# List of mine warfare vessels of the Turkish Navy

This is a list of Turkish Navy mine warfare vessels that have served past and present, from 10 July 1920 to present.

## Minelayers
### Atak

| Name | Builder | Launched | Acquired | Service years |
| Atak | | | | 1938-early 1960s |

### Sivrihisar class

| Name | Builder | Launched | Acquired | Service years |
| Sivrihisar | | | | 1940–1960 |
| Turgut Reis | | | | 1940–1960 |

### Danish Falster class

Nusret class ( Falster class):
| Name | Builder | Launched | Acquired | Fate |
| TCG Nusret (N-110) | Schiffs & Maschinenbau AG Germania, Kiel, German Empire | 4 December 1911 | 1913 | Decommissioned & laid up for conversion to a museum ship in October 1918, sold in 1962 to commercial interests, rebuilt 1962-66 as general cargo motorship, capsized in April 1989, salvaged in 1999 and made into a memorial/museum ship in 2003 |

### Ex-US LSM 1 class coastal minelayer

Mordoğan class: (Ex- LSM-1 class Landing Ship Medium):
| Name | Launched | Acquired |
| TCG Mordoğan (N-101) | Ex-USS LSM-484 | after 1944-45 |
| TCG Meriç (N-102) | Ex-USS LSM-490 | after 1944-45 |
| TCG Marmaris (N-103) | Ex-USS LSM-481 | after 1944-45 |
| TCG Mersin (N-104) | Ex-USS LSM-493 | after 1944-45 |
| TCG Mürefte (N-105) | Ex-USS LSM-492 | after 1944-45 |

### Minehunters
#### Engin class

Engin class minehunter (Edincik class minehunter, Circe class minehunter):
| Name | Launched | Fate |
| TCG Edincik (M-260) | Ex-FS Calliope (M-713) | active |
| TCG Edremit (M-261) | Ex-FS Circe (M-715) | active |
| TCG Enez (M-262) | Ex-FS Ceres (M-716) | active |
| TCG Erdek (M-263) | Ex-FS Cybele (M-712) | active |
| TCG Erdemli (M-264) | Ex-FS Clio (M-714) | active |

#### Aydın class

Aydın-class minehunter (subclass of Fr. Lürssen Werft GmbH & Co. KG Frankenthal-class minehunter):
| Name | Builder | Acquired | Fate |
| TCG Alanya (M-265) | Lürssen, Abeking & Rasmussen | 26 July 2005 | active |
| TCG Amasra (M-266) | Istanbul Naval Yard | 26 July 2005 | active |
| TCG Ayvalık (M-267) | Istanbul Naval Yard | 22 June 2007 | active |
| TCG Akçakoca (M-268) | Istanbul Naval Yard | 17 September 2007 | active |
| TCG Anamur (M-269) | Istanbul Naval Yard | | active |
| TCG Akçay (M-270) | Istanbul Naval Yard | | active |

### Minesweeper
#### Kavak class coastal minesweeper

| Name | Builder | Launched | Acquired | Service years |
| Kavak | | | | 1937–1950s |
| Çanak | | | | 1937–1950 |

#### Ex-US YMS type

K class minesweeper (Ex-US YMS type inshore minesweeper):
| Name | Builder | Launched | Fate |
| Kas | 35 yacht builders | Ex-USS YMS-79 | in service no later than 13 December 1957 |
| Kilimli | 35 yacht builders | Ex-USS YMS-289 | in service no later than 13 December 1957 |
| Kozlu | 35 yacht builders | Ex-USS YMS-348 | in service no later than 13 December 1957 |
| Kuşadası | 35 yacht builders | Ex-USS YMS-468 | in service no later than 13 December 1957 |
| Kemer | 35 yacht builders | Ex-USS YMS-228 | in service no later than 13 December 1957 |
| Kerempe | 35 yacht builders | Ex-USS YMS-239 | in service no later than 13 December 1957 |
| Kirte | 35 yacht builders | Ex-USS YMS-307 | in service no later than 13 December 1957 |
| Karamürsel | 35 yacht builders | Ex-Küllük, Ex-USS YMS-375 | in service no later than 13 December 1957 |

#### Ex-US Cape class

F class minesweeper (Foça class minesweeper, Cape class inshore minesweeper):
| Name | Launched | Fate |
| TCG Foça (M-500) | Ex-USS MSI-15 | Extant in 2010-13 |
| TCG Fethiye (M-501) | Ex-USS MSI-16 | Extant in 2010 |
| TCG Fatsa (M-502) | Ex-USS MSI-17 | Extant in 2010 |
| TCG Finike (M-503) | Ex-USS MSI-18 | Extant in 2010 |

