Doğan-class fast attack craft

P-342Tayfun
Class overview
Name	Doğanclass
Operators	Turkish Navy
In commission	1977–present
Completed	4
Active	4
General characteristics
Type	Fast attack craft/Missile boat
Displacement	436 long tons (443 t)
Length	58.1 m (190 ft 7 in)
Beam	7.62 m (25 ft 0 in)
Draught	2.74 m (9 ft 0 in)
Propulsion	4 ×MTUdiesel engines 8,948 kW (12,000 hp) 4 shafts
Speed	38knots(70 km/h; 44 mph)
Range	1,050nmi(1,940 km; 1,210 mi) at 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement	40
Sensors and processing systems	WM 28/41 fire control radar LIOD Mk.2 fire control radar Decca 1226 navigation radar
Electronic warfare & decoys	2 decoy RL SUSIE-1 intercept
Armament	2 ×HarpoonSSM 1 ×Oto Melara 76 mm (3 in) gun 1 × dual 35 mm (1.4 in) AA gun 2 ×7.62 mm calibermachine guns

TheDoğanclassis one of thefast attack craft/missile boatclasses of theTurkish Navy.

Designed byLürssen WerftinGermany,these ships are almost identical with theYıldızandRüzgarclasses, having the same hull, machinery and weapons. They were fitted with LIOD Mk.2 electro-optical fire control and TACTICOS command control systems during their mid-life modernization program.

TCGDoğanwas built in Germany, other ships of the class were built inTurkey.

List of boats

Pennant number	Name	Launched	Commissioned
P-340	Doğan	16 June 1976	23 December 1977
P-341	Marti	28 July 1977	1 August 1978
P-342	Tayfun	19 July 1979	10 July 1980
P-343	Volkan	11 August 1980	12 May 1981

See also

• List of Turkish Navy ships

External links

• Official Turkish Navy site
• Turkish Navy Doğan class patrol craft