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.

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	20 July 1940 Taken over by Royal Navy as HMS P611	Delivered 9 May 1942	Discarded 1957
Murat Reis[3]	Vickers-Armstrongs	19 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 I. İnönü (S-330)[5]	Electric Boat, Groton	25 June 1944 Ex-USS Brill (SS-330)	23 May 1948	Decommissioned 12 August 1972
TCG II. 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 I. 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 II. 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

Ay class

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

Name	Builder	Launched	Commissioned	Fate
TCG Atılay (S-347)[7]	Howaldtswerke, Kiel	23 October 1974	23 July 1975	Extant in 2010
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	26 July 2005	Extant in 2010
TCG Burakreis (S-359)	Gölcük Naval Shipyard	2 September 2005	15 February 2006	Extant in 2010
TCG I. İnönü (S-360)	Gölcük Naval Shipyard		22 June 2007	Extant in 2010

New class

New class submarine Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Type 214:

Name	Builder	Launched	Commissioned	Fate
TCG ??? S-???	Gölcük Naval Shipyard		expected 2015[8]	class expected to replace all Type 209/1200
TCG ??? S-???	Gölcük Naval Shipyard
TCG ??? S-???	Gölcük Naval Shipyard
TCG ??? S-???	Gölcük Naval Shipyard
TCG ??? S-???	Gölcük Naval Shipyard
TCG ??? S-???	Gölcük Naval Shipyard

Sources

1. Cevat Ülkekul, "Kurtuluş Savaşı'nda Türk Denizcileri ve Cumhuriyet Bahriyesinin Kuruluşu", Piri Reis Symposium, Office of Navigation of Hydrography and Oceanography. (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.
5. 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. 472.
6. Guppy submarines
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. http://flot.com/news/navy/index.php?ELEMENT_ID=61463

External links

• Serhat Guvenc, "Building a Republican Navy in Turkey: 1924-1939", International Journal of Naval History
• Denizaltı Filosu Komutanlığı
• Unofficial Homepage of Turkish Navy