# List of submarines of the Turkish Navy

This is a list of Turkish Navy submarines that have served from 10 July 1920 to present.

## Birinci İnönü class

German Type UB III submarine:
| Name | Builder | Launched | Commissioned | Fate |
| Birinci İnönü | IvS, Fijenoord | 29 January 1927 | 9 June 1928 | Decommissioned 1948 |
| İkinci İnönü | IvS, Fijenoord | 12 March 1927 | 9 June 1928 | Decommissioned 1948 |

## Dumlupınar

version of Italian Vettor Pisani-class submarine
| Name | Builder | Launched | Commissioned | Fate |
| Dumlupınar | CRDA, Monfalcone | 4 March 1931 | 6 November 1931 | Decommissioned 1949 |

## Sakarya

version of Italian Argonauta-class submarine
| Name | Builder | Launched | Commissioned | Fate |
| Sakarya | CRDA, Monfalcone | 5 February 1931 | 6 November 1931 | Decommissioned 1949 |

## Gür

German Type IA submarine
| Name | Builder | Launched | Commissioned | Fate |
| Gür | Echevarrieta y Larrinaga, Cádiz | 22 October 1930 | 29 December 1936 | Decommissioned 1947 |

## Ay class

Ay-class (version of German Type IX submarine):
| Name | Builder | Launched | Commissioned | Fate |
| Saldıray | Germaniawerft, Kiel | 23 July 1938 | 5 June 1939 | Decommissioned 1958 |
| Atılay | Germaniawerft, Kiel | 1938 | 19 May 1939 | Mined & sunk on 14 July 1942 |
| Batıray | Germaniawerft, Kiel | 28 September 1938 | Seized by Germany: 20 September 1939, commissioned as Kriegsmarine UA | Scuttled by crew 3 May 1945 |
| Yıldıray | Gölcük Naval Shipyard | 26 August 1939 | 15 January 1946 | Decommissioned 1958 |

## Oruç Reis class

Oruç Reis-class submarine (version of Royal Navy S-class submarine):
| Name | Builder | Launched | Acquired | Fate |
| Oruç Reis | Vickers-Armstrongs Barrow-in-Furness | 19 July 1940 Taken over by Royal Navy as HMS P611 | Delivered 9 May 1942 | Scrapped 1957 |
| Murat Reis | Vickers-Armstrongs | 20 July 1940 Taken over by Royal Navy as HMS P612 | Delivered 16 May 1942 | Scrapped 1957 |
| Burak Reis | Vickers-Armstrongs | 19 October 1940 Taken over by Royal Navy as HMS P614 | Delivered 17 January 1946 | Scrapped 1957 |
| Uluç Ali Reis | Vickers-Armstrongs | 1 November 1940 Taken over by Royal Navy as HMS P615 | Lost in Royal Navy service | Sunk 18 April 1943 |

## Ex-US Balao class (unmodified type)

Ex- US Navy Balao-class submarine:
| Name | Builder | Launched | Acquired | Fate |
| TCG Birinci İnönü (S-330) | Electric Boat, Groton, CT | 25 June 1944 Ex-USS Brill (SS-330) | 23 May 1948 | Decommissioned 29 November 1972 & sold for scrapping, November 1980 |
| TCG İkinci İnönü (S-331) | Electric Boat, Groton, CT | 7 May 1944 Ex-USS Blueback (SS-326) | 23 May 1948 | Decommissioned 30 November 1973, non-commissioned charging platform for submarine batteries 1973–75, returned to US in 1975 & sold for scrapping |
| TCG Sakarya (S-332) | Electric Boat, Groton, CT | 21 May 1944 Ex-USS Boarfish (SS-327) | 23 August 1948 | Returned to US custody for scrapping, 1 January 1974 |
| TCG Çanakkale (S-333) | Electric Boat, Groton, CT | 6 August 1944 Ex-USS Bumper (SS-333) | 16 November 1950 | Decommissioned 11 August 1976 |
| TCG Gür (S-334) | Electric Boat, Groton, CT | 18 June 1944 Ex-USS Chub (SS-329) | 25 May 1948 | Decommissioned 12 December 1975 & returned to US custody for scrapping |
| TCG Dumlupınar (S-335) | Electric Boat, Groton, CT | 23 April 1944 Ex-USS Blower (SS-325) | 16 November 1950 | Sunk in collision on 4 April 1953 |
| TCG Preveze (S-340) | Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, Manitowoc, WI | 29 August 1943 Ex-USS Guitarro (SS-363) | 7 August 1954 | Decommissioned 4 May 1972, served as a battery charging hulk until scrapped in September 1983 |
| TCG Cerbe (S-341) | Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, Manitowoc, WI | 24 October 1943 Ex-USS Hammerhead (SS-364) | 23 October 1954 | Decommissioned 4 May 1972 & scrapped |