#### Redwing class early type

S class minesweeper ( Redwing class early type coastal minesweeper):
| Name | Builder | Launched | Acquired | Fate |
| TCG Samsun (M-510) | Bellingham Shipyards Bellingham, Washington | Ex-USS MSC-268 | 6 September 1957 | struck 2005 |
| TCG Sinop (M-511) | Bellingham Shipyards Bellingham, Washington | Ex-USS MSC-270 | 4 January 1958 | struck 2004 |
| TCG Sürmene (M-512) | Bellingham Shipyards Bellingham, Washington | Ex-USS MSC-271 | 1958 | struck 2005 |
| TCG Seddülbahir (M-513) | Bellingham Shipyards Bellingham, Washington | Ex-USS MSC-272 | 1958 | struck 2005 |

#### Redwing class later type

S class minesweeper ( Redwing class later type coastal minesweeper):
| Name | Builder | Launched | Acquired | Fate |
| TCG Silifke (M-514) | Dorchester Shipbuilding Corp. Dorchester, New Jersey | Ex-USS MSC-304 | 21 November 1964 | Extant in 2010 |
| TCG Saros (M-515) | Dorchester Shipbuilding Corp. Dorchester, New Jersey | Ex-USS MSC-305 | 1 May 1965 | in service as of 2015 |
| TCG Sığacık (M-516) | Peterson Builders Sturgeon Bay, WI | Ex-USS MSC-311 | 1 May 1965 | in service as of 2015 scrapped in Aliaga in 2018 |
| TCG Sapanca (M-517) | Peterson Builders Sturgeon Bay, WI | Ex-USS MSC-312 | 14 September 1964 | in service as of 2015 |
| TCG Sarıyer (M-518) | Peterson Builders Sturgeon Bay, WI | Ex USS-MSC-315 | 21 April 1966 | in service as of 2015 scrapped in Aliaga in 2018 |

#### Adjutant class

S class minesweeper ( Adjutant class minesweeper):
| Name | Builder | Launched | Acquired | Fate |
| TCG Seymen (M-507) | Hiltebrant Drydock Co. Kingston, New York | Ex-Belgian Navy De Panne | 1969 | |
| TCG Selçuk (M-508) | Stephen Brothers, Inc. Stockton, California | 21 November 1953 as Ex-French Navy Pavot | 24 March 1970 | reclassified as survey vessel, April 1998 |
| TCG Seyhan (M-509) | South Coast Shipyard Newport Beach, California | 22 May 1953 as Ex-French Navy Renoncule | 24 March 1970 | struck 1998 |

#### Ex-French Mercure class

Karamürsel class minesweeper (Ex- Vegesack class minesweeper) -> K class patrol boat:
| Name | Launched | Fate |
| TCG Karamürsel (M-520) | Ex-M-1253 Worms | TCG Karamürsel (P-307) Extant in 2010 |
| TCG Kerempe (M-521) | Ex-M-1252 Detmold | TCG Kerempe (P-308) Extant in 2010 |
| TCG Kilimli (M-522) | Ex-M-1254 Siegen | TCG Kilimli (P-309) Extant in 2010 |
| TCG Kozlu (M-523) | Ex-M-1251 Hameln | TCG Kozlu (P-301) Extant in 2010 |
| TCG Kuşadası (M-524) | Ex-M-1250 Vegesack | TCG Kuşadası (P-302) Extant in 2010 |
| TCG Kemer (M-525) | Ex-M-1255 Passau | |

#### Ex-Canadian Bay class

Trabzon-class minesweeper: Bay-class minesweeper -> T class patrol boat:
| Name | Builder | Launched | Acquired | Fate |
| TCG Trabzon (M-530) | Davie Shipbuilding, Lauzon, Quebec | 12 November 1951 as Ex-HMCS Gaspé (MCB 143) | 31 March 1958 | in service until 1991 |
| TCG Terme (M-531) | Davie Shipbuilding, Lauzon, Quebec | 31 July 1953 as Ex-HMCS Trinity (MCB 157) | 31 March 1958 | in service until 1991 |
| TCG Tirebolu (M-532) | Victoria Machinery Depot, Victoria, British Columbia | 24 April 1952 as Ex-HMCS Comox (MCB 146) | 31 March 1958 | sold in 1996 |
| TCG Tekirdağ (M-533) | Davie Shipbuilding, Lauzon, Quebec | 20 May 1953 as Ex-HMCS Ungava (MCB 148) | 31 March 1958 | in service until 1991, then broken up for scrap at Aliağa, Turkey in 2002 |

## Sources

* ↑ Cevat Ülkekul, "Kurtuluş Savaşı'nda Türk Denizcileri ve Cumhuriyet Bahriyesinin Kuruluşu" Archived 2007-10-25 at the Wayback Machine, Piri Reis Symposium, Office of Navigation of Hydrography and Oceanography. (in Turkish)
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Robert Gardiner, Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995, 2nd Revised edition, Conway Maritime Press, London, 1995, ISBN 978-0-85177-605-7, p. 479.
* ↑ "Instagram post". instagram.com.
* ↑ Macpherson, Ken; Barrie, Ron (2002). The Ships of Canada's Naval Forces 1910—2002 (Third ed.). St. Catharines, Ontario: Vanwell Publishing. pp. 272–277. ISBN 1-55125-072-1.