Ithuriel 1942
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Inconstant (ex-Muavenet) | H49 | Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow | 5/1939 | 24/2/1941 | 1/1942 | to Turkey 3/1946 (Muavenet) |
| Ithuriel (ex-Gayret) | H05 | Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow | 5/1939 | 15/2/1940 | 3/1942 | CTL 28/11/1942 |
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Displacement standard, t |
1370 |
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Displacement full, t |
1890 (later 2080) |
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Length, m |
95.1 pp 98.5 oa |
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Breadth, m |
10.2 |
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Draught, m |
3.78 (later 3.96) |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
Parsons geared steam turbines, 3 Admiralty 3-drum boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
34000 |
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Max speed, kn |
35.5 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 443 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 5500(15) |
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Armament |
4 x 1 - 120/45 QF Mk IX, 2 x 4 - 12.7/62, 2 x 4 - 533 TT, 2 DCT, 1 DCR (20 DC) |
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Sensors |
presumably type 271, 285, 290 radars, sonars |
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Complement |
145 |
Ship project history: Four destroyers have been ordered by Turkey in 1939 to Vickers-Armstrong and Denny as "I" class ships built for the RN, but with quadruple TTs. Fire control system was similar accepted on Brazilian "Í". British government has redeemed two destroyers. Two more, built by Denny, are put Turkish fleet in 1942
Modernizations: early 1942, both: - 2 x 4 - 12.7/62, 1 x 4 - 533 TT; + 1 x 1 - 76/45 QF Mk I HA, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon
early 1943, Inconstant: - 1 x 1 - 120/45, 1 x 1 - 76/45; + 2 DCT (70 DC)
mid-1943, Inconstant: - 2 x 1 - 20/70; + 2 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon
early 1944, Inconstant: - 1 x 1 - 120/45; + 2 x 1 - 57/40 Hotchkiss, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog DCT
Naval service: Ithuriel was damaged by German He 111 bombers off Bon 27-28/11/1942 and never repaired.
sister-ship Sultanhissar 1946
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