List of submarines of the Turkish Navy

This is a list of Turkish Navy submarines that have served from 10 July 1920[1] to present.

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Birinci İnönü class

German Type UB III submarine:

Name Builder Launched Commissioned Fate
Birinci İnönü[2] IvS, Feijenoord 29 January 1927 9 June 1928 Decommissioned 1948
İkinci İnönü[2] IvS, Feijenoord 12 March 1927 9 June 1928 Decommissioned 1948

Dumlupınar

version of Italian Vettor Pisani class submarine

Name Builder Launched Commissioned Fate
Dumlupınar[2] CRDA, Monfalcone 4 March 1931 6 November 1931 Decommissioned 1949

Sakarya

version of Italian Argonauta class submarine

Name Builder Launched Commissioned Fate
Sakarya[2] CRDA, Monfalcone 5 February 1931 6 November 1931 Decommissioned 1949

Gür

German Type IA submarine

Name Builder Launched Commissioned Fate
Gür[3] Echevarrieta y Larrinaga, Cádiz 22 October 1930 29 December 1936 Decommissioned 1947

Ay class

Ay class (version of German Type IXA submarine):

Name Builder Launched Commissioned Fate
Saldıray[3] Germaniawerft, Kiel 23 July 1938 5 June 1939 Decommissioned 1958
Atılay[3] Germaniawerft, Kiel 1938 1939? Lost 14 July 1942
Batıray[3] Germaniawerft, Kiel 28 September 1938 Seized by Germany:
20 September 1939, commissioned as  Kriegsmarine UA		 Scuttled by crew 3 May 1945[4]
Yıldıray[3] 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[3] Vickers-Armstrongs 19 July 1940
Taken over by Royal Navy as HMS P611		 Delivered 9 May 1942 Discarded 1957
Murat Reis[3] Vickers-Armstrongs 20 July 1940
Taken over by Royal Navy as HMS P612		 Delivered 25 June 1942 Discarded 1957
Burak Reis[3] Vickers-Armstrongs 19 October 1940
Taken over by Royal Navy as HMS P614		 Delivered 19 January 1946 Discarded 1957
Uluç Ali Reis[3] 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)[5] Electric Boat, Groton 25 June 1944
Ex-USS Brill (SS-330)		 23 May 1948 Decommissioned 12 August 1972
TCG İkinci İnönü (S-331)[5] Electric Boat, Groton 7 May 1944
Ex-USS Blueback (SS-326)		 23 May 1948 Decommissioned 20 November 1973
TCG Sakarya (S-332)[5] Electric Boat, Groton 21 May 1944
Ex-USS Boarfish (SS-327)		 23 May 1948 Decommissioned 12 December 1975
TCG Çanakkale (S-333)[5] Electric Boat, Groton 6 August 1944
Ex-USS Bumper (SS-333)		 16 November 1950 Decommissioned 4 May 1972
TCG Gür (S-334)[5] Electric Boat, Groton 18 June 1944
Ex-USS Chub (SS-329)		 23 May 1948 Decommissioned 12 December 1975
TCG Dumlupınar (S-335)[5] Electric Boat, Groton 23 April 1944
Ex-USS Blower (SS-325)		 16 November 1950 Sunk 4 April 1953
TCG Preveze (S-340)[5] Manitowoc, Manitowoc 29 August 1943
Ex-USS Guitarro (SS-363)		 7 August 1954 Decommissioned 4 May 1972
TCG Cerbe (S-341)[5] Manitowoc, Manitowoc 24 October 1943
Ex-USS Hammerhead (SS-364)		 7 August 1954 Decommissioned 4 May 1972

Ex-US Balao class (Fleet Snorkel type)
TCG Pirireis (S-343)

Ex- US Navy Balao class submarine Fleet Snorkel type:[6]

Name Builder Launched Acquired Fate
TCG Turgutreis (S-342)[7] Electric Boat, Groton 13 May 1943
Ex-USS Bergall (SS-320)		 17 October 1958 Decommissioned 5 April 1983
TCG Pirireis (S-343)[7] Manitowoc, Manitowoc 9 November 1944
Ex-USS Mapiro (SS-376)		 20 April 1960 Decommissioned 20 November 1973
TCG Hızırreis (S-344)[7] Electric Boat, Groton 17 January 1945
Ex-USS Mero (SS-378)		 20 April 1960 Decommissioned 9 October 1980

Ex-US Balao class (GUPPY IA type)

Ex- US Navy Balao class submarine GUPPY IA type:[6]

Name Builder Launched Acquired Fate
TCG Dumlupınar (S-339)[7] Electric Boat, Groton 30 March 1944
Ex-USS Caiman (SS-323)		 24 August 1972 Decommissioned 23 December 1983
Stricken 1987

Ex-US Balao class (GUPPY IIA type)

Ex- US Navy Balao class submarine GUPPY IIA type:[6]

Name Builder Launched Acquired Fate
TCG Burakreis (S-335)[7] Portsmouth N Yd, Kittery 28 March 1944
Ex-USS Sea Fox (SS-402)		 8 August 1971 Decommissioned 1 July 1996
TCG Muratreis (S-336)[7] Portsmouth N Yd, Kittery 27 January 1944
Ex-USS Razorback (SS-394)		 17 December 1971 8 August 2001
TCG Oruçreis (S-337)[7] Portsmouth N Yd, Kittery 27 October 1943
Ex-USS Pomfret (SS-391)		 3 May 1972 Decommissioned 15 September 1986
Stricken 1987
TCG Preveze (S-345)[7] Electric Boat, Groton 17 December 1944
Ex-USS Entemedor (SS-340)		 24 October 1972 Decommissioned 20 March 1986
Stricken 1987
TCG Birinci İnönü (S-346)[7] Portsmouth N Yd, Kittery 26 June 1944
Ex-USS Threadfin (SS-410)		 24 August 1972 Decommissioned 11 August 1998

