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Çandarlı 1972

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Çeşme (ex-Elfreda)	M505		Associated SB, Seattle, USA	9/1942	25.1.1943	12.1943 // 3.1947	discarded 1974
Çarşamba (ex-Tattoo)	M506		Gulf SB, Chickasaw, USA	6/1942	27.1.1943	10.1943 // 3.1947	survey vessel 1965, stricken 1985
Çardak (ex-Tourmaline)	M507		Gulf SB, Chickasaw, USA	1/1942	4.10.1942	6.1943 // 3.1947	discarded 1974
Çandarlı (ex-Frolic)	M508		Associated SB, Seattle, USA	5/1943	22.7.1943	5.1944 // 3.1947	survey vessel 1965, stricken 1986
Edincik (ex-Grecian)	M509		Savannah Machine, USA	9/1942	10.3.1943	9.1943 // 3.1947	discarded 1974
Erdemli (ex-Catherine)	M510		Associated SB, Seattle, USA	4/1942	7.9.1942	7.1943 // 3.1947	discarded 1963
Ereğli (ex-Pique)	M511		Associated SB, Seattle, USA	6/1942	20.6.1943	8.1943 // 3.1947	discarded 1973
Erdemit (ex-Chance)	M512		Associated SB, Seattle, USA	7/1942	26.10.1942	11.1943 // 3.1947	discarded 1973

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	890
Displacement full, t	1250
Length, m	65.5 wl 67.4 oa
Breadth, m	9.80
Draught, m	3.28 deep load
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 electric motors, 2 diesel-generators
Power, h. p.	2880
Max speed, kts	18
Fuel, t	diesel oil 200
Endurance, nm(kts)	6370(16.5)
Armament	1 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 20, 6 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 4 DCT, 2 DCR, up to 80 mines, mechanical, magnetic, acoustic minesweeping gear
Electronic equipment	SF or SO or SU radar, QCU sonar
Complement	105

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Project history

Former US Auk class fleet minesweepers, served under RN flag as Catherine class, transferred to Turkey. Rated as minesweepers but used mainly as escorts.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.