm CIWS, 2 x STAMP RWCS
Missiles: 16 x  Atmaca SSM
Mk41 Mod 2 launcher for 64 RIM-162 ESSM SAM
Torpedoes: 2 x 324 mm Mk 32 triple launcher for Mk 46 Mod 5; anti-submarine torpedoes.
Helicopters: 1 x S-70-B2 Seahawk

Sensors:
Radars: SMART-S Mk2 3D air/surface search; Sting fire control; ALPER navigation
Sonars: Search/attack
Other: Ahtapot electro-optical reconnaissance, surveillance and targeting system, ARES-2N ESM system

Comments:
This class is a natural evolution of the Ada class corvettes with a larger surface-to-surface and a surface-to-air missile load.
The first steel for the lead ship TCG İstanbul was cut on 19 January 2017. The details on machinery and other weapon and sensor systems have not been disclosed yet.

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