List of mine warfare vessels of the Turkish Navy explained

This is a list of Turkish Navy mine warfare vessels that have served past and present, from 10 July 1920^[1] to present.

Minelayers

Sivrihisar class

Sivrihisar class

Name	Builder	Launched	Acquired	Fate
Sivrihisar				1940–1960
Turgut Reis				1940–1960

Danish Falster class

Nusret class ( Falster class):

Ex-US LSM 1 class coastal minelayer

Mordoğan class

(Ex- LSM-1 class Landing Ship Medium):

Name	Builder	Launched	Acquired	Fate
		Ex-USS LSM-484
		Ex-USS LSM-490
		Ex-USS LSM-481
		Ex-USS LSM-493
		Ex-USS LSM-492

Minehunters

Engin class

Engin class minehunter (Edincik class minehunter, Circe class minehunter):

Name	Builder	Launched	Acquired	Fate
		Ex-FS Calliope (M-713)		Extant in 2010
		Ex-FS Circe (M-715)		Extant in 2010
		Ex-FS Ceres (M-716)		Extant in 2010
		Ex-FS Cybele (M-712)		Extant in 2010
		Ex-FS Clio (M-714)		Extant in 2010

Aydın class

Aydın-class minehunter (subclass of Fr. Lürssen Werft GmbH & Co. KG Frankenthal-class minehunter):

Name	Builder	Launched	Acquired	Fate
			2005 -	Extant in 2010
			2005 -	Extant in 2010
			2007 -	Extant in 2010
			2007 -	Extant in 2010
				Extant in 2010
				Extant in 2010

Minesweeper

Kavak class

• Kavak class coastal minesweeper

Name	Builder	Launched	Acquired	Fate
Kavak				1937–1950s
Çanak				1937–1950

Ex-US YMS type

K class minesweeper (Ex-US YMS type inshore minesweeper):^[2]

Name	Builder	Launched	Acquired	Fate
Kas		Ex-USS YMS-79
Kilimli		Ex-USS YMS-289
Kozlu		Ex-USS YMS-348
Kuşadası		Ex-USS YMS-468
Kemer		Ex-USS YMS-228
Kerempe		Ex-USS YMS-239
Kirte		Ex-USS YMS-307
Karamürsel		Ex-Küllük, Ex-USS YMS-375

Ex-US Cape class

F class minesweeper (Foça class minesweeper, Cape class inshore minesweeper):^[2]

Name	Builder	Launched	Acquired	Fate
		Ex-USS MSI-15		Extant in 2010
		Ex-USS MSI-16		Extant in 2010
		Ex-USS MSI-17		Extant in 2010
		Ex-USS MSI-18		Extant in 2010

Redwing class early type

S class minesweeper ( Redwing class early type coastal minesweeper):^[2]

Name	Builder	Launched	Acquired	Fate
		Ex-USS MSC-268
		Ex-USS MSC-270
		Ex-USS MSC-271
		Ex-USS MSC-272

Redwing class later type

S class minesweeper ( Redwing class later type coastal minesweeper):^[2]

Name	Builder	Launched	Acquired	Fate
		Ex-USS MSC-304		Extant in 2010
		Ex-USS MSC-305		Extant in 2010
		Ex-USS MSC-311		Extant in 2010 scrapped in Aliaga in 2018
		Ex-USS MSC-312		Extant in 2010
		Ex USS-MSC-315		Extant in 2010 scrapped in Aliaga in 2018[3]

Adjutant class

S class minesweeper ( Adjutant class minesweeper):^[2]

Name	Builder	Launched	Acquired	Fate
		Ex-Belgian Navy De Panne
		Ex-French Navy Pavot
		Ex-French Navy Renoncule

Ex-French Mercure class

Karamürsel class minesweeper (Ex- Vegesack class minesweeper)^[2] -> K class patrol boat:

Name	Builder	Launched	Acquired	Fate
		Ex-M-1253 Worms		Extant in 2010
		Ex-M-1252 Detmold		Extant in 2010
		Ex-M-1254 Siegen		Extant in 2010
		Ex-M-1251 Hameln		Extant in 2010
		Ex-M-1250 Vegesack		Extant in 2010
		Ex-M-1255 Passau

Ex-Canadian Bay class

^{[2] [4]} -> T class patrol boat:

Name	Builder	Launched	Acquired	Fate
	Davie Shipbuilding, Lauzon, Quebec	Ex-	31 March 1958
	George T. Davie & Sons Ltd, Lauzon, Quebec	Ex-	31 March 1958	Extant in 2010
	Victoria Machinery Depot, Victoria, British Columbia	Ex-	31 March 1958
	Davie Shipbuilding, Lauzon, Quebec	Ex-	31 March 1958

External links

• Serhat Guvenc, "Building a Republican Navy in Turkey: 1924-1939", International Journal of Naval History
• Mayın Filosu Komutanlığı
• Unofficial Homepage of Turkish Navy
• Motor Minesweeper (AMS), Minesweeper Coastal (MSC), Minesweeper Coastal (Old) (MSC O), Inshore Minesweeper (MSI) Index, NavSource.

Notes and References

1. Cevat Ülkekul, "Kurtuluş Savaşı'nda Türk Denizcileri ve Cumhuriyet Bahriyesinin Kuruluşu", Piri Reis Symposium, Office of Navigation of Hydrography and Oceanography.
2. Robert Gardiner, Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995, 2nd Revised edition, Conway Maritime Press, London, 1995,, p. 479.
3. Web site: Selim_San on Instagram: "SAPANCA and SIGACIK #ghostships #aliaga #shiprecycling #minesweepers #turkishnavy #lastwedpic #warships" .
4. Book: Macpherson . Ken . Barrie . Ron . 2002 . The Ships of Canada's Naval Forces 1910—2002 . Third . Vanwell Publishing . St. Catharines, Ontario . 1-55125-072-1. 272–277.