Ares Shipyard
Turkish shipyard
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Ares Shipyard (Turkish: Ares Tersanesi) is a Turkish shipyard established in Antalya, southern Turkey in 2006. It builds fast patrol boats for the defence and law enforcement missions. This Shipyard Made World Class 'Ares-150 Hercules' OPV. Which was awarded World's best Offshore patrol Ship By An International Maritime Organisation In 2018 [1]
Native name | Ares Tersanecilik Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim Şirketi |
|---|---|
Company type | Incorporated company |
| Industry | Shipbuilding |
| Founded | 2006 |
| Founder | Kalafatoğlu Family |
| Headquarters | Free economic zone, , Turkey |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Kerim Kalafatoğlu, Chairman |
Ares Shipyard was founded for building of sightseeing boats and yachts by the Kalafatoğlu Family of Sürmene in Trabzon, an ancestor seafarer. The shipyard is situated in the Free economic zone of Antalya, and has five covered buildings of 40,000 m2 (430,000 sq ft) total area. The company went into defence industry and has been building fast patrol boats and offshore patrol crafts for the coast guard commands of Bahrain,[2][3] Oman,[4] and Qatar,[5] since 2014,[1] Turkish Coast Guard and Police,[6] and Northern Cyprus Coast Guard.[7]
For the design of the patrol boats, Ares cooperates with the British Maritime Technology (BMT).[8] The shipyard developed an armed unmanned surface vessel equipped with guided missiles for the Turkish Navy in early 2021.[9]
Coast Guard and Navy vessels
As of April 2022[update]
| Ship class !, | Type | Operators ! | Ordered | Built | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FPB-class Fast patrol boat | Ares 35 FPB |  Turkey Coast Guard | 105 | ||
| Turkey Police | 17 | ||||
| Ares 42 FPB | |||||
| Ares 58 FPB | |||||
| Harpoon-class Fast interceptor craft | Ares 24 Harpoon |  Qatar Coast Guard | 14 | ||
| Ares 35 Harpoon | |||||
| Ares 40 Harpoon | |||||
| Ares 55 Harpoon | |||||
| Ares 65 Harpoon | |||||
| Hector-class Multi-role patrol craft | Ares 42 Hector | Turkey Coast Guard | 10 | 10 | |
 Northern Cyprus Coast Guard | 3 | 3 | |||
| Ares 55 Hector | |||||
| Ares 85 Hector | |||||
| Ares 108 Hector | |||||
| Ares 140 Hector | |||||
| Hercules-class Fast patrol boat | Ares 75 Hercules | Qatar Coast Guard | 5 | ||
| Ares 85 Hercules |  Oman Coast Guard | 14 | 3 | ||
| Ares 110 Hercules | Qatar Coast Guard | 10 | |||
| Ares 150 Hercules |  Bahrain Coast Guard | 9 | |||
 Bangladesh Coast Guard |
9 (Ordered With TOT) | ||||
| Qatar Coast Guard | 5 | ||||
| SAT-class Special operations support and fast attack craft | Ares 55 SAT | ||||
| Ares 80 SAT | Qatar Coast Guard | 6 | |||
| Ares 100 SAT | |||||
| Ares 115 SAT | |||||
| Ares 150 SAT | |||||
| ULAQ-clas Armed unmanned surface vessel | ULAQ | Turkey Navy | 1 |