## Ex-US Balao class (Fleet Snorkel type)

Ex- US Navy Balao-class submarine Fleet Snorkel type:
| Name | Builder | Launched | Acquired | Fate |
| TCG Turgutreis (S-342) | Electric Boat, Groton, CT | 16 February 1944 Ex-USS Bergall (SS-320) | 17 October 1958 | Decommissioned 5 April 1983, served as a receiving ship, yard craft & battery-charging hulk for other submarines until 1996, then sold for scrap in April 2000 |
| TCG Pirireis (S-343) | Manitowoc Shipbuilding, Manitowoc, WI | 9 November 1944 Ex-USS Mapiro (SS-376) | 18 March 1960 | Decommissioned 1973 & sold for scrap in 1980 |
| TCG Hızırreis (S-344) | Manitowoc Shipbuilding, Manitowoc, WI | 17 January 1945 Ex-USS Mero (SS-378) | 20 April 1960 | Discarded in 1977 & used for spare parts |

## Ex-US Balao class (GUPPY IA type)

Ex- US Navy Balao-class submarine GUPPY IA type:
| Name | Builder | Launched | Acquired | Fate |
| TCG Dumlupınar (S-339) | Electric Boat, Groton, CT | 30 March 1944 Ex-USS Caiman (SS-323) | 30 June 1972 | Reclassified as a charging boat, 6 February 1983; retired, 15 September 1986 |

## Ex-US Balao class (GUPPY IIA type)

Ex- US Navy Balao-class submarine GUPPY IIA type:
| Name | Builder | Launched | Acquired | Fate |
| TCG Burakreis (S-335) | Portsmouth N Yd, Kittery, ME | 28 March 1944 Ex-USS Sea Fox (SS-402) | 14 December 1970 | Struck 1996 |
| TCG Muratreis (S-336) | Portsmouth N Yd, Kittery, ME | 27 January 1944 Ex-USS Razorback (SS-394) | 30 November 1970 | Decommissioned 8 August 2001; purchased by the city of North Little Rock, Arkansas on 25 March 2004; berthed on 29 August 2004 & opened to the public at the Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum on 15 May 2005 |
| TCG Oruçreis (S-337) | Portsmouth N Yd, Kittery, ME | 27 October 1943 Ex-USS Pomfret (SS-391) | 1 July 1971 | Decommissioned 1987 |
| TCG Preveze (S-345) | Electric Boat, Groton, CT | 17 December 1944 Ex-USS Entemedor (SS-340) | 1972 | Decommissioned & stricken in 1987 |
| TCG Birinci İnönü (S-346) | Portsmouth N Yd, Kittery, ME | 26 June 1944 Ex-USS Threadfin (SS-410) | 18 August 1972 | Decommissioned 11 August 1998 |

## Ex-US Balao class (GUPPY III type)

Ex- US Navy Balao-class submarine GUPPY III type:
| Name | Builder | Launched | Acquired | Fate |
| TCG İkinci İnönü (S-333) | Electric Boat, Groton, CT | 10 June 1945 Ex-USS Corporal (SS-346) | 21 November 1973 | Stricken 2 September 1996 & scrapped |
| TCG Çanakkale (S-341) | Electric Boat, Groton, CT | 1 April 1945 Ex-USS Cobbler (SS-344) | 15 January 1974 | Decommissioned 22 January 1998 |

