Adatepe-class destroyer
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 Turkish Navy destroyer TCG Kocatepe
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Adatepe class |
| Builders | Ansaldo, Genoa, Italy |
| Operators |  Turkish Navy |
| Preceded by | Muavenet-i Milliye class |
| Succeeded by | Tinaztepe class |
| Built | 1930-31 |
| In commission | 1931-54 |
| Completed | 2 |
| Scrapped | 2 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Displacement | 1270 tonnes standard, 1676 tonnes full load |
| Length | 100.2 m (329 ft) |
| Beam | 9.37 m (30.7 ft) |
| Draught | 2.9 m (9 ft 6 in) |
| Propulsion | 2 shaft Parsons geared steam turbines, 3 Thornycroft type boilers, 40,000 hp (30,000 kW) |
| Speed | 36 knots (67 km/h) |
| Range | 3,500 nmi (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h) |
| Complement | 149 |
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The Adatepe class or Kocatepe class[1] were two destroyers built for the Turkish Navy by the Italian company, Ansaldo of Genoa in 1931.
These ships were the first part of the re-armament program for the Turkish Navy which began after the end of the Greco-Turkish War and the establishment of the Republic of Turkey.
The Adatepe class were based on contemporary Italian Folgore class but had guns mounted in single mountings rather than twin turrets of the Italian ships. The hulls were lengthened to accommodate this change and the ships had two funnels rather than the single funnel used by the Italian ships.
Ships
[edit]| Name | Builder | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kocatepe | Ansaldo, Sestri Ponente | 7 February 1931 | 18 October 1931 | February 1954 |
| Adatepe | 19 March 1931 | 18 October 1931 | February 1954 |
Notes
[edit]- ^ Robert Gardiner, Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922-1946, Naval Institute Press, 1980, p. 407.
References
[edit]- Whitley, M.J. (1988). Destroyers of World War 2. Cassell Publishing. ISBN 1-85409-521-8.