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     F500 Bozcaada      

Photo byApril 2009. The Sevastopol. Photo by A. Andreev.

Country: Turkey.
Class, [Type]: D´Estienne d´Orves, [FSM].
Homeport: Izmir.

Callsign: TBZA ( Tango Bravo Zulu Alfa )

Builder: Lorient Naval Shipyard, France.
Laid down: 15 July 1975.
Launch date: 7 August 1976.
Commission date: 20 May 1978.
Recommission date: 22 June 2001.

Displacement ( tons ): 1175 standard, 1250 full load.
Dimensions ( metres ): 80,5 x 10,5 x 5,5.
Main machinery: 2 x SEMT-Pielstick 12 PC2 V 400 diesels ( 12000 hp ).
Speed ( knots ): 23.
Range ( miles ): 4500 at 15 knots.
Complement: 104 ( 10 officers ).

Guns: 1 x 1 100mm DCN, 2 x 20mm Oerlikon, 2 x 1 12,7mm MGs.
Missiles: SSM: 2 x 1 MM38 Exocet; SAM: 1 x 2 Simbad ( Mistral missiles ).
A/S weapons: 1 x 6 375mm mortars Mk54.
Torpedoes: 4 x 1 533mm ( for L5 torpedoes ).

Radars: Air/surface search: DRBV-51; Navigation: Decca 1226; Fire control: DRBC-32E.
Sonars: DUBA-25.
Countermeasures: Decoys: 2 x 10 Dagaie, AN/SLQ-25 Nixie; ESM/ECM: ARBR-16.
Comment: Ex-France Marine ship Commandant de Pimodan ( F-787 ).

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