Burak-class corvette

Burak-class corvette (Turkish: Burak sınıfı korvet), also known as the B-class corvette, is a warship 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. Their robust design and economical propulsion system allows them to be used for distant overseas operations.

Burak-class corvette TCG Bartın at İzmir, 2007
Class overview
Name	Burak or B class
Builders	Arsenal de Lorient, Lorient, France
Operators	Turkish Naval Forces
Succeeded by	Ada class
Subclasses	D'Estienne d'Orves class
Built	1972–1979
In commission	2002–present
Active	5
Retired	1
General characteristics
Type	Corvette
Displacement	1,325 tonnes
Length	80.52 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
Armament	4 × Exocet SSM; 1 × 100 mm/55 or 76mm Oto Melara gun; 2 × 20 mm guns; 4 × L5 torpedoes; 1 × 375 mm 6 barrel ASW A/S mortars

A total of six ships under the Burak class are being operated by the Turkish Naval Forces and will be phased out with introduction of Ada-class corvettes.

Ships

• TCG Bozcaada (F-500), formerly Commandant de Pimodan (F787)
• TCG Bodrum (F-501), formerly Drogou (F783). Retired in 2022.
• TCG Bandırma (F-502), formerly Quartier-Maître Anquetil (F786)
• TCG Beykoz (F-503), formerly D'Estienne d'Orves (F781)
• TCG Bartın (F-504), formerly Amyot d'Inville (F782)
• TCG Bafra (F-505), formerly Second-Maître Le Bihan (F788)

Sources

• B (A-69) class corvette

External links

• Official Turkish Navy Website (in Turkish)
• Turkish Navy