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Berk 1977

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Berk	D358		Gölçuk NSY, Kocaeli, Izmir	9.3.1967	25.6.1971	12.7.1972	stricken 01/1999
Peyk	D359		Gölçuk NSY, Kocaeli, Izmir	18.1.1968	7.6.1972	24.7.1975	stricken 11.2000

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	1450
Displacement full, t	1950
Length, m	95.2
Breadth, m	11.8
Draught, m	4.40 hull 5.50 over sonar
No of shafts	1
Machinery	4 Fiat-Tosi Type 3-016-RSS diesels
Power, h. p.	24000
Max speed, kts	25
Fuel, t	diesel oil 220
Endurance, nm(kts)	3600(22)
Armament	2 x 2 - 76/50 Mk 33, 2 x 3 - 324 Mk 332 TT, 2 x 24 Hedgehog Mk 11 ASWRL, 1 DCR, helicopter deck
Electronic equipment	Decca TM1226, SPS-10, SPS-40, 2x SPG-34 radars, SQS-11 sonar, WLR-1 ECM suite
Complement	175

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Project history

These were the first major warships built in Turkey since before the First World War, and were based on the USN Claud Jones class frigate design. They had a slightly different hull, however, a more powerful armament,different machinery and one large funnel. There was a helicopter pad but no hangar.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.