Second Milgem Class Corvette Delivered, Turkey

Istanbul Naval Shipyard has delivered the second Milgem Class Corvette to the Turkish Naval Forces, the TCG BÜYÜKADA (F-512).

Parliament Speaker Cemil Çiçek, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Chief of the General Staff Gen. Necdet Özel have attended the ceremony, reports TRT.

The Milgem class, from the Turkish words Milli Gemi (National Ship), is a modern littoral combat warship with indigenous anti-submarine warfare and high-seas patrol capabilities. The first vessel, TCG Heybeliada (F-511), was delivered in 2011. According to the local newspaper Hürriyet, the construction costs of the lead ship were around $260 million.

The warship has an overall length of 99.5m, a beam of 14.4m and a design draft of 3.9m. The displacement of the vessel at full load is 2,300t with the top speed of 29 knots.

Propulsion: 2 Diesels /1 Gas turbines (CODAC), 2 Propellers

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Shipbuilding Tribune Staff, October 4, 2013