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Turkish Navy B class corvettes
Turkish Navy B-class corvettes in port at Izmir. İzmir, historically Smyrna, is the third most populous city of Turkey and the country's largest port after İstanbul.
Class overview
Operators: Turkish Navy
Active: 6
General characteristics
Displacement: 1,325 tonnes
Length: 80. The Turkish Navy (Türk Deniz Kuvvetleri is a branch of the Turkish Armed Forces. 52 m (264 ft 2 in)
Beam: 10. 2 m (33 ft 6 in)
Draft: 3. 42 m (11 ft 3 in)
Propulsion: 2 × SEMT-Pielstick 12PC2V400 diesels, 12,000 hp (8. 95 MW)
Speed: 23 knots (43 km/h)
Range: 4,500 nmi (8,300 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h)
Complement: 7 Officers, 83 P/O and enlisted

B Class corvettes are a class of the Turkish Navy, all ex-D'Estienne d'Orves class A69 type Aviso corvettes, mainly designed for coastal anti-submarine defense and ocean escort missions. The Turkish Navy (Türk Deniz Kuvvetleri is a branch of the Turkish Armed Forces. Ships in the class A total of 17 ships of this class were built and named after the heroes of the Second World War. An aviso (formerly also an adviso) a kind of Dispatch boat or advice boat survives particularly in the French navy. A corvette is a small maneuverable lightly armed Warship, originally smaller than a Frigate and larger than a coastal patrol craft, although many Their robust design and economical propulsion system allows them to be used for distant overseas operations. A total of six ships under the B class are being operated by the Turkish Navy. The Turkish Navy (Türk Deniz Kuvvetleri is a branch of the Turkish Armed Forces.

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