Milgem class corvette
| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Ada class |
| Builders: | Istanbul Naval Shipyard |
| Operators: | Turkish Navy |
| Subclasses: | TF-100 class |
| Built: | 2005–present |
| In service: | 2011–present |
| Building: | 2 |
| Planned: | 12 |
| Completed: | 3 |
| Active: | 2 |
| Laid up: | 3 |
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| Displacement: | 2,400 tonnes for Ada Class and 3,000 tonnes for i Class |
| Length: | 99.56 m (326 ft 8 in) for Ada Class Corvets 113.2 m (371 ft 5 in) for İ Class Corvets |
| Beam: | 14.40 m (47 ft 3 in) for Ada Class Corvets 14.40 m (47 ft 3 in) for İ Class Corvets |
| Draft: | 3.90 m (12 ft 10 in) for Ada Class Corvets 4.05 m (13 ft 3 in) for İ Class Corvets |
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| Propulsion: | 1 gas turbine, 2 diesels, 2 shafts |
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| Range: | 3,500 nmi (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
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2 x RHIB |
| Complement: | 93 including aviation officers, with accommodation for up to 106 for Ada Class Corvets and 125 for İ Class Frigates |
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| Aviation facilities: | Capability of storing armaments, 20 tons of JP-5 aircraft fuel, aerial refueling (HIRF) and maintenance systems |
The MİLGEM project, from the Turkish words Milli Gemi (National Ship), is a Turkish national warship program, the purpose of which was to build a modern littoral combat warship with indigenous anti-submarine warfare and high-seas patrol capabilities, extensively using the principles of stealth technology in its design. Three MILGEM class corvettes have already been commissioned by the Turkish Navy and more are scheduled to enter into service in due course.
The corvettes of the MİLGEM project are named the Ada class (ada means island in Turkish, as each individual ship of the class is given the name of a Turkish island, in particular the Prince Islands in the Sea of Marmara, to the southeast of Istanbul). The lead ship of the class, TCG Heybeliada is named after Heybeliada Island, where the Turkish Naval High School is located.
The project covers the construction of four corvettes (Ada class), eight frigates which four (TF-100 class) and four (TF-2000 class) for the Turkish Navy, with possible exports to other countries. The first three ships of the class, TCG Heybeliada, TCG Büyükada and TCG BURUGUZADA were built by the Istanbul Naval Shipyard Command. The cost of the lead ship Heybeliada was around US$260 million.
In September 2013, then Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced that the MİLGEM project was to be temporarily put on hold after the completion of the first two corvettes by the Istanbul Naval Shipyard, and that the bid won by RMK Marine to build six more corvettes was cancelled. This was reportedly because the other shipbuilders complained about the bidding process. He added that a new bidding process will take place.
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