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The Doğan class is one of the fast attack craft / missile boat classes of the Turkish Navy.
.jpg) P-342 Tayfun
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| Class overview | |
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| Name | Doğan class |
| Operators |  Turkish Navy |
| In commission | 1977–present |
| Completed | 4 |
| Active | 4 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Fast attack craft / Missile boat |
| Displacement | 436 long tons (443 t) |
| Length | 58.1 m (190 ft 7 in) |
| Beam | 7.62 m (25 ft 0 in) |
| Draught | 2.74 m (9 ft 0 in) |
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| Speed | 38 knots (70 km/h; 44 mph) |
| Range | 1,050 nmi (1,940 km; 1,210 mi) at 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
| Complement | 40 |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys |
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| Armament |
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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
edit| Pennant number |
Name | Launched | Commissioned |
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| 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 |