List of submarines of the Turkish Navy

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This is a list of Turkish Navy submarines that have served from 10 July 1920[1] to present.

Germany German Type UB III submarine:

Name Builder Launched Commissioned Fate
Birinci İnönü[2] Netherlands IvS, Fijenoord 29 January 1927 9 June 1928 Decommissioned 1948
İkinci İnönü[2] Netherlands IvS, Fijenoord 12 March 1927 9 June 1928 Decommissioned 1948

Dumlupınar

version of Italy Italian Vettor Pisani-class submarine

Name Builder Launched Commissioned Fate
Dumlupınar[2] Italy CRDA, Monfalcone 4 March 1931 6 November 1931 Decommissioned 1949

Sakarya

version of Italy Italian Argonauta-class submarine

Name Builder Launched Commissioned Fate
Sakarya[2] Italy CRDA, Monfalcone 5 February 1931 6 November 1931 Decommissioned 1949

Gür

Germany German Type IA submarine

Name Builder Launched Commissioned Fate
Gür[3] Spain Echevarrieta y Larrinaga, Cádiz 22 October 1930 29 December 1936 Decommissioned 1947

Ay class

Ay-class (version of Germany German Type IX submarine):

Name Builder Launched Commissioned Fate
Saldıray[3] Germany Germaniawerft, Kiel 23 July 1938 5 June 1939 Decommissioned 1958
Atılay[3] Germany Germaniawerft, Kiel 1938 19 May 1939 Mined & sunk on 14 July 1942
Batıray[3] Germany Germaniawerft, Kiel 28 September 1938 Seized by Germany:
20 September 1939, commissioned as  Kriegsmarine UA
Scuttled by crew 3 May 1945[4]
Yıldıray[3] Turkey Gölcük Naval Shipyard 26 August 1939 15 January 1946 Decommissioned 1958

Oruç Reis class

Oruç Reis-class submarine (version of United Kingdom Royal Navy S-class submarine):[citation needed]

Name Builder Launched Acquired Fate
Oruç Reis[3] United Kingdom Vickers-Armstrongs Barrow-in-Furness 19 July 1940
Taken over by Royal Navy as HMS P611
Delivered 9 May 1942 Scrapped 1957
Murat Reis[3] United Kingdom Vickers-Armstrongs 20 July 1940
Taken over by Royal Navy as HMS P612
Delivered 16 May 1942 Scrapped 1957
Burak Reis[3] United Kingdom Vickers-Armstrongs 19 October 1940
Taken over by Royal Navy as HMS P614
Delivered 17 January 1946 Scrapped 1957
Uluç Ali Reis[3] United Kingdom 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-United States US Navy Balao-class submarine:

Name Builder Launched Acquired Fate
TCG Birinci İnönü (S-330)[5] United States Electric Boat, Groton, CT 25 June 1944
Ex-USS Brill (SS-330)
23 May 1948 Decommissioned 29 November 1972 & sold for scrapping, November 1980
TCG İkinci İnönü (S-331)[5] United States Electric Boat, Groton, CT 7 May 1944
Ex-USS Blueback (SS-326)
23 May 1948 Decommissioned 30 November 1973, non-commissioned charging platform for submarine batteries 1973–75, returned to US in 1975 & sold for scrapping
TCG Sakarya (S-332)[5] United States Electric Boat, Groton, CT 21 May 1944
Ex-USS Boarfish (SS-327)
23 August 1948 Returned to US custody for scrapping, 1 January 1974
TCG Çanakkale (S-333)[5] United States Electric Boat, Groton, CT 6 August 1944
Ex-USS Bumper (SS-333)
16 November 1950 Decommissioned 11 August 1976
TCG Gür (S-334)[5] United States Electric Boat, Groton, CT 18 June 1944
Ex-USS Chub (SS-329)
25 May 1948 Decommissioned 12 December 1975 & returned to US custody for scrapping
TCG Dumlupınar (S-335)[5] United States Electric Boat, Groton, CT 23 April 1944
Ex-USS Blower (SS-325)
16 November 1950 Sunk in collision on 4 April 1953
TCG Preveze (S-340)[5] United States Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, Manitowoc, WI 29 August 1943
Ex-USS Guitarro (SS-363)
7 August 1954 Decommissioned 4 May 1972, served as a battery charging hulk until scrapped in September 1983
TCG Cerbe (S-341)[5] United States Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, Manitowoc, WI 24 October 1943
Ex-USS Hammerhead (SS-364)
23 October 1954 Decommissioned 4 May 1972 & scrapped

Ex-US Balao class (Fleet Snorkel type)

TCG Pirireis (S-343)

Ex-United States US Navy Balao-class submarine Fleet Snorkel type:[6]

Name Builder Launched Acquired Fate
TCG Turgutreis (S-342)[7] United States Electric Boat, Groton, CT 16 February 1944
Ex-USS Bergall (SS-320)
17 October 1958 Decommissioned 5 April 1983, served as a receiving ship, yard craft & battery-charging hulk for other submarines until 1996, then sold for scrap in April 2000
TCG Pirireis (S-343)[7] United States Manitowoc Shipbuilding, Manitowoc, WI 9 November 1944
Ex-USS Mapiro (SS-376)
18 March 1960 Decommissioned 1973 & sold for scrap in 1980
TCG Hızırreis (S-344)[7] United States Manitowoc Shipbuilding, Manitowoc, WI 17 January 1945
Ex-USS Mero (SS-378)
20 April 1960 Discarded in 1977 & used for spare parts

Ex-US Balao class (GUPPY IA type)

Ex-United States US Navy Balao-class submarine GUPPY IA type:[6]