Ex-US Balao class (GUPPY III type)

Ex- US Navy Balao class submarine GUPPY III type:[6]

Name Builder Launched Acquired Fate
TCG İkinci İnönü (S-333)[7] Electric Boat, Groton 10 June 1945
Ex-USS Corporal (SS-346)		 12 February 1974 Decommissioned 18 October 1996
TCG Çanakkale (S-341)[7] Electric Boat, Groton 1 April 1945
Ex-USS Cobbler (SS-344)		 12 February 1974 Decommissioned 22 January 1998

Ex-US Tench class
TCG Uluçalireis, (Rahmi M. Koç Museum, Golden Horn)

Ex- US Navy Tench class submarine GUPPY IIA Program:[6]

Name Builder Launched Acquired Fate
TCG Uluçalireis (S-338)[7] Portsmouth N Yd, Kittery 7 July 1944
Ex-USS Thornback (SS-418)		 3 May 1972 Decommissioned 7 August 2000
TCG Cerbe (S-340)[7] Portsmouth N Yd, Kittery 18 August 1944
Ex-USS Trutta (SS-421)		 27 May 1973 Decommissioned 23 July 1999

Ex-US Tang class

Ex- US Navy Tang-class submarine:

Name Builder Launched Acquired Fate
TCG Pirireis (S-343)[7] Portsmouth N Yd, Kittery 18 April 1949
Ex-USS Tang (SS-563)		 30 September 1983 Decommissioned 13 August 2004
TCG Hızırreis (S-342)[7] Portsmouth N Yd, Kittery 20 May 1950
Ex-USS Gudgeon (SS-567)		 21 March 1980 Decommissioned 31 January 2004

Atılay class

Atılay class submarine Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Type 209/1200:

Atılay-class submarine TCG Batıray underway.
Name Builder Launched Commissioned Fate
TCG Atılay (S-347)[7] Howaldtswerke, Kiel 23 October 1974 23 July 1975 Decommissioned 30 November 2016
TCG Saldıray (S-348)[7] Howaldtswerke, Kiel 14 February 1975 21 October 1975 Extant in 2010
TCG Batıray (S-349)[7] Howaldtswerke, Kiel 24 October 1977 20 July 1978 Extant in 2010
TCG Yıldıray (S-350)[7] Gölcük Naval Shipyard 20 July 1979 20 July 1981 Extant in 2010
TCG Doğanay (S-351)[7] Gölcük Naval Shipyard 16 November 1983 16 November 1985 Extant in 2010
TCG Dolunay (S-352)[7] Gölcük Naval Shipyard 22 July 1988 21 July 1989 Extant in 2010

Preveze class
S-353 TCG Preveze, a Type 209/1400 submarine of the Turkish Navy, during a NATO exercise near the Gulf of Taranto.

Preveze class submarine Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Type 209T1/1400:

Name Builder Launched Commissioned Fate
TCG Preveze (S-353)[7] Gölcük Naval Shipyard 22 November 1993 28 July 1994 Extant in 2010
TCG Sakarya (S-354)[7] Gölcük Naval Shipyard 28 July 1994 21 December 1995 Extant in 2010
TCG 18 Mart (S-355)[7] Gölcük Naval Shipyard 25 August 1997 28 July 1998 Extant in 2010
TCG Anafartalar (S-356)[7] Gölcük Naval Shipyard 1 September 1998 22 July 1999 Extant in 2010

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 Extant in 2010
TCG Çanakkale (S-358) Gölcük Naval Shipyard September 2002 13 December 2004 Extant in 2010
TCG Burakreis (S-359) Gölcük Naval Shipyard 2 September 2005 1 November 2006 Extant in 2010
TCG Birinci İnönü (S-360) Gölcük Naval Shipyard 24 May 2007 27 June 2008 Extant in 2010

Reis-class

Six Reis-class submarines in production. Type 214 submarines featuring an air-independent propulsion (AIP) system developed by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft GmbH (HDW).[8]

Name Builder Launched Commissioned Fate
TCG Pirireis (S-330) Gölcük Naval Shipyard 22 December 2019 Extant in 2020
TCG Hızırreis (S-???) Gölcük Naval Shipyard
TCG Muratreis (S-???) Gölcük Naval Shipyard
TCG Aydınreis (S-???) Gölcük Naval Shipyard
TCG Seydialireis (S-???) Gölcük Naval Shipyard
TCG Selmanreis (S-???) Gölcük Naval Shipyard

Sources
  1. Cevat Ülkekul, "Kurtuluş Savaşı'nda Türk Denizcileri ve Cumhuriyet Bahriyesinin Kuruluşu" Archived 25 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine, Piri Reis Symposium, Office of Navigation of Hydrography and Oceanography. (in Turkish)
  2. Robert Gardiner, Roger Chesneau, Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships, 1922–1946, Conway Maritime Press, London, 1980, ISBN 978-0-85177-146-5, p. 407.
  3. Robert Gardiner, Roger Chesneau, Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships, 1922–1946, Conway Maritime Press, London, 1980, ISBN 978-0-85177-146-5, p. 408.
  4. Ramazan Sezai Aksu, "Atatürk tarafından isimlendirilen İlk Ay Sınıfı Denizaltılarımız", Pusula Dergisi, Turkish Naval Academy.
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  6. Guppy submarines Archived 9 July 2012 at Archive.today
  7. 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. 473.
  8. "Yeni Tip Denizaltı Projesi" (in Turkish). Milli Savunma. 4 September 2018. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
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