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Frigate TCG Orucreis (F-245)

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Classification

Ship class:
Barbaros-class frigate (MEKO 200TN) MEKO 200 frigate
Type:
Frigate

Basic information

Namesake:
Oruç Reis (c. 1474–1518) was an Ottoman bey (governor) of Algiers and beylerbey (chief governor) of the West Mediterranean, and the elder brother of Hayreddin Barbarossa.
Operator:
Turkish Naval ForcesTurkish Naval Forces
Country of build:
Builder:
Gölcük Naval Shipyard
Launched:
Commissioned (service):
Status:
Active
MMSI number:
271035023

Ship measurements

Displacement:
3,380 t
Length:
118 m
Beam (waterline):
14.8 m
Draft:
4.25 m

Machine

Propulsion system:
CODOG
Propulsion:
  • 2 * General Electric LM-2500 gas turbines 60,000 hp
  • 2 * MTU 20V 1163 diesel-engines 13,060 hp (9,740 kW)
  • 2 * controllable pitch propellers
Speed:
32 knots
Range:
4,100 nautical miles (7,600 km; 4,700 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)

Personnel

Complement:
170

Combat assets

Electronics:
  • Decca 2040 BT radar
  • AWS-9 radar
  • HSA D08 radar
  • HSA STIR 24 radar
  • HSA STIR 18 radar
  • SQS-56 sonar
  • Racal Cutlass
  • Racal Scorpion
  • Mk 36 decoy
Armament:
  • 2 * Mk 141 quad-pack Launcher for 8 * RGM-84 Harpoon
  • 1 * Mk 41 Mod 8 VLS for 16 * RIM-162 ESSM Sea Sparrow PDMS (SAM)
  • 1 * 5 inch /54 gun
  • 3 * Oerlikon Contraves Sea Zenith 25mm CIWS gun systems
  • 2 * Mark 32 Surface Vessel Torpedo Tube sets
Aircraft:
  • 1 * S-70B Seahawk or AB 212 ASW helicopter
  • Helipad
  • Hangar

TCG Oruçreis (F-245), is a Barbaros-class frigate of the Turkish Navy, the second ship of that class. She was named for Oruç Reis (c. 1474–1518), the Ottoman Beylerbeyi of the West Mediterranean. The submarine TCG Oruç Reis was the first ship of that name in the Turkish Navy.

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