Het IJ, Amsterdam, Netherlands 26 September 2009
Of the Barbaros-class of the German MEKO 200 design. Displacement 3.100 (standard)-3.350 (full load) tons and as dimensions 116,7 x 14,8 x 4,25 metres or 383’ x 49’ x 13.9’. Speed 22 (only diesel)-32 (on gas turbine) knots. Range with a speed of 18 knots 4.100 nautical miles. Her crew numbers 180 men. Her armament consists of 2-Mk141 quad pack launcher for 8 x RGM-84 Harpoon, 1-Mk 41 Mod 8 VLS for 16 RIM 162 ESSM Sea Sparrow missiles, 1-5” guns, 3-2,5cm Oerlikon Contraves Sea Zenith CIWS guns, 2-Mark32 surface vessel torpedo tube sets. Laid down at the Gölcük Naval Shipyard, Kocaeli, Turkey on 23 July 1992. launched on 28 July 1994 and commissioned on 10 May 1996.
