TCG Heybeliada
{{Short description|Turkish lead ship of Ada-class corvettes}}
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|Ship endurance=*21 days with logistic support
|Ship complement=93 including aviation officers, with accommodation for up to 106 |Ship sensors=*GENESIS CMS |Ship EW=Aselsan ARES-2N Others: Laser/RF systems, ASW jammers, SSTD |Ship armament=*Guns:
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TCG Heybeliada (F 511) is the lead ship of the {{sclass2|Ada|corvette|0}} ASW corvettes of the Turkish Navy. Heybeliada was named after Heybeliada Island, where the Turkish Naval High School is located. Heybeliada Island is part of the Prince Islands archipelago in the Sea of Marmara, to the southeast of Istanbul.{{cite web|url=http://www.militaryfactory.com/ships/detail.asp?ship_id=TCG-Heybeliada-F511|title=Heybeliada Profile|publisher=|access-date=28 August 2013}}
Design and description
Heybeliada has a displacement of {{cvt|2300|LT|-1|lk=on}},{{cite web|url=http://www.turkishweekly.net/news/124003/turkey-to-unveil-its-own-made-warships.html|publisher=Turkish Weekly|access-date=15 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306033857/http://www.turkishweekly.net/news/124003/turkey-to-unveil-its-own-made-warships.html|title=Turkey to unveil its own made warships|archive-date=6 March 2016|url-status=dead|date=26 September 2011}} is {{cvt|99.56|m}} in length,{{cite web|title=MILGEM class corvette brochure|url=http://fotki.yandex.ru/users/skysteel/view/395603/?page=0|publisher=Hosted by Yandex.ru|access-date=15 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404185048/http://fotki.yandex.ru/users/skysteel/view/395603/?page=0|url-status=live|archive-date=4 April 2012}} {{cvt|14.4|m}} in beam, and has a draft of {{cvt|3.89|m}}. She is powered by two diesel engines and a gas turbine, with a power of {{convert|31640|kW|hp}}, driving two propellers, and is capable of speeding up to {{convert|29|kn|lk=in}}. She has a range of {{convert|3500|nmi|km|lk=in}} at {{convert|15|kn}}, and has an endurance of 21 days with logistical support and ten days while operating autonomously. She has a crew of 93, with space for up to 106.
Heybeliada is equipped with GENESIS combat management system that controls search and navigation radars, electronic warfare suits, weapons, countermeasures, communication devices, underwater and onboard sensors. The ship is armed with a single OTO Melara 76 mm, two ASELSAN STAMP {{convert|12.7|mm|adj=on}} guns, eight Harpoon missiles, 21 Rolling Airframe Missiles and two {{convert|324|mm|adj=on}} Mark 32 triple launchers for Mark 46 torpedoes.{{cite web|title=Milgem-class|url=http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/milgem_class_corvett/|publisher=Naval Technology|access-date=28 August 2013}} Electronic warfare systems include a dedicated EW radar, laser/RF systems, ASW jammers, and an SSTD system. Communication and navigation systems involve satellite communication, X-band, navigation, fire control and LPI radar, ECDIS, GPS and LAN infrastructure. The radar suite is the SMART-S Mk2, built by Thales.{{cite web|url=http://www.thalesgroup.com/Press_Releases/naval_Press_Release_Turkish_navy_purchases_thales/?pid=11148|publisher=Thales|access-date=15 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405150535/http://www.thalesgroup.com/Press_Releases/naval_Press_Release_Turkish_navy_purchases_thales/?pid=11148|title=Turkish Navy purchases Thales sensors|archive-date=5 April 2012|url-status=dead|date=19 December 2007}} The ship is fitted with sonar developed by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey. The whole platform is managed by an advanced integrated platform management system.
The ship is capable of carrying Sikorsky S-70 helicopter or unmanned aircraft, along with the associated armaments, 20 tons of JP-5 aircraft fuel, aerial refueling systems and maintenance facilities.{{cite web|title=Türk Deniz Kuvvetleri|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/europe/tu-navy.htm|publisher=Global Security|access-date=8 October 2011}}
Construction and career
The ship was designed, developed, and built by the Tuzla (Istanbul) Naval Shipyard as a part of the MILGEM project. Istanbul Naval Shipyard Command started construction of Heybeliada on 22 January 2007. The ship was laid down on 22 January 2007 and launched on 27 September 2008. Sailed out for initial sea trials in 2008, she was officially commissioned by the Turkish Navy & entered navy service on 27 September 2011.{{cite web|url=http://shipbuildingtribune.com/2011/09/28/turkey-introduces-first-domestically-produced-warship-heybeliada/|publisher=Shipbuilding Tribune|access-date=5 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331191552/http://shipbuildingtribune.com/2011/09/28/turkey-introduces-first-domestically-produced-warship-heybeliada/|title=Turkey Introduces First Domestically Produced Warship Heybeliada|archive-date=31 March 2012|url-status=dead|date=28 September 2011}}
Since her commissioning, her longest voyage has been 2013 Mediterranean cruise.{{cite web|url=http://turkishnavy.net/2013/06/16/the-mediterranean-cruise-of-tcg-heybeliada/|title=Mediterranean Cruise of the Heybeliada|date=16 June 2013|publisher=Turkish Navy|access-date=28 August 2013}} This journey took the vessel to the ports of Alexandria,{{cite web|url=http://www.apa.gov.eg/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=1&Itemid=136&lang=en|title=Alexandria Port News|publisher=Port of Alexandria|access-date=28 August 2013}} Tripoli,{{cite web|url=http://www.libyaherald.com/2013/06/18/turkish-frigate-heybeliada-visits-tripoli/|title=Heybeliada visits Tripoli|publisher=Libya Herald|access-date=28 August 2013}} Algiers,{{cite web|url=http://www.algeriesoir.com/algerie/300613-la-corvette-tcg-heybeliada-f511-accoste-au-port-dalger.html|title=Heybeliada accoste au port d'Alger|publisher=Algeriesoir|access-date=28 August 2013|archive-date=29 August 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130829152053/http://www.algeriesoir.com/algerie/300613-la-corvette-tcg-heybeliada-f511-accoste-au-port-dalger.html|url-status=dead}} La Goulette,{{cite web|url=http://allafrica.com/stories/201307051531.html|title=Turkish military ship docks in La Goulette|publisher=AllAfrica|access-date=28 August 2013}} Casablanca,{{cite web|url=http://www.menara.ma/fr/2013/06/25/659803-le-navire-militaire-turc-heybeliada-en-rade-au-port-de-casablanca.html|title=Heybeliada en rade port de Casablanca|publisher=Menara|access-date=28 August 2013}} and Durrës.{{cite web|url=http://news.albania.de/2013/07/08/die-neue-turkische-fregatte-tcg-heybeliada-besucht-durres/|title=Heybeliada besucht Durres|publisher=Albania News|access-date=28 August 2013|archive-date=20 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170520092901/http://news.albania.de/2013/07/08/die-neue-turkische-fregatte-tcg-heybeliada-besucht-durres/|url-status=dead}} Throughout the vagaries of her service career, the vessel has received the moniker the "Ghost of the Seas".
References and notes
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External links
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- [http://www.ssm.gov.tr/ Undersecretariat for Defence Industries official website]
- [http://www.dzkk.tsk.tr Turkish Navy official website]
{{Corvettes of the Turkish Navy}}
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Category:Ada-class corvettes of the Turkish Navy