## Ex-US Tench class

Ex- US Navy Tench-class submarine GUPPY IIA Program:
| Name | Builder | Launched | Acquired | Fate |
| TCG Uluçalireis (S-338) | Portsmouth N Yd, Kittery, ME | 7 July 1944 Ex-USS Thornback (SS-418) | 1 July 1971 | Decommissioned in 2000 & made into a museum ship |
| TCG Cerbe (S-340) | Portsmouth N Yd, Kittery, ME | 18 August 1944 Ex-USS Trutta (SS-421) | 1 July 1972 | Decommissioned 23 July 1999 |

## Ex-US Tang class

Ex- US Navy Tang-class submarine:
| Name | Builder | Launched | Acquired | Fate |
| TCG Pirireis S-343 | Portsmouth N Yd, Kittery, ME | 19 June 1951 Ex-USS Tang (SS-563) | 8 February 1980 | Decommissioned August 2004 & turned into a museum ship at İnciraltı Sea Museum |
| TCG Hızırreis (S-342) | Portsmouth N Yd, Kittery, ME | 11 June 1952 Ex-USS Gudgeon (SS-567) | 1983 | Decommissioned 4 February 2004 & turned into a museum ship at Kocaeli Museum Ships Command |

## Atılay class

Atılay-class submarine Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Type 209/1200:
| Name | Builder | Launched | Commissioned | Fate |
| TCG Atılay (S-347) | Howaldtswerke, Kiel | 23 October 1974 | 23 July 1975 | Decommissioned 30 November 2016 |
| TCG Saldıray (S-348) | Howaldtswerke, Kiel | 14 February 1975 | 21 October 1975 | Decommissioned 14 November 2014 |
| TCG Batıray (S-349) | Howaldtswerke, Kiel | 24 October 1977 | 20 July 1978 | Active |
| TCG Yıldıray (S-350) | Gölcük Naval Shipyard | 20 July 1979 | 20 July 1981 | Active |
| TCG Doğanay (S-351) | Gölcük Naval Shipyard | 16 November 1983 | 16 November 1985 | Active |
| TCG Dolunay (S-352) | Gölcük Naval Shipyard | 22 July 1988 | 21 July 1989 | Active |

## Preveze class

Preveze-class submarine Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Type 209T1/1400:
| Name | Builder | Launched | Commissioned | Fate |
| TCG Preveze (S-353) | Gölcük Naval Shipyard | 22 November 1993 | 28 July 1994 | Active |
| TCG Sakarya (S-354) | Gölcük Naval Shipyard | 28 July 1994 | 21 December 1995 | Active |
| TCG 18 Mart (S-355) | Gölcük Naval Shipyard | 25 August 1997 | 28 July 1998 | Active |
| TCG Anafartalar (S-356) | Gölcük Naval Shipyard | 1 September 1998 | 22 July 1999 | Active |

## Gür class

Gür-class submarine Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Type 209T2/1400:
| Name | Builder | Launched | Commissioned | Fate |
| TCG Gür (S-357) | Gölcük Naval Shipyard | May 2002 | 24 July 2003 | Active |
| TCG Çanakkale (S-358) | Gölcük Naval Shipyard | September 2002 | 13 December 2004 | Active |
| TCG Burakreis (S-359) | Gölcük Naval Shipyard | 2 September 2005 | 1 November 2006 | Active |
| TCG Birinci İnönü (S-360) | Gölcük Naval Shipyard | 24 May 2007 | 27 June 2008 | Active |

## Reis-class

Reis-class submarine - Type 214 submarines, featuring an air-independent propulsion (AIP) system developed by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft GmbH (HDW).
| Name | Builder | Launched | Commissioned | Fate |
| TCG Piri Reis (S-330) | Gölcük Naval Shipyard | 22 December 2019 | 25 August 2024 | Active |
| TCG Hızır Reis (S-331) | Gölcük Naval Shipyard | 23 May 2022 | 2025? | Under sea trials |
| TCG Murat Reis (S-332) | Gölcük Naval Shipyard | 8 June 2024 | 2026? | Floating dock activities started |
| TCG Aydın Reis (S-333) | Gölcük Naval Shipyard | | 2027? | |
| TCG Seydi Ali Reis (S-334) | Gölcük Naval Shipyard | | 2028? | |
| TCG Selman Reis (S-335) | Gölcük Naval Shipyard | | 2029? | |

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