Doğan-class fast attack craft

The Doğan class is one of the fast attack craft / missile boat classes of the Turkish Navy.

P-342 Tayfun
Class overview
NameDoğan class
Operators Turkish Navy
In commission1977–present
Completed4
Active4
General characteristics
TypeFast attack craft / Missile boat
Displacement436 long tons (443 t)
Length58.1 m (190 ft 7 in)
Beam7.62 m (25 ft 0 in)
Draught2.74 m (9 ft 0 in)
Propulsion
Speed38 knots (70 km/h; 44 mph)
Range1,050 nmi (1,940 km; 1,210 mi) at 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement40
Sensors and
processing systems
  • WM 28/41 fire control radar
  • LIOD Mk.2 fire control radar
  • Decca 1226 navigation radar
Electronic warfare
& decoys
  • 2 decoy RL
  • SUSIE-1 intercept
Armament

Designed by Lürssen Werft in Germany, these ships are almost identical with the Yıldız and Rüzgar classes, having the same hull, machinery and weapons. They were fitted with LIOD Mk.2 electro-optical fire control and TACTICOS command control systems during their mid-life modernization program.

TCG Doğan was built in Germany, other ships of the class were built in Turkey.

List of boats

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Pennant
number
Name Launched Commissioned
P-340 Doğan 16 June 1976 23 December 1977
P-341 Marti 28 July 1977 1 August 1978
P-342 Tayfun 19 July 1979 10 July 1980
P-343 Volkan 11 August 1980 12 May 1981

See also

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