TCG Anadolu
History | |
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Turkey | |
Name: | TCG Anadolu |
Namesake: | Anatolian Peninsula |
Ordered: | 1 June 2015 |
Builder: | Sedef Shipbuilding, Inc. |
Laid down: | 30 April 2016 |
Launched: | Expected launch in year 2021 |
Identification: | Pennant number: L-408 |
Status: | Under Construction as of 2016 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Anadolu-class amphibious assault ship Aircraft Carrier |
Length: | 232 m (761 ft) |
Beam: | 32 m (105 ft) |
Draught: | 6.9 m (23 ft) |
Propulsion: | 5 x 8000KW Man Diesel Generators, 2 × 11 MW Siemens SiPOD , 2 x 1500 KW Bow Thruster |
Speed: | 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) |
Range: | 9,000 nautical miles (17,000 km; 10,000 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement: | 4 x LCM or 2 x LCAC |
Sensors and processing systems: | GENESIS ADVENT Combat Management System, IRST, IFF, TDL, VMF, SATCOM, LWR, DDS, Torpedo Defense System |
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Notes: | Ship can be configured as a Light aircraft carrier or as a Amphibious assault ship. The ship will have ability to sustain and operate F-35B if Turkey purchases the type. [2] |
TCG Anadolu is a planned amphibious assault ship of the Turkish navy that can be configured as a Light aircraft carrier. It is named after the region of Anatolia (Anadolu in Turkish), which forms central Turkey. The construction is taking place at Sedef Shipbuilding Inc. in Istanbul and is expected to be completed in 2021. The vessel is intended to meet various needs of the Turkish Armed Forces such as sustaining long endurance, long distance military combat operations and as well as humanitarian relief operations while acting as a command center.[3]
The Sedef–Navantia consortium won the tender for the LPD/LHD Strategic Projection Vessel project and TCG Anadolu will use the same design as that of the Spanish ship Juan Carlos I. All of the ship's weapons system will be procured by Turkish firms Havelsan and ASELSAN.[4][5][6][7][8][9]
References
- ↑ "The Construction Of The Multipurpose Amphibious Assault Ship TCG Anadolu Has Started". turkishnavy.net. 1 May 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
- ↑ https://turkishnavy.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/p1150564.jpg Specification Sheet (Turkish)
- ↑ http://www.ahaber.com.tr/galeri/teknoloji/turkiyenin-gururu-tcg-anadolu
- ↑ "Turkey's 'national flagship' set to sail in 2021". hurriyetdailynews. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
- ↑ Navantia: "Navantia and local partner selected by Turkey for construction of one LPD based on the Juan Carlos I", 27 December 2013.
- ↑ Navy Recognition: "Turkey selects Navantia's Juan Carlos LHD design as winner of its LPD tender", 28 December 2013.
- ↑ World Maritime News: "Navantia and SEDEF Join Forces to Construct LHD and LCMs for Turkish Navy", 7 January 2014.
- ↑ World Maritime News: Concept design of the Turkish variant of Juan Carlos I (L-61) class BPE
- ↑ "Turkey's Future LHD Could Be Modified as an "Aircraft Carrier" to Deploy F-35B Jets". 2 January 2015.