Name Builder Launched Acquired Fate
TCG Dumlupınar (S-339)[7] United States Electric Boat, Groton, CT 30 March 1944
Ex-USS Caiman (SS-323)
30 June 1972 Reclassified as a charging boat, 6 February 1983; retired, 15 September 1986

Ex-US Balao class (GUPPY IIA type)

Ex-United States US Navy Balao-class submarine GUPPY IIA type:[6]

Name Builder Launched Acquired Fate
TCG Burakreis (S-335)[7] United States Portsmouth N Yd, Kittery, ME 28 March 1944
Ex-USS Sea Fox (SS-402)
14 December 1970 Struck 1996
TCG Muratreis (S-336)[7] United States Portsmouth N Yd, Kittery, ME 27 January 1944
Ex-USS Razorback (SS-394)
30 November 1970 Decommissioned 8 August 2001; purchased by the city of North Little Rock, Arkansas on 25 March 2004; berthed on 29 August 2004 & opened to the public at the Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum on 15 May 2005
TCG Oruçreis (S-337)[7] United States Portsmouth N Yd, Kittery, ME 27 October 1943
Ex-USS Pomfret (SS-391)
1 July 1971 Decommissioned 1987
TCG Preveze (S-345)[7] United States Electric Boat, Groton, CT 17 December 1944
Ex-USS Entemedor (SS-340)
1972 Decommissioned & stricken in 1987
TCG Birinci İnönü (S-346)[7] United States Portsmouth N Yd, Kittery, ME 26 June 1944
Ex-USS Threadfin (SS-410)
18 August 1972 Decommissioned 11 August 1998

Ex-US Balao class (GUPPY III type)

Ex-United States US Navy Balao-class submarine GUPPY III type:[6]

Name Builder Launched Acquired Fate
TCG İkinci İnönü (S-333)[7] United States Electric Boat, Groton, CT 10 June 1945
Ex-USS Corporal (SS-346)
21 November 1973 Stricken 2 September 1996 & scrapped
TCG Çanakkale (S-341)[7] United States Electric Boat, Groton, CT 1 April 1945
Ex-USS Cobbler (SS-344)
15 January 1974 Decommissioned 22 January 1998

Ex-US Tench class

TCG Uluçalireis, (Rahmi M. Koç Museum, Golden Horn)

Ex-United States US Navy Tench-class submarine GUPPY IIA Program:[6]

Name Builder Launched Acquired Fate
TCG Uluçalireis (S-338)[7] United States Portsmouth N Yd, Kittery, ME 7 July 1944
Ex-USS Thornback (SS-418)
1 July 1971 Decommissioned in 2000 & made into a museum ship
TCG Cerbe (S-340)[7] United States Portsmouth N Yd, Kittery, ME 18 August 1944
Ex-USS Trutta (SS-421)
1 July 1972 Decommissioned 23 July 1999

Ex-US Tang class

Ex-United States US Navy Tang-class submarine:

Name Builder Launched Acquired Fate
TCG Pirireis S-343[7] United States Portsmouth N Yd, Kittery, ME 19 June 1951
Ex-USS Tang (SS-563)
8 February 1980 Decommissioned August 2004 & turned into a museum ship at İnciraltı Sea Museum
TCG Hızırreis (S-342)[7] United States Portsmouth N Yd, Kittery, ME 11 June 1952
Ex-USS Gudgeon (SS-567)
1983 Decommissioned 4 February 2004 & turned into a museum ship at Kocaeli Museum Ships Command

Atılay class

Atılay-class submarine Germany Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Type 209/1200:

Atılay-class submarine TCG Batıray underway.
Name Builder Launched Commissioned Fate
TCG Atılay (S-347)[7] Germany Howaldtswerke, Kiel 23 October 1974 23 July 1975 Decommissioned 30 November 2016
TCG Saldıray (S-348)[7] Germany Howaldtswerke, Kiel 14 February 1975 21 October 1975 Decommissioned 14 November 2014
TCG Batıray (S-349)[7] Germany Howaldtswerke, Kiel 24 October 1977 20 July 1978 Active
TCG Yıldıray (S-350)[7] Turkey Gölcük Naval Shipyard 20 July 1979 20 July 1981 Active
TCG Doğanay (S-351)[7] Turkey Gölcük Naval Shipyard 16 November 1983 16 November 1985 Active
TCG Dolunay (S-352)[7] Turkey Gölcük Naval Shipyard 22 July 1988 21 July 1989 Active

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 Germany Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Type 209T1/1400:

Name Builder Launched Commissioned Fate
TCG Preveze (S-353)[7] Turkey Gölcük Naval Shipyard 22 November 1993 28 July 1994 Active
TCG Sakarya (S-354)[7] Turkey Gölcük Naval Shipyard 28 July 1994 21 December 1995 Active
TCG 18 Mart (S-355)[7] Turkey Gölcük Naval Shipyard 25 August 1997 28 July 1998 Active
TCG Anafartalar (S-356)[7] Turkey Gölcük Naval Shipyard 1 September 1998 22 July 1999 Active

Gür class

Gür-class submarine Germany Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Type 209T2/1400:

Name Builder Launched Commissioned Fate
TCG Gür (S-357) Turkey Gölcük Naval Shipyard May 2002 24 July 2003 Active
TCG Çanakkale (S-358) Turkey Gölcük Naval Shipyard September 2002 13 December 2004 Active
TCG Burakreis (S-359) Turkey Gölcük Naval Shipyard 2 September 2005 1 November 2006 Active
TCG Birinci İnönü (S-360) Turkey Gölcük Naval Shipyard 24 May 2007 27 June 2008 Active

Reis-class

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