Yıldız-class fast attack craft
The Yıldız class is series of two fast attack craft/missile boats of the Turkish Navy. The class was designed by Lürssen Werft of Germany and share the same hull layout as the preceding. Both ships of the class were built in Turkey and entered service in 1996. They remain in service.
Description
The Yıldız class are missile-carrying fast attack craft designed by Lürssen Werft of Germany. They have a full load displacement of. The FAC measure long overall and at the waterline with a beam of and a draught of. They share the same hull design as the preceding, with a steel hull and aluminium superstructure.The vessels are propelled by four shafts powered by four MTU 16V956TB91 diesel engines rated at. The FAC have a maximum speed of and a range of at. The Yıldız class have a complement of 45 including 6 officers.
The Yıldız class are equipped with Siemens/Plessey AW 6 Dolphin air & surface search radar, Oerlikon Contraves TMX-CW fire control radar and a LIOD Mk.2 optronic director. For countermeasures the FAC mount two Mark 36 SRBOC chaff launchers and Racal Cutlass Tacticos combat data system.
The FAC mount two quad launchers for eight Boeing AGM-84 Harpoon surface-to-surface missiles which have a range of at Mach 0.9. The vessels are also equipped with a OTO Melara dual-purpose gun mounted forward with a range of against surface targets and against air targets. The Yıldız class also has a dual Oerlikon anti-aircraft gun mount located aft with a range of against air targets.