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Bayraktar class landing ships of the Turkish Navy
Written by D-Mitch
https://navalanalyses.blogspot.com.tr/2017/12/bayraktar-class-landing-ships-of.html
Naval Analyses @D__Mitch 1h1 hour ago
Last analysis for 2017! Bayraktar class landing ships of the #TurkishNavy, perhaps the most advanced LSTs in the world today! More at https://navalanalyses.blogspot.gr/2017/12/bayraktar-class-landing-ships-of.html …
There are very few countries today which develop and built modern tank landing ships (LST). Such countries are South Korea with the Cheon Wang Bong-class, Russia with the Ivan Gren class and Turkey with the Bayraktar class. Of these three classes, the largest, the most modern and most heavily armed, is certainly the Turkish Bayraktar class, which will be described thoroughly in this article.The first of the ship in the class was launched on October 3, 2015, and was commissioned just recently, in April 2017. The ship, which was designed and built for the Turkish Navy by Anadolu Deniz Insaat Kizaklari Sanayi ve Ticaret (ANADOLU Shipyard), was named Bayraktar (L402) replacing the old TCG Bayraktar, a LST-542 class landing ship/minelayer (and not LST-511 class as it is reported in many sources). The original contract signed in June 2011 for the procurement of two vessels with an option for two more ships and thus to replace the two 30-year old Bey-class ships. It should be mentioned that the Bayraktar was designed, built and commissioned in a period of just 46 months! Moreover, the domestic industry participation in amphibious ship construction is more than 70 percent! The second ship, TCG Sancaktar (L403) was launched on 17 July 2016 and will be commissioned the coming months. The ships of the class are primarily intended for amphibious missions and transportation of troops and equipment, while their secondary missions include humanitarian aid, disaster relief, medical assistance and transportation. The ships of the class will also serve as flagships and logistic support vessels.
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Among others, the Bayraktars are equipped with Aselsan X-band SATCOM terminals, IFF system, GPS, LAN, ECDIS/WECDIS, HF,/UHF/VHF communication terminals and Link 11/16. As said in the introduction of the article, the Bayraktarss are certainly high-tech landing ships with plenty of capabilities and superb defensive equipment that is not limited only to guns and the most advanced Phalanx CIWS ever, but also includes a large number of anti-torpedo and anti-missile systems. The Bayraktar class will certainly be the pride of the Turkish Navy amphibious warfare fleet until the delivery of the TCG Anadolu Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD). It can be assumed that two more ships will follow in the future, perhaps of an enlarged version that will replace the two remaining obsolete Bey class LSTs and thus in the 2020s the Turkish Navy amphibious landing force will consist of Anadolou, four Bayraktars (Block I/II?) and the upgraded Osman Gazi.
Written by D-Mitch
https://navalanalyses.blogspot.com.tr/2017/12/bayraktar-class-landing-ships-of.html
Naval Analyses @D__Mitch 1h1 hour ago
Last analysis for 2017! Bayraktar class landing ships of the #TurkishNavy, perhaps the most advanced LSTs in the world today! More at https://navalanalyses.blogspot.gr/2017/12/bayraktar-class-landing-ships-of.html …
There are very few countries today which develop and built modern tank landing ships (LST). Such countries are South Korea with the Cheon Wang Bong-class, Russia with the Ivan Gren class and Turkey with the Bayraktar class. Of these three classes, the largest, the most modern and most heavily armed, is certainly the Turkish Bayraktar class, which will be described thoroughly in this article.The first of the ship in the class was launched on October 3, 2015, and was commissioned just recently, in April 2017. The ship, which was designed and built for the Turkish Navy by Anadolu Deniz Insaat Kizaklari Sanayi ve Ticaret (ANADOLU Shipyard), was named Bayraktar (L402) replacing the old TCG Bayraktar, a LST-542 class landing ship/minelayer (and not LST-511 class as it is reported in many sources). The original contract signed in June 2011 for the procurement of two vessels with an option for two more ships and thus to replace the two 30-year old Bey-class ships. It should be mentioned that the Bayraktar was designed, built and commissioned in a period of just 46 months! Moreover, the domestic industry participation in amphibious ship construction is more than 70 percent! The second ship, TCG Sancaktar (L403) was launched on 17 July 2016 and will be commissioned the coming months. The ships of the class are primarily intended for amphibious missions and transportation of troops and equipment, while their secondary missions include humanitarian aid, disaster relief, medical assistance and transportation. The ships of the class will also serve as flagships and logistic support vessels.
MORE
https://navalanalyses.blogspot.com.tr/2017/12/bayraktar-class-landing-ships-of.html
Among others, the Bayraktars are equipped with Aselsan X-band SATCOM terminals, IFF system, GPS, LAN, ECDIS/WECDIS, HF,/UHF/VHF communication terminals and Link 11/16. As said in the introduction of the article, the Bayraktarss are certainly high-tech landing ships with plenty of capabilities and superb defensive equipment that is not limited only to guns and the most advanced Phalanx CIWS ever, but also includes a large number of anti-torpedo and anti-missile systems. The Bayraktar class will certainly be the pride of the Turkish Navy amphibious warfare fleet until the delivery of the TCG Anadolu Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD). It can be assumed that two more ships will follow in the future, perhaps of an enlarged version that will replace the two remaining obsolete Bey class LSTs and thus in the 2020s the Turkish Navy amphibious landing force will consist of Anadolou, four Bayraktars (Block I/II?) and the upgraded Osman Gazi.
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