Kılıç-class fast attack craft

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Kılıç-class ship, TCG Zıpkın (P-336)
Class overview
Name	Kılıç class
Builders	Lürssen Werft & Gölcük Naval Shipyard
Operators	Turkish Navy  Kazakh Naval Forces
In commission	1998–present
Completed	9
Active	9
General characteristics
Type	Fast attack craft / Missile boat
Displacement	552 tonnes (543 long tons)
Length	62.4 m (204 ft 9 in)
Beam	8.6 m (28 ft 3 in)
Draught	2.82 m (9 ft 3 in)
Propulsion	4 × MTU diesel engines 15,120 bhp (11.27 MW) 4 shafts
Speed	40 knots (74 km/h; 46 mph)
Range	1,050 nmi (1,940 km; 1,210 mi) at 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement	45 (7 Officers , 38 P/O and enlisted)
Sensors and processing systems	MW-08 3D search radar STING-EO fire control radar SCOUT/KH1007 navigation radar
Electronic warfare & decoys	Cutlass 1C intercept ESM SRBOC
Armament	8 × Harpoon SSM 1 × Oto Melara 76 mm (3 in) gun 1 × dual 40 mm (1.6 in) AA gun 2 × 7.62 mm caliber machine guns

The Kılıç class is one of the fast attack craft / missile boat classes of the Turkish Navy. It is defined as a corvette by Lürssen Werft, the German designer of the vessel.

The ship has a specially developed superstructure & mast for low radar cross-section. It is suitable for operating in the open seas and under bad weather conditions, with the ability to cruise at speeds of up to 24 knots (44 km/h) in Sea State 5.

The first batch of three ships are designated Kılıç I, and the second batch of six ships are designated Kılıç II.

P-330 Kılıç was built in Germany, and the other ships of the class were built in Turkey.

• List of Turkish Navy ships

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